Word: magnas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Faculty Council yesterday adopted an amendment to the honors regulations passed in February by the Faculty that in effect calls for a return to the old standards for cum laude and magna degrees, except with a higher minimum grade level...
...registrar has interpreted the standards that are in effect until July, 1977, to mean that candidates for magna must have C's or above in two-thirds of their letter-graded non-concentration courses. Candidates for cum laude degrees need C-'s or above in the same number of non-concentration courses...
...Committee on Honors yesterday asked the Faculty Council to consider setting a fixed number of honors grades outside a student's field of concentration as a prerequisite for magna cum laude and cum laude degrees...
...particular, the council wants to amend the clauses in the standards for magna and cum laude degrees that equate pass-fail and failing grades in non-concentration courses...
...honors committee will consider requiring a fixed number of honors grades outside the honors candidates' concentration requirements for magna and cum laude degrees, Pipkin said...