COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MINUTES
June 9, 1997
Members present: R. Kimball, J. Morrill (Chair), M. Rohmann, R. Sahoo, E.
Segal, R. Taylor
The Committee met to review new language for the policy on the awarding of
dean's scholar/dean's list honors and to consider issues raised by the
stipulation approved at the meeting of 4/16/97 that courses must be at the
100-level or above to count toward meeting the scholar/list requirements.
The Committee determined to maintain the requirement that courses which
qualify a student to be named a dean's scholar or to the dean's list must be
at the 100-level or above.
In response to some concerns from the Advising Center, the language of the
policy was changed slightly from the version approved on 4/16. The changes
did not alter the substance of the policy, but, it was hoped, further
clarified it for students. The policy, effective 97U, is to read:
A student who in one semester (fall/spring/summer) completes 12 or
more graded credits in courses numbered at the 100 level or above with
all grades of "A," and no grades of "I,","X," or "U," is named a Dean's
Scholar.
A student who completes in one semester 12 or more graded
credits with the grades of "A," "B," or "C" and a 3.5 grade point
average, with no grades of "D," "F," "I," "X" or "U," is named to the
Dean's List.
The grade of "P" has no effect on the determination for Dean's Scholar
or Dean's List.
A student who meets either of these standards in one semester will
be awarded the appropriate honor through ordinary clerical procedures
in the Office of the Dean.
A part-time student who meets the standards for Dean's Scholar or
Dean's List in a series of semesters (fall/spring/summer) in the College
of Arts and Sciences, consecutive from the standpoint of the student's
enrollment, may petition through the Arts and Sciences Advising
center for award of the appropriate honor. Such petitions must
be made within one semester of meeting the requirement. All hours
earned in the final semester of the series will be counted, and hours
earned in any one semester may not be counted more than once toward
wither honor.
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