Faculty Handbook

1. Academic Matters
2. Miscellaneous
3. Music Library
4. Operations
5. School Business
6. School Organization
   Appendices

Last updated September, 2010

The School of Music is guided by the NASM Code of Ethics in all matters

I. Academic Matters

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1. Admissions
2. Admission to Upper-Level Applied Study
3. Applied Faculty Jury Participation
4. Auditions
5. Awards
   
   
6. Change of Grade
7. Class Rolls
8. Commencement
9. Course Syllabi
   
   
10. Ensemble Audition Criteria
11. Extra Rehearsals
    
    
12. Final Examinations and Grades
    
    
13. Grade Appeal
14. Graduate Assistantships
    
    
15. Incompletes
16. Independent Studies
17. Internships
    
    
18. NIU Grading System
    
    
19. Off-Campus Concerts
20. Office Hours
    
    
21. Prerequisites and Corequisites
    
    
22. Reading Day
23. Recruiting
24. Research Involving Human Subjects
    
    
25. Scholarships
26. Sponsored Admission and Transfer Review
27. Student Privacy and the Posting of Grades

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II. Miscellaneous

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1. Benevolence Fund
2. Campus Guests
3. Faculty Bulletin Board
4. Media Equipment
5. Policy on Smoking, Food, Drinks and Alcohol
6. Radio Stations
7. Summer Address

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III. Music Library

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1. About the Music Library
2. Circulation of Materials
3. Guidelines for Placing Materials on Reserve
4. Ordering New Materials
5. Orientation/Instruction

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IV. Operations

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1. Calendar
2. Ensemble Programs
3. Stage Extensions
4. Renting music for ensembles
5. Equipment Removal from Campus
6. Harpsichord Use Policy and Request Form
7. Keys
8. Large Ensemble Office
9. Office Operation
10. Office Supplies 
11. Piano Tuning
12. Recording Services
13. Recital Dates
14. Recital Programs
15. Tornado Alerts

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V. School Business

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1. Absence Policy
2. Applied Fund Guidelines
   
   
3. Budget Allocations
   
   
4. CD Collection in Music Office
5. Committees
6. Contractual Period/Pay Periods
7. Convocations & Honors Convocaton
   
   
8. Equipment Purchased Through Grants
9. Expenditures by, and Reimbursement to, Faculty
   
   
10. Facsimile Transmissions (fax)
11. Faculty Meetings
12. Faculty Personnel Files
    
    
13. GroupWise WebAccess (off-campus e-mail)
    
    
14. Hiring Procedures
    
    
15. International Student Employment
    
    
16. Mail
17. MUSC 220 Concert Series Funding
    
    
18. Office Computers & Virus Protection
19. Office Hours
    
    
20. Personnel Evaluations
    
    
21. Student Evaluations
22. Student Organization Advisors
    
    
23. Telephone Service
    
    
24. Work Loads

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VI. School Organization

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1. Administration and Staff
2. Faculty Area Coordinators
3. Faculty

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Appendices

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1. Applied Studio Enrollment Confirmation Form
   
2. Copyright Information
3. Curriculum Proposal - Catalog Change Form
4. Curriculum Proposal - New Course Form
5. CVPA Change of Grade Form
   
6. FERPA Guidelines for Faculty and Staff
   
7. Graduate School Change of Grade Form
8. Grade of I (incomplete) Report Form
   
9. Independent Study Request Form
   
10. Honors Convocation Program Information Form
    
11. Music Literacy Assessment Tool
12. Music 220 Concert Fund Application Form
    
13. NIU and the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act
    
14. Procedures for Appealing Allegedly Capricious Semester Grades of Graduate Students
15. Procedures for Appealing Allegedly Capricious Semester Grades of Undergraduate Students
    
16. Request for Authorization to Travel and/or Absence from Regular Duties
    
17. Sophomore Competency Confirmation Form
18. Student Organization Faculty Advisor Memorandum of Understanding
19. Syllabus Guidelines
20. Syllabus Outline
    
21. University Policies for Grades of Incomplete
    
22. Waiver of Prerequisite or Corequisite Request Form

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