The Bachelor of Arts/Master of Music program is designed for instrumentalists with outstanding abilities in performance who are also interested in a liberal arts education. Admission to the B.A./M.M. program is through acceptance into Yale College as well as a separate, successful audition through the School of Music, either before matriculation into Yale College or during the third year of the B.A. program. B.A./M.M. students usually complete requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree in their first four years and for the Master of Music degree after one year of the Master of Music program in the School of Music (year five). By the end of the fifth year, all students participating in the B.A./M.M. program must have met the School of Music's standard in Analysis and Musicianship and in Music History either through testing or through course work, they must also have completed the School of Music's keyboard proficiency requirement and nonperformance course distribution requirement. To ensure this, candidates admitted to the B.A./M.M. program are required to sit for placement examinations in the School of Music at the beginning of their senior year (year four), they must also meet with both the deputy dean for academics and the coordinator for academic studies at the beginning of each term in the program for advising regarding performance activities and academic course work.