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Academic Policies

Academic Year
Academic Advising
Academic Honesty Policy
Attendance Policy
Test Makeups
Other Academic Policies

ACADEMIC YEAR
The academic year is composed of two semesters consisting of fifteen weeks each, for a total of thirty weeks of instructional time.

During this period, full-time undergraduate students are expected to complete a minimum of twenty-four semester hours and full-time graduate students are expected to complete a minimum of eighteen semester hours in order to be eligible for Title IV HEA funds (Federal Student Financial Aid).

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ACADEMIC ADVISING
For advice on any matter relating to your musical education, feel free to consult with the dean. For additional help with the Bachelor of Music program, you may consult the chair of the liberal arts department and other faculty. If you are in the Diploma program, you may wish to consult the registrar. To schedule appointments, please see the receptionist in the Main Building. Precollege (high school) students must meet with Mary Jean Hayden on a regular basis. She is also available for academic counseling for precollege students.

Each year you will be asked to make an appointment with the chair of the liberal arts department and other faculty, or with the director of student services, for advising before preregistering for the next fall's classes.

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ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY
You are expected to complete all assignments, tests, and papers with the highest degree of integrity, and you are on your honor while a student at Curtis. Infractions of the honor code are grounds for dismissal.

The Institute considers plagiarism to be any unacknowledged use of the ideas or language of others; plagiarism may be grounds for dismissal. All critical sources should be cited clearly in your work.

For the complete Academic Honesty Policy, click here.

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ATTENDANCE POLICY
You are required to attend and be on time for all private lessons, coachings, ensemble classes, academic classes, and opera and orchestra rehearsals scheduled by Curtis.

In addition you must adhere to the attendance policies outlined by your individual instructors for each of their classes. If late you may be refused admittance, and credit for attendance when late will be granted at the discretion of your teacher.

If you are unable to attend a private lesson, coaching, or ensemble class because of illness or other circumstance, you must telephone the registrar by 9 a.m. that day. Curtis reserves the right to request a doctor's excuse for extended illnesses or after multiple absences. Unauthorized absences from ensemble classes or orchestra rehearsals may result in denial of a Release Request of any kind and a grade of F for the semester. Excessive unexcused absences from any class may be cause for dismissal.

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TEST MAKEUPS
If you need to make up a quiz or test, you must do so at the specified time (to be announced) in the test room listed on the daily room schedule. Your teacher will decide the latest date on which you can take the makeup test. It is your responsibility to make sure that your teacher makes the test available to the test-room proctor.

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OTHER ACADEMIC POLICIES
Please click the links below for specific policies on:

Academic fee deadlines   Credit by examination
Curtis commitments   Dropping and adding courses
Grades of Incomplete   Release of transcripts

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© 2000 Meredith Heuer

A 100th Birthday Tribute to Elliott Carter

20/21: The Curtis Contemporary Music Ensemble performs a concert of works by Elliott Carter on Thursday, May 8 at 8 p.m. in honor of the famed composer's 100th birthday. The free recital takes place in Field Concert Hall at The Curtis Institute of Music, and no tickets are required. The program also includes two pieces by student composers Christopher Rogerson and Ke-Chia Chen. View the entire program.

Dedicated to the music of the 20th and 21st centuries, 20/21 performs works ranging from important twentieth-century compositions to newly written pieces not yet part of the core repertoire.

© 2008 The Curtis Institute of Music