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Less than a week after Computer Science 50 Lecturer David J. Malan ’99 announced in an e-mail to his course staff that the introductory coding class would switch to a satisfactory/unsatisfactory grading system, administrators within the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and CS50 teaching fellows have expressed reservations about Malan’s plan—which might delay the grading change until the fall...
...proposal has prompted hesitation among some SEAS faculty and course TFs due to concerns that the new grading scheme may be incompatible with course credit policies and may weaken the academic rigor of the class, which drew more than 300 students when it was offered last fall...
...applied mathematics typically take CS50 for concentration credit. In order for the course to count for an engineering or applied math requirement, it must be taken for a grade, which would potentially force these students to be among a small minority of graded students in a primarily sat/unsat class...
Aydede said she had spoken to Malan about the plan before it was announced last Friday, and that she believes it will ultimately create a more accessible class with a broader appeal for Harvard students...
...think it will actually encourage people to focus more on the CS part and less so on grades,” Aydede said, adding that she had spoken to several friends who have expressed greater interest in the class since hearing it would be graded sat/unsat...