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Academic Standards

Undergraduate music majors need to complete their core music classes with a C- or better. Certain Music Education and Recording Arts & Production courses have a B- minimum grade requirement.  Students may be required to repeat music courses in which they do not meet the minimum course grade requirement.  Courses may be repeated once after the first failed attempt.  Subsequent repetitions are not automatically granted, and require both the support of the School of Music and the permission of the Provost.  Passing grades must be earned at each level of a sequence of courses before you will be allowed to progress to the next level.  We believe that understanding of course material at every level adds an essential dimension to music skills and development.  Your advisor is there to help you if you are having trouble at any point in your studies.

Graduate music students must maintain a 3.0 or higher.  When a degree student’s GPA falls below 3.00, the student will be placed on Academic Notice. The degree student must raise his/her GPA to at least a 3.0 within the next six credits of course work taken within the next two semesters from the date of notification of Academic Notice. This may include summer sessions. Failure to achieve a GPA of 3.00 within the prescribed period of time will lead to final review, which may result in removal of matriculated status and dismissal.

A degree student who receives three “C” (i.e., “C+”, “C”, or “C-“) or lower level grades (i.e., “F”) will be dismissed from the program. The Graduate School will make dismissal actions on a case-by-case basis in consultation with a degree student’s Graduate Program Coordinator.