ORIENTATION

PEABODY CONSERVATORY
of the Johns Hopkins University
August 2010
Office of Academic Affairs

Paul Mathews
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Caitlin Vincent
Academic Program Coordinator

The Office of Academic Affairs is located on the second floor of the

Friedheim Library building at the Peabody Conservatory. Appointments
with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs should be made through
the Office of Academic Affairs or by contacting the Academic Program
Coordinator.
The Undergraduate Curriculum
MAJOR STUDY MUSIC ACADEMICS

8 semesters of lessons, and 6 semesters of Music Theory; 4

seminars; 3 years of jury semesters of Ear-training; 4
examinations and a senior recital semesters of Keyboard Studies;
repertoire studies.
ACADEMICS

28 credits of Humanities in four

disciplines.

10 credits of electives.
 Lesson 4 Credits
Ensemble 2 Credits
Theory 3 Credits
Ear-training 2 Credits
Keyboard 2 Credits
Thursday Noon 1/2 Credit
Humanities Seminar 4 Credits

An Average Freshman Course Load

Placement Exams
Results due Friday morning.

Students who did not excel on placement exams at auditions must re-
take the Speed and Competency Rudiments Examination (SACRE)
exam, a twenty-minute test on rudiments (scales, intervals, chords, and
meter). Students who do not re-take the test, or do not score high
enough a second time, will be required to take Theory Fundamentals
concurrently with Music Theory I in their first semester.

Student seeking advanced placement are encouraged to take the

Advanced Placement Undergraduate Exam (AP-Ugrad). An excellent
performance on this test would make a student eligible for placement
into Theory II or Theory I-II: an accelerated course that covers two
years of material in one year.
More info: www.peabody.jhu.edu/theory
Placement Exams
Results due Friday morning.
Ear-Training
This placement exam assesses aural skills (dictation). Typically, a
melody or interval is played and students are asked to write down, to
the best of their ability, what is heard. Peabody's ear training and sight
singing program is designed to develop those skills.

Keyboard Studies: Wednesday & Thursday by Appointment

This placement audition is for the purpose of assigning the student to

either the first level, rudimentary, or accelerated level of Keyboard
Studies. Students typically vary widely in terms of piano background.
More info: www.peabody.jhu.edu/theory
 Lesson 4 Credits
Ensemble 2 Credits
Theory 3 Credits
Ear-training 2 Credits
Keyboard 2 Credits
Thursday Noon 1/2 Credit
Humanities Seminar 4 Credits

An Average Freshman Course Load

 Lesson 4 Credits
Ensemble 2 Credits
Theory 3 Credits
Ear-training 2 Credits
Keyboard 2 Credits
Thursday Noon 1/2 Credit
Humanities Seminar 4 Credits

Freshman Courses Already Scheduled

 Lesson 4 Credits
Ensemble 2 Credits
Theory 3 Credits
Ear-training 2 Credits
Keyboard 2 Credits
Thursday Noon 1/2 Credit
Humanities Seminar 4 Credits

Theory 3 Credits
Ear-training 2 Credits

Freshman Courses Already Scheduled

Theory Choices
Theory 1 Intensive

Theory 1

Theory 1-2 (Accelerated)

Ear-training Choices
Ear-training1 Intensive

Ear-training 1

Perfect Pitch (already scheduled)

ISIS: The ancient Egyptian
Goddess of Simplicity and the
Lady of Bread.

And an album by the post-punk

band Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
 Also the registration system for the
Johns Hopkins University.

To use ISIS, you'll need a user ID

(called the JHED ID) and a
password.

For more information, call the Helpdesk 410-234-4660 or

emailhelp@air.peabody.jhu.edu

ISIS: https://isis.jhu.edu/sswf/
FRESHMEN ADVISING

Katsura Kurita
Susana Rodriguez
Kyley McClain
Paul Mathews
Caitlin Vincent
The Undergraduate Curriculum
MAJOR STUDY MUSIC ACADEMICS

8 semesters of lessons, and 6 semesters of Music Theory; 4

seminars; 3 years of jury semesters of Ear-training; 4
examinations and a senior semesters of Keyboard Studies;
recital repertoire studies.

ACADEMICS

28 credits of Humanities in four

disciplines. 10 credits of
electives.
Curriculum:
Applied Study

• Students must take lessons

through their last semester
of enrollment.

• A graduation recital is required of all degree candidates. Some

departments require a half-recital in the junior year.
Curriculum: Applied Study
Students majoring in composition do not take juries. Rather, they
attend weekly seminars scheduled with the entire Composition
Department in attendance, providing ongoing departmental evaluation
for each student.

Each performance major must play a yearly jury in his or her major.

• 109— The freshman jury is considered an advising aid to the

student and teacher

• 209— The 209 jury assesses the student’s overall progress to

determine whether or not he or she should continue in the chosen
curriculum.
Curriculum: Applied Study
• The 309 jury is taken at the end of the junior
year. A half or full recital may be accepted in
fulfillment of the 309 requirement

• The 395 is the recital for the Performer’s

Certificate. Candidates for the Bachelor of
Music degree with a music education major
also perform this recital in their junior year

• The 495 is the senior recital.

Curriculum: Music Academics
THEORY

• Music Theory 1-6 (formerly I-III) are three continuous years of

study.
Jazz Majors take Jazz Theory and related courses for the second
and third years.
• Entrance into Theory 1 presumes a firm knowledge of
fundamentals as demonstrated on the placement test
SACRE. Those who are not able to show mastery in these areas
will be placed into a special fundamentals review section in
addition to Theory I. Students may also try for advanced
placement by taking the AP-Ugrad test.

http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/1232
Curriculum: Music Academics
THEORY

• The Theory courses must be taken in order,

and must be begun in the fall semester of
each year.

• Any deviation from the curriculum must be approved by the

Theory faculty on petition to the Chair of Music Theory

http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/1232
Curriculum: Music Academics
Ear-Training

• Ear-training classes meet for 25

minutes each day, five days a week.

• Ear-training is required each

semester of the first two years. Jazz
students take Jazz Ear-training in
their second year. Many students
choose to take Ear-Training 3 for
elective credit.

http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/1232
Curriculum: Music Academics
Keyboard Skills

• All undergraduate students take

Keyboard Skills. The name is a
misnomer; more than class piano,
Keyboard Skills is essentially Music
Theory at the Keyboard.
• Placement exams group students by their skill level. Students
who are unprepared must take a fundamentals class to develop
basic skills.
• Students take two years of Keyboard Skills. Jazz students take
Jazz Keyboard.

http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/1232
Curriculum: Music Academics
Musicology

• A four-semester sequence of courses (History of Music I, II, III,

IV) covering all periods of Western art music from classical
antiquity to the present.

• The courses may be taken in any order and at any time, though
students are encouraged to enroll in their third and fourth years
of study.
Curriculum: Music Academics
Musicology

• One semester of Music and Culture

may be substituted for one music
history course.

• Jazz majors are required to take two of

the five available offerings
Curriculum: Academics
Humanities

• A total of 28 credits for most majors.

• After completing the Humanities

Seminar (4 credits) most students
must complete 24 additional credits
distributed between broadly
defined study areas.

http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/humanities
Curriculum: Academics N.B.

Humanities

Students enrolled in the

Humanities Seminar should
purchace the Humanities
Reader from the Faculty
Secretary. The Humanities Reader
is the required text for the course.

To save money, the book was photocopied and bound by

Peabody. Take cash or check to Ms. Charlotte Chalmers at the bottom
of the Conservatory Building, near the elevators. It will be ready on
Thursday, 31 August.
http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/humanities
Curriculum: Academics
Humanities

LL = Language & Literature 6 Credits

GP = Global Perspectives 6 Credits

HP = Historical/Philosophical Studies 6 Credits

HE = Humanities Electives 6 Credits

http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/humanities
Curriculum: Academics
Humanities

Voice majors have a different distribution scheme:

•1 course (3 credits) in Language and Literature

•1 course (3 credits) in Global Perspectives
•1 course (3 credits) in Historical/Philosophical Studies
•2 courses (6 credits) in German
•2 courses (6 credits) in French
•2 courses (6 credits) in Italian

Music Education and Recording Arts majors are advised by

their faculty.
http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/humanities
Curriculum: Academics
Humanities, &c. • The Homewood Campus

Homewood connotes the main campus of the Johns

Hopkins University. Homewood is … er … home to the
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (KSAS) and the
Whiting School of Engineering (WSE).

These two schools share a common registrar, typically

denoted by the acronym ASEN (Arts & Sciences and Engineering).

• Classes at Peabody begin with the abbreviation PY.

• Classes at KSAS begin with the abbreviation AS.
• Classes at WSE begin with the abbreviation EN.
Curriculum: Academics
Humanities, &c. • The Homewood Campus

You are entitled to take classes at Homewood. However, you take those
classes as a Peabody student and subject to our rules and regulations.
Conversely, you take the classes on Homewood’s schedule which may be
different.

To take a class at Peabody, you

must complete documents kept
at the registrar’s office.
Curriculum: Thursday Noon

All first-year students (freshmen

and transfer students) will be
required to attend 10 Thursday
Noon recitals in their first and
second semesters of residency at
Peabody.

All second-year students (sophomores and second-year transfer

students) will be required to complete a concert attendance
project during their third and fourth semesters.
Administrative Regulations
Academic Standing & Satisfactory Progress: Undergraduate.

Acceptable Academic Standing requires:

• A cumulative and current grade point average of at least 2.0

• A grade of at least B- in the major area (lessons, juries, recitals,

hearings)

• Appropriate progress through the core curriculum.

Administrative Regulations
Students who fall below one or more of the stated benchmarks will
be brought to the attention of the Associate Dean and the
Undergraduate Committee.

• The Associate Dean, in consultation with the Undergraduate

Committee, may put any student who does not meet the
minimum benchmarks on warning for dismissal.

• The Associate Dean, in consultation with the Undergraduate

Committee, may dismiss any student who does not meet the
minimum benchmarks at the end of the semester with or without
prior warning.
Administrative Regulations
Students who fall below the stated benchmarks ...

• A dismissed student may apply for readmission after one full

semester.

• Peabody is under no obligation to grant readmission.

• A dismissed student may not enroll at Peabody in any capacity

until such time as he or she is readmitted.
Administrative Regulations
Definition of Full-Time Status

Undergraduate students at the

Conservatory are considered full time if
they carry 12 credit hours per semester.

In general, most need to complete 15 credits per

semester to stay on course to complete your degree.

Dreizehn!
Administrative Regulations
Undergraduate student classification:

• 1st year 0-30 hours of passing work completed

• 2nd year 31-60 hours of passing work completed
• 3rd year 61-90 hours of passing work completed
• 4th year over 90 hours of passing work completed

Classification may be modified in accordance with

appropriate performance level as determined by
departmental examinations.
Change of Status
Any change of status begins by contacting the Office of Academic
Affairs.

A leave of absence (LOA) is an approved interruption of a degree

program that is subject to a fixed duration and/or specific requirements
for return.

A withdrawal is a complete departure from the Conservatory and

its degree programs. A withdrawal can only be reversed through the
mechanisms of reaudition and petition of the relevant academic
committee.

Students who do not return from a leave of absence will be considered

withdrawn from the Conservatory.
Academic Misconduct

Academic misconduct is the act of stealing ideas, thoughts, and words.

Any act that violates the spirit of authorship or gives undue advantage is
a violation.

Much of the text on this and the following

slides is not the work of the presenter, but
rather the work of the Johns Hopkins
Office of Academic Advising.

http://www.jhu.edu/~advising/ethics.html
Academic Misconduct
Cheating

• Use of unauthorized materials (e.g., notes,

books) during an in-class or take-home
examination
• Inappropriate use of electronic devices
(mobile phones, PDAs) during an in-class
or take-home examination
• Copying answers from another student
• Obtaining the answers in advance of the
exam
Academic Misconduct
Plagarism

• Submission of the same or substantially similar work of another

person, such as an author or classmate
• Improper documentation of quotations, words, ideas, or
paraphrased passages taken from published or unpublished sources
Academic Misconduct
Plagarism

• Submission of unoriginal work from a published or unpublished

Internet source

• Use of paper writing services or paper databases on the Internet

Academic Misconduct
Other Violations of Academic Integrity:

• Knowingly facilitating another student's violations of Academic

Integrity;
• Multiple submissions of the same work;
• Falsification of an approval signature;
• Knowingly furnishing false information to any agent of the
Conservatory for inclusion in the academic records; and
Academic Misconduct

Suspected violations of the Academic

Code of Conduct are reported to the
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs,
who shall serve prompt written notice
of the charge, including a directive
notifying the student of the date, time
and place where a hearing into the
charges will be held
Academic Misconduct
• A hearing will include the student responding to the allegations
(i.e. “the respondent”) the Associate Dean, and the person
initiating the complainant.
• Witnesses may be called and evidence presented and examined to
determine the respondent’s culpability or innocence.
• The Associate Dean will provide the respondent with a written
statement of the findings and the sanctions the Associate Dean has
imposed. A copy of the findings will be sent to the Dean of the
Conservatory.
Academic Misconduct
• The student may appeal the ruling by the Associate Dean to the
Dean of the Conservatory within seven days of the Associate
Dean’s decision.

OUTCOMES
1. Retake of the examination/assignment involved
2. Score of zero on the examination/assignment involved
3. Lowering of the course grade
4. Loss of Peabody scholarship
Academic Misconduct
5. Failure in the course
6. Failure in the course with a
notation on the student’s
transcript that the grade was for
violation of academic integrity
7. Suspension from the Conservatory
8. Expulsion from the Conservatory
Actual Letter
Disability Services
Peabody students with disabilities are entitled
to reasonable accommodations to help
ensure their success.

Disability Services are coordinated through the Office of Student

Affairs. To receive accommodations, students must:

1. Gather the required documentation;

2. Download and complete the request form; and

3. Submit the request form and required documentation to the Office

of Student Affairs.

Please contact Dean Katsura Kurita • 410.234.4538

http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/disability
Peer Tutoring: Specific Subjects
Peabody provides peer tutoring for undergraduate students who are
experiencing difficulty in an academic course.

• Tutoring is managed through the Office of Academic Affairs.

• Students apply by requesting a tutor request form, which

must be signed by the teacher of the course for which the
student is seeking assistance.

• The teacher determines the amount of tutoring time

needed (a maximum of 3 hours per week for a specified
and limited number of weeks).
Peer Tutoring: Writing
All Peabody students can receive free help with specific writing
projects.

• Students can find a Writing Consultant every Sunday and

Wednesday evening between 7 pm and 9 pm on the second floor
of the Music Library.
• Students can arrange a private consultation by contacting a
Writing Consultant and setting up an appointment at a
convenient time.

More info: http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/1538

Review
• Get your JHED ID
• Watch your schedule
• Take your placement exams
• Take your auditions
• Buy your books including the
Humanities Reader
• Schedule lesson time
with major teacher
• Go to Class
• Do your work
• Keep in touch.
Placement Exams
• Theory (SACRE) 1:00 in
Conservatory 308
• Ear-Training
• Keyboard Today and
Tomorrow by appointment
(check Academic Affairs
bulletin board).
Final Thoughts:
Get Involved
Final Thoughts:

But Not
Too Much
Fine.