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For those who are admitted, however, the ungraded seminars are among their favorite Harvard offerings.
The Panelists directed solutions to the problem towards teaching fellows, suggesting that they split large sections into smaller groups, give equal speaking time to section members, and leave section participation ungraded.
Some classes have also made useful changes. A few have instituted periodic assignments such as short, ungraded papers. Others require in-depth evaluations of the course a few weeks into the semester to find out how students are responding to the material.
This past year the study of ethics was given a tentative place in the first-year courseload, incorporated as a seven-session, ungraded module which lasted three weeks and was required of all entering students.
The ungraded seven-session course has been praised by students and faculty as both a necessary first step in emphasizing ethics in its own right and as a springboard for discussing ethics further in all aspects of B-School coursework.