In the United States, the Bachelor of Music is a
professional degree, and the majority of work consists of prescribed music courses and study in applied music, usually requiring proficiency in an instrument, voice, or conducting. One of the most renowned is
Juilliard School in New York, a professional educational arm of the
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Juilliard offers bachelor’s degrees in music, dance, and drama.
Berklee College of Music also offers a variety of such degrees, including a four-year professional degree, as well as instrumental and online undergraduate courses. In Canada, the BM is often considered an
undergraduate degree. Programs typically last from three to four and a half years. In the United Kingdom, the Bachelor of Music is generally a
first degree lasting three years or four years and consisting of a wide range of areas of study (normally including performance, composition, music theory, musicology/music history), but at the
University of Oxford and
University of Cambridge it was a one-year
postgraduate degree which could only be taken if a student were to have been a graduate in music with
honors at those universities; the undergraduate course is in the
Faculty of Arts and leads to the Bachelor of Arts (and subsequently the
Master of Arts (Oxbridge)). In Scotland, as part of its undergraduate Bachelor’s degree programme, the
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland offers a BMus in Jazz, while
Edinburgh University through its
Edinburgh College of Art offers a three year BMus degree, with the option for a fourth ‘Honours’ year, styled ‘BMus(Hons)’. In Australia, Music Bachelor Degree study programs are available at, among others, the
University of Sydney,
Monash University, the
University of New South Wales, the
University of Adelaide,
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, and the
University of Tasmania. The
University of Canberra offers a 'Bachelor of Creative Industries (Contemporary Music Practice)'. ==Abbreviations==