Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 5 PURPOSE .......................................................................................................................................... 5 MISSION ............................................................................................................................................. 5 VALUES .............................................................................................................................................. 5 INSTITUTIONAL VISION .................................................................................................................... 5 INSTITUTIONAL OBJECTIVES .......................................................................................................... 5 ACCREDITATION AND OPERATIONAL STATUS............................................................................. 5 COLLEGE COMMUNITY ................................................................................................................... 6 OUR STUDENTS ............................................................................................................................................. 6 OUR FACULTY ................................................................................................................................................ 6 OUR ALUMNI .......................................................................................................................... 6 OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY ................................................................................................................ 6 OUR CAMPUS .................................................................................................................................... 6 OUR LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES .................................................................................................. 8 OUR STUDENT SERVICES ........................................................................................................................... 8 OUR CAMPUS LIFE ........................................................................................................................... 9 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................. 11 ASSOCIATE OF ARTS IN PERFORMANCE ............................................................................................... 11 CURRICULA ................................................................................................................................. 11 REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................................... 11 BREADTH OF KNOWLEDGE ....................................................................................................... 13 MUSIC OUTREACH TRAINING CERTIFICATE ............................................................................... 14 CURRICULA ................................................................................................................................. 14 REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................................... 14 PREREQUISITES FOR THE YOUNG AMERICANS YOUTH PROGRAMS ................................................................. 15 COURSE SEQUENCE OVERVIEW .................................................................................................. 16 COURSE SEQUENCING FIRST YEAR ....................................................................................................... 16 COURSE SEQUENCING SECOND YEAR .................................................................................................. 16 COURSE SEQUENCE OVERVIEW ................................................................................................. 17 FIRST-YEAR MULTI-TERM COURSES ....................................................................................... 17 FIRST-YEAR FALL SEMESTER .............................................................................................................. 17 FIRST-YEAR MULTI-TERM COURSES ....................................................................................... 18 FIRST-YEAR SPRING SEMESTER ......................................................................................................... 18 SECOND-YEAR............................................................................................................................ 19 RESIDENT SEMESTER ........................................................................................................................... 19 PRACTICUM SEMESTER ............................................................................................................ 20 FLOATING COURSES ................................................................................................................. 20 ELECTIVES….……………………………………………………..…………………………...…..21 Enrollment Requirement Policy ..................................................................... ………………………………..21 2 The Young Americans College of the Performing Arts • Academic Catalog 2021-2022 ACADEMIC STANDARDS ................................................................................................................ 22 INSTRUCTIONAL LANGUAGE ........................................................................................................ 22 ACADEMIC CREDIT ......................................................................................................................... 22 GRADING SYSTEM ......................................................................................................................... 22 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ............................................................................................................ 23 STUDENT ACCOMMODATIONS ..................................................................................................... 23 SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS (SAP) ...................................................................................... 23 INSTITUTIONAL ATTENDANCE POLICY........................................................................................ 26 MULTI-TERM COURSE POLICY ..................................................................................................... 27 COURSE WITHDRAWAL & TERMINATION .................................................................................... 27 DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSES ............................................................................................... 27 NOTICE CONCERNING TRANSFERABILITY OF CREDITS AND CREDENTIALS EARNED AT OUR INSTITUTION ................................................................................................................................................................... 28 GRADUATION POLICY .................................................................................................................... 28 ADMISSIONS AND ENROLLMENT ................................................................................................ 29 ADMISSIONS EQUIVALENCY ......................................................................................................... 29 STUDENT HEALTH .......................................................................................................................... 29 IMMUNIZATION POLICY ...................................................................................................... 29 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ADMISSION STANDARDS ............................................................................................ 30 LATE CONSIDERATION .................................................................................................................. 31 AUDITION LOCATIONS ................................................................................................................... 31 TRANSFER OF CREDIT ............................................................................................................................... 32 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ......................................................................................................................... 32 ENROLLMENT CLASSIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................ 33 LEAVE OF ABSENCE ................................................................................................................................... 33 ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS ..................................................................................................... 33 PLACEMENT SERVICES ............................................................................................................................. 33 TUITION & FEES ............................................................................................................................... 34 STUDENT TUITION RECOVERY FUND .......................................................................................... 34 TOTAL COST OF PROGRAM .......................................................................................................... 36 SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS ........................................................................................................................ 36 TUITION PAYMENTS 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