Current version - Indiana University South Bend

MUSIC 449
SPCH-S 380
SPCH-S 427
SPCH-S 450
Music
Nonverbal Communication
Cross Cultural Communication
Gender and Communication
Martin Professor of Piano: Toradze
Assistant Professors: Mayrose, J. Muñiz, J. Wright
Lecturers: Badridze, Cooper, Li, Murphy, Purcell, Vargas
Faculty Emeriti: Barton, Demaree, Esselstrom
Area Coordinator: J. Muñiz
General Information
Admission
In addition to the general admission requirements for IU
South Bend, prospective music students must take the
following steps:
• Students must audition on their major instrument.
A later change of major instrument requires an
additional audition. For information about audition
dates and repertoire, contact the Ernestine M. Raclin
School of the Arts office.
• All entering first-time students must complete an
assessment process to determine their placement in
music theory and music history classes. There is no
charge for this examination which is administered
during new student orientation.
Once the above steps are complete, the student may be
certified as a music major. However, up to the time when
45 credit hours are successfully complete, the student
may transfer to another academic degree program, either
at the student’s request or on the recommendation of the
music faculty.
Transfer Students
Transfer students must audition in a major performing
area for admission to a particular curriculum. Applicants
with cumulative grade point averages below the
requirement may petition for admission on probationary
status on the basis of musical talent demonstrated by an
audition before music faculty members.
Transfer students who have completed college course
work in a music degree program must take placement
examinations in music theory, aural skills, music history,
and keyboard proficiency. These examinations usually
are given during the week before the first day of classes
each semester.
All credit hours in music and world languages from an
institution other than Indiana University are subject to
placement and evaluation in the Ernestine M. Raclin
School of the Arts and must be validated upon entrance
by examination or audition.
Transfer students, especially those transferring for their
junior or senior years, must be aware of the possibility
that not all credit hours in the above areas are accepted
or counted toward degree requirements in the Ernestine
M. Raclin School of the Arts. These students may have to
spend a longer time to complete their bachelor’s degrees.
Transfer students may take a music examination to
demonstrate their comprehension when they have
passed an equivalent course at another institution. (See
Credit by Examination within Academic Regulations and
Policies of the university in this publication for more
information.)
Credit for Professional Experience
Students seeking credit for equivalent professional
experience are evaluated as follows:
• In academic courses, on the recommendation of the
director of instruction, the student may gain Ernestine
M. Raclin School of the Arts credit by examination.
• In applied music, advanced placement in a medium is
achieved only through parallel music performance and
literature examinations which evaluate the composite
level of experience.
To acquire music course credit by examination, the test
must be conducted by the music faculty at IU South
Bend.
Ensemble Requirement
All undergraduate music students in the Ernestine M.
Raclin School of the Arts must enroll in a major ensemble
and earn a passing grade each semester of registration
regardless of admission status. Attendance at public
performances of the major ensemble is required.
To preserve necessary performance balances, no
withdrawals from music ensembles are permitted after
the second week of the semester. Appeals must be
directed to the music faculty. Students should note that
absence from a public performance, for any reason other
than emergency illness, is regarded with the utmost
seriousness, and is grounds for failure in ensemble.
Commencement activities and similar ceremonies may
require performances by university ensembles after
semester classes are over. The music faculty issues
grades in such cases pending satisfactory participation
by all performers and reserves the right to revise those
grades after original issuance where necessary.