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SAE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CATALOG NASHVILLE 2009-2010 SAE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - NASHVILLE OF CONTENTS TABLE COURSE CATALOG PUBLISHED 9/2009 VOLUME # 1/2009-2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION . 2 CAMPUS FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT . 2 OWNERSHIP AND history . 2-3. ADMINISTRATION POLICIES . 3-6. STUDIO AND LAB POLICIES . 6-7. GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES . 7-8. ADMISSIONS . 9-10. holiday BREAKS . 10 ACADEMIC POLICIES . 11-13. STUDENT SERVICES . 13-14. ATTENDANCE POLICIES . 14 financial INFORMation AND FINANCIAL AID POLICIES . 14-16. CANCELLATION AND REFUND . 16-17. PROGRAMS AUDIO TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM . 17-18. ELECTRONIC MUSIC PRODUCER . 19 DIGITAL FILM EDITING . 20 fACULTY, STAFF, AND INTERNATIONAL ADVISORS . 21-23. AUTHORIZATION AND LICENSES . 24 1 GENERAL INFORMATION OWNERSHIP THE PHILOSOPHY OF SAE OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL SAE Institute of Technology is a private post-secondary training institu- SAE Institute of Technology Nashville is owned by SAE Institute Group tion, educating a diverse student population throughout the world . SAE Inc, a Delaware Corporation . All SAE Institutes in the United States, is committed to preparing students for careers in the field of audio which include campuses in New York, Nashville, Miami, Los Angeles, and film technologies through a solid grounding in current technology Atlanta, and San Francisco are owned by SAE Institute Group Inc . The consisting of both practical experience and theoretical knowledge . officers of SAE Institute Group, Inc . include Dr . Tom Misner, President In order to fulfill SAE’s commitment to the student, our curriculum is and Founder and Udo Hoppenworth, Senior Vice President . SAE based upon the latest developments in the audio and film industries, Institute provides a worldwide network to support SAE students in and includes current industry-standard equipment and technology in their educational goals, and graduates in their future careers . It further order to ensure that students get the proper training and preparation ensures consistent and coordinated high quality audio education using for their chosen field . All of our efforts at SAE are directed towards the global industry connections . GENERAL GENERAL INFORMATION fulfillment of the school’s institutional objectives; namely, to provide students with the theoretical and practical skills to work in an entry- The United States operations governing board includes the mem- level audio and multi-media industry job . bers of the American corporate staff, the SAE International Board of Directors, plus each school’s Institutional Director . The Institutional NONDISCRIMination POLICY Director (Local Administrator) from each campus acts as the campus SAE Institutes are post-secondary educational institutions that admit representative to the Board to ensure that local needs are being academically qualified students without regard to sex, age, race, reviewed and addressed and that educational requirements, opera- national origin or handicap and afford them all rights, privileges, pro- tional standards and physical resources are being delivered to the grams and other opportunities generally available to students at the students on each campus . Institutes . SAE does not discriminate on the basis of sex, age, race, color, national origin or handicap in admissions, employment services, LICENSE or access to its programs and activities . CALIFORNIA: SAE Institute of Technology (Los Angeles, San Francisco) is licensed by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and FACILITIES Vocational Education (California), and has signed the voluntary agree- ment with the Department of Consumer Affairs . The Nashville campus is located at: FLORIDA: SAE Institute of Technology (Miami) is licensed by the 7 Music Circle North Florida Commission For Independent Education, License No 2282 . Nashville, TN 37203 Additional information regarding this institution may be obtained by contacting the Commission at 325 W . Gaines Street, Suite 1414, Phone: (615) 244-5848 Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400 . Toll free telephone number (888)-224- 6684 SAE is located in the heart of Music Row, Nashville’s entertainment center . The Institute occupies a modern two-floor 15,000 square foot, GEORGIA: SAE Institute of Technology (Atlanta) is licensed by: air-conditioned facility convenient to the major bus lines . The building Georgia Non public Postsecondary Education Commission 2082 East includes student classrooms and fully equipped studios with the follow- Exchange Place Suite 220 Tucker, Georgia 30084 tel: 770 .414 .3300 ing industry-standard equipment: fax: 770 .414 .3309 web: http://www .gnpec .org SAE Atlanta License No . 861 Neve 88R console SSL 4000 series console NEW YORK: SAE Institute of Technology, New York is licensed by the Neve Genesys console New York State Education Department . Digidesign Control 24 Monitoring by Genelec, Mackie, and Blue Sky TENNESSEE: SAE Institute of Technology is an authorized institution Lexicon effects processors by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission . This authoriza- Blue Sky 5 .1 surround monitors tion must be renewed each year and is based on an evaluation by Mackie analog 8-bus console minimum standards concerning quality of education, ethical business Alesis HR24 Recorders practices, health, safety, and fiscal responsibility . SAE Nashville is Pro Tools HD accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Career Schools and Logic and Reason MIDI stations Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT) . Bias Peak stations HISTORY OF SAE SAE regularly upgrades its equipment, software, and materials in order to keep up with rapidly changing audio and media technology . Dr . Tom Misner founded SAE in Sydney, Australia in 1976 as a school The school reserves the right to upgrade its facilities, equipment, soft specializing in audio engineering instruction, emphasizing a balanced ware, and other student materials at any time to provide the student curriculum featuring both a theoretical and practical approach . By with current industry-standard practical experience . 1984, Dr . Misner opened five more schools in Australia, and in 1985 2 established SAE London, the first overseas institute and first pro-audio DRUG FREE WORKPLACE AND SCHOOL POLICIES ADMINISTRATION school in the United Kingdom . SAE forbids the use, possession, distribution or sale of drugs or alco- hol by students, faculty, or staff anywhere within the school facilities In 1986, SAE opened its first non-English speaking school in Munich, or on campus grounds . Anyone in violation of state, federal, or other Germany . Since then, SAE has continued to expand its network of local regulations, with respect to illegal drugs or alcohol, may be sub- institutes and offer educational opportunities in such locations as ject to both school disciplinary action and criminal prosecution . Vienna, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, Kuala Lumpur, Stockholm, Milan, Athens and Singapore, to name a few of the now more than 50 cam- INSTITUTION SECURITY puses worldwide . Federal law requires that schools administering Federal student loans through Title IV provide accurate campus crime statistics . SAE In 1999, SAE expanded its school operation to the United States, Institutes which have Title IV loans keep a record of such campus opening the first U .S . locations in New York and Nashville, making crime statistics . This report is viewable in electronic format on the SAE Institute of Technology a truly worldwide institute . SAE has student server . continued to expand in the United States, adding a school in Miami in 2002, Los Angeles in 2006, Atlanta in 2007 and San Francisco in SUPPLEMENTS & ATTACHMENTS TO CATALOG 2009 . For a more detailed description of the history of SAE to date we Any revisions to the SAE catalogs will be attached using supplements invite you to look at our web site at www .sae .edu . reflecting state/campus specific information along with any recent changes or updates not available at the time of publication . The ADMINISTRATION POLICIES supplement will bear the publication date and volume number of the corresponding catalogs . ADMINISTRatiVE OFFICE The Administrative Office is responsible for documenting student aca- CELL PHONE POLICY demic activity and student status while at SAE as well as permanent The use of cell phones or pagers is prohibited during class hours . record storage and retrieval after withdrawal or graduation . These Please turn off all such devices while in class . responsibilities include but are not limited to registration, keeping a master list of students, maintaining confidential student files, tran- BULLETIN BOARDS scripts, transfer credit determinations, recording and collecting grades, The bulletin boards located throughout the SAE campus are used attendance records, student status tracking and verification, issuing for posting of student information and notices . Each class has a student identification cards, schedule changes, ensuring international designated area on these boards and any updates on due dates, students are meeting all requirements for continued enrollment, with- project information, test schedules, and any other important student drawal requests and verifying graduation requirements . Students may information will be posted here . Students are responsible for all such request assistance from the Administrative Office by telephone or on information posted and should check the boards regularly . an appointment or walk-in basis during administrative office hours . The use of campus bulletin boards is restricted to institutional infor-