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Rules and Guidelines

Guidelines for MFA Professional Practice/Production Practice

1. Students are required to complete and submit the Proposal for Professional Practice/Production Practice/Special Project/Independent Study/Internship form for each registered Professional Practice or Production Practice at least two weeks before the Professional/Production Practice starts.TheycansubmittheabovementionedFormat least two weeks before the semester ends if the Professional Practice/Production Practice starts during Academy’slongbreaks,e.g.Christmas,LunarNewYear,andsummerbreaks.

2. If the Professional Practice/Production Practice spans two semesters, e.g. begins mid-semester inthefirstsemesterandcompletesmid-semester insecondsemester,an‘SP’(SatisfactoryProgress)or‘PQ’(ProgressQuestionable)gradewillbegiven inthefirstsemesterandtheninthefollowingsemester,astandardgrade(AthroughF)willbegivenafter the practice is completed.

3. Normally, ifstudentsareunabletocompletetheirProfessional Practice/Production Practice bythestatedcompletiondate,an‘Incomplete’gradewillbegiven.Anewcompletiondatewill be given as agreed upon by the students and their advisors, this is normally one week afterthestartofthenextsemester.

4. Normally,ifstudentsstillcannotcompletetheirProfessional Practice/Production Practice by theagreeddeadline,the‘Incomplete’gradewillbeconvertedautomaticallytoan‘F’grade.

5. If studentscompletetheirworksbythedeadlinebut theycannotbeassessedbythegradingdeadline,an‘SP’(SatisfactoryProgress)gradewillbegiven.

6. Normally,studentsshouldcommencetheirfinal Professional Practice or Production Practice before they register for the Thesis Project, i.e. by the third semester for full-time students or by the antepenultimate semester for part-time students.

Guidelines for MFA and MMus Thesis Project

General Guidelines

1. Permanent Record

1.1 Allmaster’sdegreecandidatesarerequiredtosubmitarecordof theirThesis Project (fortheMFAandMMusdegree).Onecopy(forretentionintheAcademyLibrary)mustbepresented inapermanentand legible formaccording to thespecificationssetoutbelow:

(a) ThewrittencomponentsofThesis Project must be typed and bound with DVDrecording(s)ofthepracticalcomponentsincludedasapermanentandintegralpartbymeansofpocket(s)attachedtotheinsideoftherearboardof the binding.

(b) Thebindingmustbe fixedsothat leavescannotberemovedorreplaced,i.e.,signature(sewn)bound.Thefrontandrearboardsshouldhavesufficientrigidity to support the weight of the work when standing upright. The GEC andtheLibrarywillprovidebindingservicebyanoutsourcedbinder.