The Music Department offers a Certificate of Specialized Study in Piano. A student wishing to meet the requirements for the Certificate must be a music major. The piano faculty and the Music Department shall review and approve the granting of the Certificate in each instance.
A minimum GPA of 3.0 in music courses, as well as a minimum grade of B in any of the applied courses is required. Specific requirements (beyond those required in the major sequence) are:
1. Mus 319-Piano Literature
2. Mus 435-Piano Pedagogy
3. Two semesters of accompanying
4. Six semesters of any combination of Mus 230, Mus 231, Mus 330, Mus 331, Mus 431 or Mus 531
5. Observation of class piano