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Information regarding the following registration procedures and
policies are found on on this page:
Registration for New Students
Registration for Continuing Students
Registration for Returning Students
Credit Limit
Major Teacher Change
Program Change
Elective Credits
Lessons
Schedule of Classes
Barnard College Cross-Registration Program
Auditing
Independent Study
Please note: No student will be permitted to attend classes or
lessons until payment of tuition and fees has been made in accordance
with the arrangements described under tuition and fees in the School's
Catalogue.
Registration for New Students
Permission to register for classes is granted to new students and
former Manhattan School of Music students beginning a new program
only if they have been formally admitted through the Office of Admission
and Financial Aid. Instructions and materials for registration are
available at the times designated for new student registration (see
Academic Calendar).
Registration for Continuing Students
In April and November, all current students who expect to continue
their studies in the succeeding semester are required to preregister
for classes.
Approximately two (2) weeks prior to the beginning of each semester,
Confirmation of Attendance packets will be made available. Each
student will be required to pick up his or her packet personally
and will have through the second day of classes to do so. Failure
to confirm attendance officially will result in courses being dropped
from his or her schedule.
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Registration for Returning Students
Returning students are defined as:
- Students returning after an official leave of absence; or
- A former student seeking to complete unfinished degree requirements
and formally readmitted by the institution.
Such students should contact the Office of the Registrar and set
up a Returning Student Registration appointment with a counselor
prior to the first day of class.
Credit Limit
Full-time undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students are
defined as those enrolled for 12 to 18 credits. Matriculated students
are those working towards a degree or diploma. The School does not
permit students to register for part-time status (less than 12 credits).
Exceptions to this policy are made only for students completing
their last semester of study in the BM and MM programs and for DMA
candidates completing their non-classroom requirements. Requests
for part-time status must be made in writing through a General Petition
Form and forwarded to the Office of the Dean of Academics. Such
exceptions are reviewed on a case by case basis by the Dean’s
Council. To download a printable General Petition Form, click
here.
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Major Teacher Change
Teacher assignments are made with great care and consideration
for each student. Changes must be made in writing and submitted
to the Vice President/Dean of Faculty & Performance or the Dean
of Students. No changes will be processed after the conclusion of
the Student Initiated Withdrawal Period. Applications for and information
on changing teachers may be obtained from the Office of the Vice
President/Dean of Faculty & Performance or the Dean of Students.
After a student changes teachers, the former teacher is excluded
from grading the student at subsequent juries and auditions. In
addition, teacher assignments are subject to change based on teacher
availability.
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Program Change
Students who wish to change their course of study from one discipline
to another must re-audition. Audition dates and information on requirements
of a new program of study can be obtained from the Office of Admission
and Financial Aid. Information regarding the transfer of credits
from one program to another can be obtained from the Office of the
Registrar.
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Elective Credits
Elective Credits are those credits not distinctly specified in
a particular major’s course sequence. Electives are either
general or department specific and exist in most departments. Students
are allowed and indeed encouraged to take courses outside their
majors as General Electives, as long as there is space available
in the course for non-majors and they meet the prerequisites.
Students are not permitted to take major lessons or ensembles in
order to fulfill elective credit requirements.
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Lessons
Full-time lessons are scheduled for fourteen (14) one-hour sessions
per semester. Undergraduate students are required to take at least
eight (8) semesters of full-time lessons, graduate and doctoral
students are required to take four (4) semesters and professional
studies students are required to take at least two (2) semesters.
The number of semesters of full-time major lessons required of transfer
students is determined at the time of acceptance into the school
and is dependent upon the performance level of acceptance.
Students who have completed their major lesson requirement but
have not performed their Graduation Project (Accompanying majors
only), Concerto requirement (Piano majors only), Graduation Jury
and/or Recital, are required to register for half-time lessons in
order to prepare for the requirement. Half-time lessons are seven
(7) sessions at three (3) credits for graduate students and two
(2) credits for undergraduate students.
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Schedule of Classes
Class times are published in the Schedule of Classes and are available
at registration. A second publication of the Schedule containing
class times and locations will be available the first day of classes.
Changes made to the schedule after this final printing are published
separately. Underenrolled courses are subject to cancellation at
any time during the first two weeks of classes.
Barnard College Cross-Registration
Program
A special program of cross-registration between Manhattan School
of Music and Barnard College allows qualified Manhattan School of
Music undergraduates to have access to a greater variety of academic
courses taught at Barnard. Students must be in good academic standing
with a cumulative Manhattan School of Music grade point average
of at least a B. Appropriate Barnard courses must be approved by
both the Manhattan School of Music and Barnard Offices of the Registrar
and cannot be more than three (3) points. A surcharge for a Barnard
course will be assessed by the Manhattan School of Music Bursar.
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Auditing
Students may petition to audit a course for no credit if space
is available in the class. Approval of the instructor and department
chair is required. Students who exceed the maximum number of credit
hours allowed in their course sequence plans will be assessed an
additional per-credit charge as outlined in the tuition and fees
section of the catalog.
Courses taken as “Audit” are subject to the same Add/Drop/Withdrawal
deadlines as regular courses. (See Schedule
Changes)
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Independent Study
Independent Study provides the student with an opportunity to engage
in exceptional research projects. Independent Study Petition Forms
are available in the Office of the Registrar. Such requests will
be reviewed for approval by the Registrar and the Dean of Academics.
A student is granted no more than one Independent Study during his
or her residency in any program of study.
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