New Policies
Enacted in 2010-2011
At the 24 May 2011 meeting of the Undergraduate Committee, the faculty unanimously approved a minor in studies of the Business of Music. Look for details in the forthcoming 2011-2012 Peabody Catalog.
At the 24 May 2011 meeting of the Undergraduate Committee, the faculty approved changes to the Humanities Curriculum in advance of the forthcoming curriculum review.
At the 20 January 2011 meeting of the Graduate Committee, the faculty voted to require AD students to play 2 recitals per year of their residency in the AD program or to petition the Graduate Committee for an exception.
At the 20 January 2011 meeting of the Graduate Committee, the faculty voted to restrict Bibliography to MM students and allow other students to enroll only if there is enough room and with permission of the instructor
At the 16 December 2010 meeting of the Graduate Committee, the faculty voted that all transfers from the GPD to MM program must be approved by the Graduate Committee. The forthcoming process will involve a review of grades and a portfolio of writing.
At the 29 October meeting of the DMA Committee, the faculty voted to move the scheduling of the Preliminary Oral Exams to the second semester of the first year, beginning in 2011-2012. Previously, the Preliminary Oral Exam has been held in the first semester of the second year.
Enacted in 2009-2010 to begin for students entering in the fall semester 2010.
DMA students who have played three of the four recitals that require enrollment in private study (any combination of the solo recitals and concerto recital) may perform the fourth recital in the first four weeks of the following semester as a DIP student
In the spring semester 2010, both the Undergraduate Committee and the Graduate Committee passed motions to certify that a student has only 18 months to appeal a grade after a grade is posted. The order of appeals: 1) the faculty member, 2) the chair of the department, and 3) the Office of Academic Affairs.
In addition to the five-year BM/MM, Peabody will also offer a five-year BM/MA (Master of Arts in Audio Sciences) for recording arts students.
At the 20 April 2010 meeting of the Undergraduate Committee, the faculty voted unanimously to reduce the minimum credit limit for full time status from 13 to 12 credits. This change will apply to all students in the BM and PC program at the start of the Fall 2010 semester.
At the 11 March 2010 meeting of the Graduate Committee, the faculty voted unanimously to require all students in the Master of Music program to complete two years of lessons for sixteen total credits. This policy will go into effect for students beginning the MM in the fall of 2010.
At the 8 April 2010 meeting of the Graduate Committee, the faculty voted unanimously to modify and enforce the credit limits for graduate students. All Graduate students may take lessons, recitals, unlimited ensembles, undergraduate language classes and remedial coursework (ESL, Theory Review, Music History Intensive) without regard to the limit. Beyond these credits, the limits are as follows:
Graduate students enrolled in the MM or the DMA degree programs may take a maximum of nine academic credits each semester. Of those nine credits, only six credits can be in the departments of Music Theory and Musicology. (Music Theory courses begin with the prefix 710; Musicology courses begin with the prefix 610.) Any elective coursework not offered as Music Theory or Musicology will be excluded from the credit limit. Any combination of Music Theory and Musicology credits in excess of six hours or any combination of academic courses in excess of nine credits will entail per-credit charges added to the cost of yearly tuition.
Graduate students enrolled in the GPD or AD diploma programs are allowed to enroll in a maximum of four academic credits each semester. Academic credits in excess of four will entail additional per-credit hour fees.
Details are available here.
Students requesting a withdraw or leave of absence will complete a form, over the web, to confirm their relevant information.
At the 13 April 2010 meeting of the Council of Chairs, the faculty voted unanimously to reinstate a policy requiring undergraduate to complete recitals earlier in the spring semester. Details are forthcoming.
Previously enacted policies, new in the fall semester 2009.
At the 4 December 2008 meeting of the Graduate Committee, the faculty voted unanimously to remove ancillary writing projects from graduate degrees. In other words, we will no longer collect and review program notes or performance résumés as an MM or GPD graduation requirement.
The satisfactory academic progress GPA benchmark for undergraduates was lowered from 2.5 to 2.0. Details available here.
Undergraduate students who pass a class with a grade of B or lower may repeat a class, space permitting, once to improve their skills and grade. In such cases the grade for the second attempt does replace the first grade, which is changed to R (repeated), even if the grade for the second attempt is lower. If the student fails a repeat of a class that he or she has previously passed, both grades will stand and both grades will be computed in the student's GPA, but the passing grade on the first attempt will fulfill the student's curricular obligation to pass the class. (09-10 Catalog, p. 39)
Offices of Academic Affairs and Student Affairs to advise freshmen and sophomore students on the schedule and the curriculum until the students complete their 209 jury.
The 109, 209 and 309 juries (including the 309 recital) were reduced from 2 credits each to 1 credit each.
Starting May 2011, the 209 jury, while still graded for the actual performance, will include a broader consideration of the student's overall record and result in a more detailed recommendation for future achievement. Moreover, the Composition and Computer Music Department will institute a 209 jury.
With the exception of Voice majors, the study of foreign language is no longer be a requirement for undergraduates who enrolled in the fall of 2009 or later.
The distinction between music electives and electives has been eliminated for undergraduates who enrolled in the fall of 2009 or later.
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UGCC) was empanelled by the Dean of the Conservatory in August 2008 and was charged to conduct a thorough overview of each undergraduate curriculum currently offered and to present recommendations for curricular revisions/improvements to the Academic Council for ratification.
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