All music majors while enrolled in applied music for majors must appear before a departmental jury at the end of each semester for a final performance examination and grading recommendations. At the conclusion of applied music IV, the jury performance occurs before a committee representing the entire faculty of music.

To advance to upper-division applied study (Level V), you must have successfully completed four semesters of harmony, sight singing, and ear training and have made satisfactory progress toward completion of your degree. The School of Music defines satisfactory progress as concurrent registration in harmony, sight singing, ear training, and functional piano, each semester of full-time enrollment until these course sequences are successfully completed.