Academic Policies and Procedures

Absences from scheduled practice hours, rehearsals, and laboratories will be excused only for serious and substantiated reasons, and the final grade in the course may be lowered for unexcused absence. Absence from a theatre, dance, or music rehearsal, crew meeting, or performance may be deemed sufficient reason for giving the student a grade of F for the semester’s work in the course concerned.

If an instructor indicates that a student has fallen below a passing grade in a course because of excessive absences, the dean, upon written recommendation of the instructor, may drop the student from that course and assign a grade of F for the semester.

Music Performances

A student majoring in the Butler School of Music must consult his or her faculty adviser before participating in any public performance.

Admission to the Program

The honors program is available to qualified art history majors pursuing the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Art. At the beginning of the senior year, an interested art history major should apply to the honors adviser for admission to the program. The criteria for admission are

1. Completion of at least ninety semester hours of college credit.
2. A University grade point average of at least 3.00.
3. A grade point average of at least 3.50 in all art history courses attempted, both at the University and elsewhere.
4. Completion of at least fifteen semester hours in art history. If the hours in art history were not earned at the University, admission is at the discretion of the honors adviser.
5. Approval of the honors adviser, who is responsible for maintaining the high standards for admission to and completion of the program.

Graduation with Special Honors in Art History

To complete the program, students must meet the following requirements by the end of the semester in which they graduate.

1. Graduation as an art history major.
2. Completion in residence at the University of at least sixty semester hours of coursework counted toward the degree.
3. A University grade point average of at least 3.00.
4. A grade point average of at least 3.50 in all art history courses taken at the University.
5. Completion of Art History 375 with a grade of at least B.
6. Approval of the honors adviser.
7. Completion of Art History 379H with a grade of A. This conference course, in which the student researches and writes a thesis, may not be counted toward the minimum number of hours of art history required for the degree.

   To enroll in Art History 379H, the student must have the consent of the honors adviser. Consent is based on a written prospectus for the student’s honors thesis and a letter of support from the art history faculty member who will supervise the thesis. The prospectus and the letter of support must be submitted to the honors adviser by the end of the semester preceding the semester in which the student plans to take Art History 379H.

   The student may develop the honors project and prepare the prospectus either in Art History 376 or in another art history course:

   1. With the approval of the honors adviser, the student must complete the independent study course Art History 376 with an art history faculty member who agrees to supervise the student’s work. Art History 376 may be counted toward the degree as elective art history credit. The student must earn a grade of at least B in order to progress to Art History 379H.

   2. The student may also base the prospectus on a project undertaken in another art history course in which he or she earned a grade of at least B.

8. Submission of a departmental honors degree audit application to the Office of the Dean of the College of Fine Arts. This degree audit application may be submitted when the student is admitted to the honors program; it must be on file when the student applies for graduation. Failure to meet this requirement will preclude graduation with special honors in art history.

Eligibility

To apply for a Certificate of Recognition in Music Performance, a student must be enrolled as an undergraduate music major pursuing the Bachelor of Music degree or the Bachelor of Arts in Music degree. He or she must be enrolled in principal instrument course 260.

Procedure

A student who meets the eligibility criteria must submit a petition to the appropriate music performance jury for permission to audition before the Butler School of Music faculty—that is, to perform at a full faculty jury examination. This petition may be submitted during any semester in which the student is enrolled in principal instrument course 260. Ordinarily, the student may not audition for the full faculty before the conclusion of his or her second semester of principal instrument course 260. If the petition is approved, the student may audition at a full faculty jury examination.

If the student obtains approval at the full faculty jury examination, then he or she must present a certificate recital during the following academic year. The student may also enroll in Music 420R rather than principal instrument course 260 for the semester in which the certificate recital is to be given. A certificate recital must be equivalent to the junior recital required of a performance major and must offer a repertoire equivalent to that of an upper-division performance major. The recital is heard by the faculty of the student’s principal instrument, who vote to approve or disapprove the granting of a Certificate of Recognition in Music Performance. If approval is given by the division faculty, the certificate is issued by the Butler School and signed by both the student’s music performance instructor and the director of the school.