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Less than two weeks after announcing to the Computer Science 50 course staff that the class would be offered satisfactory/unsatisfactory next fall, course instructor David J. Malan ’99 wrote in an e-mail to teaching fellows and course assistants Saturday night that “sufficiently many concerns have arisen” such that “SAT/UNSAT will not happen this fall after...
...mailed statement to The Crimson, Malan also wrote that there are no longer plans to implement sat/unsat for CS50 at any point in the immediate future, meaning students will only be able to take the course graded or pass/fail...
...mail to The Crimson, Malan said that his future plans for CS50 would revolve not so much around changing the course grading scheme as changing student attitudes toward the introductory coding class...
...Malan wrote that he wanted to strive for the “creation of an atmosphere in which students feel empowered to explore a world unfamiliar to them without fear of ‘failure,’ without fear of competition from those already ‘more comfortable’ than they, and without fear of dark marks on their transcripts...
...appreciate Malan's continual desire to improve his course. He is a receptive and well-respected lecturer who is known for going above and beyond the normal teaching requirements. However, we do not think that this particular policy change accomplishes the intended goal. We like CS 50 just...