Concentrators and Joint Concentrators Planning to Write Honors Theses
If you are a candidate for honors next year, please note the following regarding deadlines and requirements for your senior thesis. There are four deadlines, valid for all types of theses. All deadlines are effective at 4:00 pm that day.
Material for deadlines nos. 1, 2, and 3 should be submitted to:
a) the advisor, in electronic or paper format;
b) the Assistant to the Head Tutor, Mary Gerbi. The material should be in electronic format (sent to gerbi@fas.harvard.edu), although those submitting compositions have the option of doing so in hard copy. The material will be stored and will be made available to both the student and music department faculty other than the Advisor, for consultation.
Deadlines: (09-10)
1. Prospectus. For composition theses it should lay out the scope of the proposed project, including performance forces, approximate duration, and text to be set (if any). For ethnomusicology, theory, and music history theses, it should consist of an outline and a bibliography (approximately 4-5 pages total): October 5, 2009
2. Completion of a minimum of 50% of the work. For ethno, theory, and history theses this corresponds, for example, to two out of four chapters--the draft should include footnotes as well: December 7, 2009
3. First complete draft of work: February 16, 2010
4. The final copies (total of 2 or 3: Advisor, additional Reader(s)) should be given to the Assistant to the Chair, in Room 104S, Music Building: March 8, 2010, FINAL DEADLINE (no exceptions)
A bound copy of the final thesis is required for submission to the Music Library. If you are awarded summa cum laude or magna cum laude, you will also be responsible for submitting an additional unbound copy for the University Archives. This is a requirement for receiving the final award on the thesis. The Library and/or archive copies must be submitted to the Assistant to the Chair by May 5, 2010.
NOTE: After the due date, no revisions are accepted, except those mandated by the Thesis Advisor (copy editing will be allowed for library and archival copies).
An explanation of the required format for your thesis follows.
Please see your Advisor, Head Tutor or Assistant Head Tutor if you have any questions.
Joint concentrators: Deadlines for other departments may be different. However, even if the Department of Music deadline happens to be earlier, you must submit your complete, final thesis by our deadline. Likewise it is required that you follow our preliminary deadlines. This rule applies whether you are a primary or secondary concentrator in Music.
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Senior Thesis Deadlines (09-109)
October 5, 2009 |
Deadline for prospectus to Advisor |
December 7, 2009 |
50% of work due. |
February 16, 2010 |
First complete draft of work due |
March 8, 2010 |
Deadline for Department of Music |
May 5, 2010 |
Deadline for submission of bound copy for Library (and archives) |
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Undergraduate Thesis Format Requirements (09-10)
All copies should be submitted to the Assistant to the Chair by the stated deadlines.
• Deadline for the final version of thesis to the readers and the Department is March 5, 2010.
• The final readers’ copies of the thesis (usually a total of two for joint concentrators and three for honors concentrators) should be bound and fully formatted (i.e., footnotes, appendices, bibliography, etc.). Either single- or double-sided copies are acceptable. Three-ring binders are acceptable.
• The Assistant to the Chair should be provided one single-sided, bound copy on acid-free paper, for cataloging in the Music Library, by May 5th.
• The Music Library prefers undergraduate theses bound with ACCO press binders or glued binders like the Sourcebook. The binding must stand upright on the shelf (for example, spiral plastic binding, which tends to slump and fall apart in a short time, is not acceptable).
• Students receiving summa or magna honors (notification early May) should also submit one single-sided, unbound copy on acid-free paper directly to the Assistant to the Chair by May 5th. This copy will be cataloged in the University Archives.
• Format for title page is illustrated by attached Sample.
• Format of the body of the document: 1” margins top and bottom, and 1.5” on left and right; single-sided pages.
• For theses submitted by joint concentrators, the second department usually defers to the first department with regard to format requirements. The student should confer with the second department to confirm this.
• For compositions, it is not recommended that you submit a thesis in pencil. If a software program is not feasible, then a high-quality photocopy of a penciled work should be submitted. Please confer with your advisor to determine the best format.
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Independent Study: Private Music Lessons
Independent Study is designed to provide credit for private music lessons given by instructors not on the Harvard faculty and is governed by the guidelines published in the Handbook for Students issued each year by Harvard College. The catalogue number for Independent Study is "9999." Only students concurrently engaged in at least one of the following activities are eligible for Private Music Lessons as Independent Study in Music:
1) Music Concentrators/Joint Concentrators
2) Members of:
Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra
Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum
Radcliffe Choral Society
Harvard Glee Club
Harvard University Choir
Harvard University Jazz Band
Harvard Wind Ensemble
Harvard Jazz Band
3) Students enrolled in a Music Department course (not including Core or Gen Ed)
The following procedures must be followed:
1. Obtain Application for Independent Study forms (two copies) from your House Resident Dean. Have them out and signed.
2. Include in the petition for Independent Study a statement as to why course credit for lessons is desired and what you hope to achieve in the lessons.
3. Fill out the Independent Study Form (from Assistant to the Chair in the Music Department) and obtain signature from Private Instructor.
4. Both forms (Application for Independent Study and Departmental Independent Study Form) must be completed and signed and in the Department Office for the Music Department Advisor's signature four working days before your Resident Dean's due date. You are responsible for picking up the signed forms from the Department and returning them to your Resident Dean. Please be aware that individual Senior Tutors may have different deadlines.
5. At the end of the term both you and your Private Instructor must submit a brief report to the Music Department. Each of these reports should outline what pieces have been worked on and should include an evaluation of your progress. The deadline for the reports is the first day of Reading Period. The reports will be accepted by the Assistant to the Chair and passed on to the appropriate Advisor. Both reports must be received or no credit will be given. You are responsible for making sure that the Private Instructor submits the report by the deadline.
Special Note: Lessons must be paid for by the student; the Music Department does not fund private study on any instrument.
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