Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, March 19, 1972 Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, March 19, 1972 PASS-NO ENTRY CONSIDERED Committee studies alternatives to present grading (Continued from Page 1) try basis. I structor for small classes under The LSA Curriculum Committee 40 students. approved the system for all Pilot -Above 300-level courses be The written evaluation is a tourses on a trial basis. Last term, graded on an A, B, C, D, No Entry summing-up of the student's each class had the option of us- basis. Freshmen and sophomores; achievement in the course. ing the system. could elect these courses on a According to James Robertson, According to Tom Lobe, direc- Pass-No Entry basis or on a grad- dean of RC, the evaluation meth- tor of the Pilot. Program, the pass-. ed basis. od requires "extraordinary effort no entry system is superior to oth- Juniors and seniors be able to to know the students. It is tailor- er systems. elect one course per term on a made for small classes, as a dis- "Since most of the teachers live Pass-No Entry basis, in addition criminating measure of student in the dorm and know the stu- to introductory Pass-No Entry progress." dents well, they don't like to flunk .courses. ,..S -Inst:uctors of above 300-level "It's a satisfying way to live. students," Lobe says. "We would courses be informed of the grad- Students are not bucking for a B like to distinguish between a puni- ing system chosen by the student or A, but are free to figure what tive grade - such as fail - and The ystCUE proposal sressstb the learning experience can be in a minimum amount of work done development of methods of eval- a mutual partnership between - such as with pass-no entry." uation including a portfolio of the teacher and student," Robertson! Lobe sees the pass-no entry as best work of the student, anony- adds. a better alternative to other grad- mous exams, and peer evaluations. The instructor decides if a ing systems. Under current confusing LSA course should be pass-fail, but ac- "No-entry is not as punitive as regulations, an upperclass student cording to Robertson, instructors a fail. Teachers can expect more can elect only one pass-failecourse of "onlythree or four" classes re- from students. If students do per term if he has a grade point ject pass-fail and choose letter crummy work, they can take the average of 2.0 or above. The course grading. course again." cannot be counted toward distri- According tokRobertson, most Students can elect up to eight bution, concentration or certifica-, RC freshmen take two-thirds of credits per year of Pilot courses tion requirements. the year's course load within the within their regular program. There are two exceptions to RC. Sophomores, juniors and The medical school since Fall the basic rules, however. Any stu- seniors elect an average of one- term '69 has also used a Pass-No dent regardless of class year can fourth to one-half RC courses, and Entry system. In small classes, the elect courses pass-fail counting the remaining proportion in the instructor also writes a short toward the foreign language re- literary college, comment on the student's work quirement. In addition, a student The Pilot Program, an experi- which becomes part of the stu- who elects a course which is com- , mental programwithinLSA in- dent's record but not part of the pletely on a pass-fail basis (for. tended primarily for freshmen and transcript. example, Psychology 171) can sophomores who live in Alice Lloyd The instructor, similar to RC's elect only one other pass-fail Hall, switched to a Pass-No Entry option, can choose to use a Pass- course that term. No student can system this term. No Entry and comment combina- elect more than two pass-fail courses per term. I ------- tion in classes with a small stu-, dent-faculty ratio. Though the students are not permitted to see the comments, the review board looks them over if the student is having academ- ic difficulty. The dean also uses I the comments to write letters of recommendation necessary for ap-. plications for internship programs. The student can then read the letter and discuss it with the dean. According to Dr. Charles Vo- taw, associate dean for curriculum,' the evaluations are the most im- portant part of the system. "In professional school you must evaluate whether a student can deal with patients and colleagues. The quantification of grades is an inaccurate evaluation," he says. LSA's current policy, a student Several other schools within the with at least a 2.0 grade point av- University are considering alterna- erage could elect one course per tive grading systems. Though these term on a pass-fail basis. The proposals are not close to passage, course could not be a required: they are now under debate. course, but second term freshmen, The School of Natural Re- unlike under LSA's policy, could sources, for example, is consider- exercise the option. ing several proposals, according to The grade would be automat- an administrator of the school. ically translated to pass or fail One plan suggests a total by the Registrar's Office - with change to Pass-No Entry. one exception. If the student re- A modified proposal would al ; ceived a grade higher in the course' low instructors the option of eval- than his grade point average, the uating a course on a pass-fail student would receive the grade basis. instead of a "Pass." on o o a> a <> c c o« 0.9 YES, WE'REGAY! and we're talking out about it Ann Arbor GLF and straight friends -PANEL DISCUSSION - MONDAY, MARCH 20- 7 :15 p.m: WCBN -89.5 FM Maybe we can answer some of your questions Info-- 338 Michigan Union, 763-4186 (Jim) The pharmacy school is also; discussing a change in grading, according to a spokesperson. 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