Word: ungradedness
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Pass-fail is one of those catchy little phrases that is no longer catchy. It has been almost two years since student agitation for an ungraded course began and the intricate deliberations on the question since have made pass-fail a commonplace at Harvard before it is a reality.
In a surprise move, the Faculty closed its pass-fail debate after an hour yesterday and voted approval of the plan which will permit students to take one of their four courses ungraded beginning next fall.
2. No freshman, sophomore, or junior may take fewer than three graded courses in any term. Freshmen may not enroll in both an ungraded course and a Freshman Seminar in the same term. Seniors may reduce their total of graded courses to two.
1. Any undergraduate may with the permission of the instructor enroll as an ungraded student in the half course each term as part of his normal course load.
Bruce Chalmers, Gordon McKay Professor of Metallurgy and Master or Winthrop House, and Dean Ford will introduce the proposal the CEP approved November 22 which could allow students to take on of their four courses ungraded starting next fall. But Ford said yesterday that he doesn't anticipate a Faculty...