Music Therapy B. Mus.

The bachelor of music in music therapy is a professional, four-year degree program of intensive study in the field of music therapy. This program prepares students for a profession in music therapy, using music to influence behavioral changes in people, from pre-school through geriatrics, in a variety of educational and health-related environments. Completion of the BMus in music therapy ensures eligibility to take the board certification exam. Successful completion of the exam legitmates students for practice as music therapist-board certified (MT-BC credential). Professional curriculum is approved by the American Music Therapy Association.

Program Advising
Due the nuances unique to the discipline and study of music, students must work in close consultation on a semesterly basis with the department advisor to ensure adequate and timely degree progress. Music programs involve careful sequencing of core courses and applied music study to progressively build musical competencies and techniques. Introductory courses support not only the key concepts needed for success in the next course in the sequence but also the adjacent core course sequences as well. For example, the music history sequence is highly dependent on the concepts addressed in the accompanying courses in music theory, ear-training, sight-singing, and keyboarding.