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NEW ENGLAND Academic Catalog 2002-2003 13 8 ACADEMIC CALENDAR FALL 2002 Saturday,August 24 Residence Hall opensforall newstudents Sunday, August 25 Orientationbegins forall newstudents Tuesday,August 27 TOEFLfornew international students Master'sMusicTheoryCompetencyExamination (Fall term) Friday, August 30 Registration fornewstudents Saturday,August 3 ResidenceHall opensforreturning students Monday,September2 LaborDay(holiday) NECWelcome BackDance September 3-17 Special studentapplication Late registration forreturningstudents Tuesday, September 3 Firstdayofinstructionat Tufts University Wednesday, September4 Convocation FirstdayofFall Term Instructionat New EnglandConservatory Friday, September6— Timeperiod toadd ordropcourses Wednesday, September 1 Thursday, September 19 Firstday towithdrawfromcourses Tuesday,September24 GraduateMusic HistoryExamination (Fall term) Monday,October 14 ColumbusDay(holiday) Monday,October7 - Advisingand registration forSpring 2003 semester Tuesday, November26 Tuesday,November26 Intent tograduatedeadline for December 2002 graduates Wednesday, November27 Lastday towithdraw from courses Thursday, November28- Thanksgiving Holiday Sunday, December 1 Monday, December9 Lastdayofinstructionat Tufts University Friday, December 1 Lastdayofinstructionat NEC Monday, December 16— Examinationperiod Wednesday, December 18 Thursday, December 19 Residence Hall closes(12:00Noon) ALSO SEE SPRING 2003 CALENDAR ON INSIDE BACKCOVER TABLE OF CONTENTS COLLEGE ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL 3 5-29 ACADEMIC REGULATIONS AND INFORMATION 31-33 HEALTH SERVICES AND RESIDENCE HALL INFORMATION 35-41 FINANCIAL INFORMATION 43-57 UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS OF STUDY • BachelorofMusic • UndergraduateDiploma • Music-in-EducationConcentration 59-77 GRADUATE PROGRAMS OF STUDY • MasterofMusic • GraduateDiploma • ArtistDiploma • DoctorofMusicalArts 79-85 CHAMBER MUSIC AND ENSEMBLES • EnsembleDescriptions • EnsembleRequirements 87-153 COURSE OFFERINGS AND FACULTY BY DEPARTMENT 155-157 INDEX COLLEGE ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL Officeofthe President Officeofthe Registrar DanielSteiner RobertWinkley President Registrar AnneQuinn JohnPaulson Assistantto thePresident AssistantRegistrar Officeofthe Provost EnsemblesAdministration PeterRow SallyMillar Provost"^ LargeEnsembleCoordinator IrmaVallecillo AynInserto AssociateProvost JazzStudiesandImprovisation AdministrativeAssistant AllanChase Dean ofFaculty SpauldingandFirestoneLibraries ErikaFoin JeanMorrow DivisionAdministrator DirectorofLibraries OfficeoftheDeanofStudents BusinessOffice AndreaL. Rash MariaMontiel UndergraduateAcademicAdvisor CollegeReceivablesAccountant RichardMaloney GraduateAcademicAdvisor OfficeofAdmissions and BrennaK. Burrington FinancialAid DirectorofStudentLife TomNovak SuzanneHegland DirectorofAdmissions CoordinatorofInternationalStudent JillD'Amico Services DirectorofFinancialAid AngelaBeeching DirectorofCareerServices *TheProvostdelegates authority totheAssociate ProvostandDeans. ACADEMIC REGULATIONS AND INFORMATION RESPONSIBILITY Responsibilityandauthorityforadmitting,continuing,promoting,and graduatingstudents isvested inthePresident, Provost,and FacultyCouncil. NewEnglandConservatoryofMusicreserves therighttorefuse,suspend,or cancel the registrationofanystudentwhoseacceptanceorcontinuedattendance isconsidereddetrimental tothe best interestsofthestudentortheCollege. Studentsareresponsibleforunderstanding theCatalog, theirdegreeprogram, andcurrentacademic regulations. TheConservatoryreviewsand revises its regulationsannually; revisions becomeeffectiveuponpublicationoftheCatalog. Graduation requirementsaredetermined bydegreeprogramsdescribed inthe yearstudentsentertheConservatory. NECcomplieswith theStudent Right toKnowand CrimeAwarenessand Campus SecurityActs. PROGRAMS OF STUDY NewEnglandConservatoryawards BachelorofMusic, MasterofMusic,and DoctorofMusicalArtsdegrees,aswellasUndergraduate,Graduate, andArtist diplomas. ADVISING TheUndergraduateandGraduateAcademicAdvisorsprovideacademiccounsel- ing forstudentsenrolled intheUndergraduateDiploma, BachelorofMusic, MasterofMusic,andGraduateDiplomaprograms. They helpstudentsselect courses, meeteducational and careergoals, remedyacademicdifficulties, and betterunderstandNEC'spurposesandpolicies. TheAssociate Provostprovides curricularadvising forstudents in thedoctoralprogram. Studio instructorsanddepartmentchairsserveas informal academicandcareer advisors. PeerAdvisorLeaders(PALs), selectedbyfacultyandadministrators, helpenteringundergraduatesand international students learnaboutNEC. In addition, theCareerServicesOfficeprovides resourcesforexploringcareeroppor- tunities toallNECstudentsand alumni. RESIDENCY POLICY Full-TimeStatus NewEngland Conservatory requires students toregisterfull time. Baccalaureate studentsmustenrollforeightfull-timesemesterstoqualifyforthedegree;Under- graduateDiplomastudents,forsix. MasterofMusicandGraduateDiplomastu- dentsmustenrollforfourfull-timesemesters. Doctoralstudentsmust beenrolled fiill-timeforthefirst twosemesters. Students maynotaccelerate requirements 2 Academic Regulations and Information tocompleteprograms infewerthan therequired numberoffull-timesemesters (exceptionsaremadefortransferstudents). Master'sstudents mustcomplete requirementswithin fiveyearsofmatriculation. Doctoral studentsmustcomplete requirementswithinsevenyearsofmatriculation. Part-TimeStatus Conservatorystudentswhoneed topursuepart-timestudymustpetitionthe DeanofStudentsforpermission todoso. Doctoralcandidates maystudypart timeaftertheirfirstyear,withapprovalfromtheAssociate Provost. CREDIT LOADS AND ENROLLMENT STATUS The numberofcreditsdeterminesenrollmentstatus,which theConservatory definesasfull-time,part-time, half-time,orless thanhalf-time. Studentswith permission toregisterforless thanfull-timeloadsarebilledonaper-creditbasis (see TuitionandFees). Definitionsdifferforeachdegree/diplomaprogram: Full-time Part-time Half-time Diploma 10-13 fewerthan 10 atleast 5 BachelorofMusic 12-16 fewerthan 1 at least 6 GraduateDiploma 6-8 fewerthan6 atleast 3 MasterofMusic 8-10 fewerthan8 atleast4 DoctorofMusicalArts 8-10 fewerthan 8 atleast4 AllArtistDiplomastudentsarefull-time; theircourse load isfourcredits. They may takeadditional creditsonlywithapprovaloftheArtist DiplomaCommittee. Sincechanges inenrollmentstatusaffect financialaid, students requesting permissiontobepart-timeshouldconsult theFinancialAidOffice. REGISTRATION RegistrationatNewEnglandConservatoryofMusic isanagreementbetween the studentandNEC toacceptall rulesand regulationssetforth by theinstitution. Registrationcertifiesenrollment inclasses, ensembles,andstudios; italsocontin- ueslong-termadvisingaboutprogramsandcareers. Newstudentsmustprovide theRegistrar'sOfficewithproofofqualifyingdegrees toregister. Anofficial transcriptconstitutessuchproof. NewstudentsregisterduringOrientation inFallandSpring; continuingstu- dents registerbeginning inOctoberandMarch(seeAcademicCalendarforspecific dates). Students receiveregistrationpriority byclassyear,except thoseenrolled in theNEC/Tuftsprogram,whomayregisteratanytime. Toregister, studentsmeetwith theiracademicadvisor. Students registerfor alldegreerequirements,asoutlined intheirProgramofStudy. Thosewishing to enroll incourses requiringauditionorconsentmustobtaininstructor'swritten permission todoso. Academic Regulations and Information Studentswhomisstheirscheduledregistrationappointmentarecharged theLateRegistrationFee(currently$100)andarerequiredtowaituntil afterthenormalregistrationperiodhasendedtoregisterforcourses. LateRegistration Lateregistrationoccursfollowing registrationforthosestudentswhomissed aregistrationappointmentduring theregistrationperiod; forallothers, late registrationoccursduring the firstweekofeachsemester'sclasses. There isafee (currently $100). Studentsreturning toactivestatusmayregisterduring the registrationperiodorin the firstweekofclassesat nocharge. AddingorDroppingClassesduringTerm Studentsmayaddordropclassesduring theAdd/Dropperiod (seeAcademic Calendar)withapprovaloftheiracademicadvisor;addingordroppingstudio, ensemble, orchambermusicrequireswrittenpermissionfrom theappropriate department. Droppedcoursesdo notappearontranscripts. NEC/Tuftsstudents maydropcoursesatNEC uptosixclassdaysafterclasses beginatTufts. Thosewishing toadd coursesatNECmustdosoeitherafter registrationatTufts(seedouble-degreepolicystatement)orwithinNEC's Add/Dropperiod. Withdrawingfrom ClassesduringTerm Afterthe Add/Dropperiod ends, students maywithdraw from classes bycon- sulting withtheiracademicadvisorand completing theappropriatepaperwork. Students whosimply stop attending acourse and do not complete the appro- priatepaperworkwill have thegradeofFrecorded forthecourse inquestion. Students may notwithdrawfrompromotionals, recitals, ensembles, studios,or chambermusic,except bydepartmentconsentandwithapproval oftheacademic advisorand DeanofStudents. Noonemaywithdrawfrom coursesduring the W final twoweeksofclasses. Withdrawalsare notated as on transcripts. ATTENDANCE NECexpects newstudents toarrive by the firstdayoforientation;continuing students, bythe firstdayofclasses. Studentsarrivingafterthe lastdayof Add/Dropand late registrationwill not beallowed toregister. Studentsare responsibleforunderstandingcourse, studio, andensembleatten- dancepolicies. TheConservatorywillgrantofficialexcuses fordocumentedjury dutyand religious holidays. Massachusettsstate lawprovidesthat: Anystudent ... whoisunable, becauseofreligious beliefs, toattend classesortoparticipate inanyexamination, study,orworkrequirement onaparticulardayshall beexcused ...,and shall beprovidedwithan opportunity tomakeupsuchexamination, study,orworkrequirement whichhemayhavemissed becauseofsuchabsenceonanyparticularday; . Academic Regulations and Information provided, however, thatsuch makeupexaminationorworkshall notcreate anunreasonableburden uponsuchschool. Nofeesofanykindshall be charged by theinstitution ... Noadverseorprejudicialeffects shall result toanystudent. .. Students mustrequest theexcusedabsenceforjurydutyorreligiousreasonsfrom theDean'sOffice inadvance. Theyareresponsiblefornotifying theirteachers aheadoftimeandmakingappropriatearrangementsformakingupmissedwork. Forallotherabsences, studentsmustpetitiontheirinstructors tobeexcused. TheDeanofStudentsmayprovidealetterofsupport toteachersonbehalfofthe student. Studentsseekingaletterofsupportshouldsubmitawritten, signed request totheDean,specifying thereason(s)fortheabsence, theteachers to whom theletterofsupportshouldbesent, and thespecificdatesofabsence. In addition,students must includeappropriatedocumentationtoverifytheabsence (medical records, forexample, in thecaseofamedicalabsence). STUDENT CLASSIFICATIONS Enrolled: Astudentwhohasbeenadmitted to,haspaidthe tuitiondepositfor, and has registered inaprogram isenrolled. Active:Astudentwhoisenrolled in, registered for, andattending scheduled activities isactive. Inactive:Astudentwhodoes not registerforoneormoresemesters, butwho intends toreturn toNEC, isinactive. LeaveofAbsence: Astudentwhodiscontinuesactiveenrollmentduringand foronlypartofasemesteris,withpermissionoftheDeanofStudents,onaleave ofabsence. Withdraw^n:Astudentwhohas not registeredat,anddoes not intend toreturn to, NEC iswithdrawn. Suspended: Astudentwhois notallowed tocontinueatNEC foracademicor disciplinaryreasons issuspended. Dismissed: Astudentwhoseenrollment ispermanentlycancelled isdismissed. Students maintainactivestatus byregistering forthe nextsemester. Thosefailing toregisterduring regularregistrationendangertheireligibilityfor financialaid andwill be institutionallyplacedon inactivestatusat theendofthatsemester. LEAVING ACTIVE STATUS Forstudents leaving school betweensemesters, whethertogoinactiveortowith- draw, theeffectivedateofthestatuschangewill be the lastdayofthesemester completed. Forastudentleavingschoolduring thesemester, theeffectivedateis theday thestudentsubmits thepetition totheDeanofStudents. Forstudents whowithdrawfromschool butdo not notify the Dean'sOffice, theeffectivedate will be thelastdocumenteddateofattendanceatNEC.