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Regulations and Procedures

Academic Standing-Graduate and Diploma

Students are in good standing in the Jacobs School of Music if they are admitted to a music degree, diploma, or certificate, if they are making satisfactory progress toward that program, and if they are not on academic alert.

Academic Watch, Academic Alert, and Dismissal

A diploma, graduate certificate, or graduate degree student will be placed on academic watch after any semester in which

1. the student’s semester GPA falls below 3.0; or
2. the student receives a grade below B in major ensemble; or
3. the student receives a grade below the required minimum in a course required for the major field; or
4. the student completes fewer than the number of credit hours required for their academic program; or
5. the student receives an unsatisfactory grade in a review course taken to satisfy a proficiency requirement.

A diploma, graduate certificate, or graduate degree student will be placed on academic alert after any semester in which

1. the student receives academic watch letters in consecutive semesters; or
2. the student’s cumulative GPA (representative of at least two semesters) falls below 3.0; or
3. the student receives a grade of F in a major ensemble; or
4. the student receives a grade of F in a course required for the major field; or
5. the student accumulates two or more unsatisfactory grades in review courses taken to satisfy a proficiency requirement.

To be removed from academic alert, a student must meet the terms specified by the Jacobs School of Music. Students on academic alert are not eligible for financial aid from the Jacobs School of Music.

A diploma, graduate certificate, or graduate degree student will be subject to dismissal from the school when

1. the student receives an academic watch while on academic alert; or
2. the student is subject to academic alert a second time while already on academic alert; or
3. the student’s semester GPA falls below 2.0; or
4. the student fails for a second time to achieve a satisfactory grade in the same review course taken to satisfy a proficiency requirement; or
5. the student fails for a second time to achieve a satisfactory grade in the same major field course; or
6. the student does not fulfill the terms of academic alert; or
7. the student engages in an act of academic, personal, or professional misconduct; or
8. the student fails, in the judgment of the director of graduate studies, to make satisfactory progress toward the degree.

The Jacobs School of Music Administrative Committee considers petitions for readmission from students who have been dismissed.