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Experience the transformative power of music with Laurier's Bachelor of Music Therapy (BMT) program. As the only university in Ontario offering an undergraduate degree in music therapy, Laurier provides a unique opportunity to delve into this dynamic and fulfilling field.
At Laurier, you’ll learn to design and implement music-based interventions tailored to your clients' needs and goals. You'll witness firsthand how music enhances physical, emotional, cognitive, and social well-being. By engaging with expert faculty and practitioners, you'll see how music therapy can unlock potential abilities and elevate quality of life.
Your future professors work hard to make sure your academic experience is current, complete and designed to open doors in your career. Here are a few things you can count on:
Here are just a few of our students’ favourite ways to apply their learning in the real world throughout their degree (check out the Experience Guide for even more!):
Students interested in the Music Therapy program will be required to take all of the mandatory courses for the Bachelor of Music, in addition to taking the following three courses as their 1.5 electives.
After graduating from the Music Therapy program, our students often continue their music therapy training by pursuing a master’s degree in music therapy. Other students have chosen to train in allied healthcare professions such as social work, psychotherapy, or occupational therapy, or to complete a Bachelor of Education to become a teacher. If you are interested in research, you may wish to choose a graduate degree with a research component.
You can apply to the Bachelor of Music Therapy at the end of your second year in Laurier’s Bachelor of Music. You must be registered Laurier's Bachelor of Music program to qualify for admission to the Bachelor of Music Therapy program. If you already hold a degree, you may wish to consider our Master of Music Therapy.
Admission is based on successful completion of the following courses:
In addition, you must have:
Admission requirements also include a 1-2 page written letter of intent, current resumé, and an interview and audition with the music therapy coordinator. The purpose of the audition and interview is to assess your musical, academic, interpersonal and self-reflective skills and your readiness for the Music Therapy program and clinical work.
Music therapist job settings include:
Alumni for life means that you have access to Career and Employment Support offered at Laurier for your entire career.
Getting a university education is an investment in your future.
At Laurier, we take financial health seriously by providing a wide variety of funding opportunities for you throughout your degree, such as scholarships and bursaries, and by equipping you with the skills to manage your finances effectively in the years to come.
On top of any entrance scholarships, you may earn a Faculty of Music audition scholarship. Audition scholarships recognize well-rounded students who demonstrate strong technical ability, academic achievement, recreational/extracurricular involvement and/or financial need during their audition process. Roughly $100,000 is awarded to first-year students each year.
Financial success doesn’t end in first year; scholarships are available to upper-year students by application.
Want to know what it’s really like to be in this program? U Community is our Discord server where future Golden Hawks like you can connect with current students to get their first-hand stories and tips on living and learning at Laurier.
Questions? Email choosemusic@wlu.ca, call 548.889.8888 or see all Music faculty and staff.
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