The goal of the Music program is to prepare students for their chosen musical career and to produce critically aware musicians with a broadly based musical education. The Department of Music offers fouryear programs of study leading to a BMus honours, a BA honours in Music, a BA with a Major in Music and a threeyear BA pass degree program.
Students take core courses in music history, theory, general musicianship and choral ensemble.
If applied music is not taken in successive years, students must reaudition before proceeding to the next year of applied music. In their third and fourth years, students may pursue specialized interests in theory, musicology, composition and applied music. Students may elect to write an honours thesis. To proceed to year 4, students must attain a minimum of 60 percent in all MUSI courses. Students with less than 60 percent in a MUSI course must upgrade the course in order to reapply to the honours program.