Gather round the campfire my friends and learn about the pass/fail option. You can hum along if you like to the tune of Kumbaya.
Permission is required for pass/fail
Instructors must agree for pass/fail
Find out early on for pass/fail
Oh yeah, for pass/fail
Deadline is 25 class days for pass/fail
For Fall & Spring courses for pass/fail
5 days for Summerterm for pass/fail
Oh yeah, for pass/fail
One in a semester for pass/fail
Four...
The end of term is upon us and I thought you might enjoy a classic holiday song. Feel free to hum along as you read. The tune is the 12 days of Christmas (it is so adaptable!). I have taken a few (ok, QUITE a few) liberties with the lyrics.
And the 12 Woes of Grading my Univeristy gave to me
12 Teaching Evals
11 Research papers
10 Assignments missing
9 Cups of coffee
8 Students crying (bargaining, pleading)
7 Bell curves...
So, why is the declaration to graduate form so important? Foremost, it lets the registrar’s office know that your graduation is imminent so we can begin evaluating your degree requirements and validating your student record information. It also only takes about 5 minutes!
We keep academic records in accordance with the law
Official transcripts will require your signature
Once classes have begun you may change your courses still
There's 7 days of add/drop
and official transcripts will require your signature
You may choose not to receive a numeric grade for one course in a semester
There's 5 weeks to choose pass/fail
7 days of add/drop
and official transcripts will require your signature
You may...
Learning the ins and outs of academic policies and procedures doesn't have to be boring and our goal is to spice things up a bit to make this educational venture entertaining. We can't promise you'll be spell-bound but we hope the posts are memorable. Periodic postings, subject to the whims of our staff, will go beyond catalog verbiage to enlighten our readers about the ways of academic records. Do stay tuned.
