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JURY AND UPPER
DIVISION EXAMINATIONS
Performance study is assessed each semester through the grades assigned by the
teacher but there are also other times during degree programs when special
evaluations are made. For undergraduates, a freshman jury, upper division
examination and the recital hearings constitute these evaluations. All of these
examinations should be coordinated with appropriate faculty members well in
advance.
In the
fall semester, all elective (Z110/Z710) performance study students who are
not music majors are required to perform a jury as part of their final
grade. In the spring semester, all secondary/elective students,
including music majors, are required to perform a jury. The jury committee
should include the student’s AI, the AI’s teacher, and/or other graduate
students of that teacher’s studio. For jury examinations, the teacher’s grade
on the student’s semester work is prepared before the examination. The committee
will decide the grade for the examination. A combination of the teacher’s and
the committee’s grades determines the final grade. Juries are normally scheduled
on the Thursday and Friday of the last week of classes each semester.
A jury for students in their major or concentration consists of several performance
faculty members who hear an approximately 15-minute performance and assign
grades which are averaged with the teacher’s as the semester grade. Juries are
held on Thursday and Friday of the last week of the semester. A list of each
performance faculty member’s students scheduled for juries is sent to the
faculty a month before the last week of classes. The chair of each jury
committee does scheduling for the juries. Students should check with their
teacher for the time and place of the jury examination.
JURY REQUIREMENTS
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FALL |
SPRING |
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Undergraduate BM performance
major in major
performance area (400-level) |
Yes, in
freshman year except string majors and woodwind majors |
String
majors and woodwind majors only – in freshman year |
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Undergraduate non-performance majors (BS, BME, BM-Comp, etc.) and
BM-Jazz majors in major performance area |
No |
Yes, in
freshman year |
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Undergraduate music major in secondary performance area (100-level) |
No |
Yes |
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Undergraduate non-music major in elective performance area (Z-110-level) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Graduate music major in major performance area (900-level) |
No |
No |
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Graduate music major in outside area/minor performance area (800-level) |
No |
Yes |
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Graduate music major in elective performance area (700-level) |
No |
Yes |
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Graduate non-music major in
elective performance area (Z-710 level)
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Yes |
Yes |
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UPPER-DIVISION
EXAMINATION
The
upper-division examination/interview is a barrier examination at the end of the
sophomore year (or after a specified number of semesters of study in the case of
transfer students). The upper-division hearing committee consists of the members
of the relevant department and any AIs who teach students taking the
examination. AIs are required to attend only the examinations of their own
students, but should attend enough examinations to calibrate appropriate
standards.
Each
student who is studying performance is graded on the upper-division examination,
and this grade is the final grade for the semester’s work in the principal
performance field. The student’s teacher gives two grades, one for the
semester’s work and one for the performance at the examination; every other
member of the committee gives one grade for the examination. The student’s final
grade is the average of all these grades.
The
hearing results not only in a semester grade in performance study for the
student but also in a recommendation about continuation in the degree program.
It may be determined that the student is likely to progress normally, that it
may take longer, or that a desired degree program may not be pursued.
Bachelor
of Music Education and Composition majors have a departmental examination in
addition to the performance portion of the upper-division examination. Ballet
and Recording Arts majors have only a departmental examination. Jazz Studies
majors have a departmental examination, with the student’s performance
instructor included as part of the examining committee.
Upper-division examinations are scheduled on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of
the final week of each semester. Students scheduled for upper-division
examinations will receive a letter from the Director of Music Undergraduate
Studies together with the time and place of their examination. Although every
effort is made to notify the student of any last-minute change in time or place
of the examination, it is the student’s responsibility to check with the
Undergraduate Office (MU011) for any changes.
Juries and
upper-division examinations are held when scheduled regardless of whether or not
the student is prepared. In this respect they differ from recital hearings,
which occur only when the student is fully prepared. Illness, as confirmed by a
note from a physician, is the only excuse for missing a jury or upper-division
examination. An unexcused absence for a jury or upper-division examination will
result automatically in the grade of F for the student for the semester.
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