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Students must satisfy the piano proficiency requirement. Students who enter with little or no piano background enroll in PIAN 144-PIAN 284 Keyboard Skills plus sufficient private study to enable them to pass a proficiency examination. The examination consists of (1) demonstration of knowledge of all major and minor scales, (2) a short work in contrapuntal style, (3) a short work in harmonic style, (4) a movement of a sonata, (5) demonstration of ability to read at sight accompaniments of moderate difficulty. To graduate, the student must attain a minimum grade-point average of 3.0 in 12 credit hours chosen from MUSC 320, MUSC 340, MUSC 440, MUSC 480, and MUSC courses numbered 650-
778.