Incoming Graduate Students must take classification exams for both the University and the Music department before beginning the program.
Classification exams for Graduate Students:
History
Theory
Ear Training
GET
Recent music graduates of SFSU may be exempted from this requirement. Contact the graduate coordinator for further information.
The Ear Training placement exam is offered during every live audition date, and on Graduate Placement Exam Days as well (usually a few days before the start of each semester). It is a one-hour administered test.
The History placement exam is a multiple choice test with both a written portion and an administered listening portion, for which you are allowed three hours.
The Theory exam is a take-home exam for which you are allowed 24 hours.
For information on the GET, click here: http://www.sfsu.edu/~testing/get.html
