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Pass-fail students w i l l be responsible fo r all course work and examinations. Only "P" and " F " g rades will be issued and recorded on the transc ri pt. An entire course will not be converted to the pass-fa i l basis by student vote.
7) The "P" (Pass) g rade w i l l be equivalent to a grade o f A, B, C , or D .
EXCLUSIVE PASS-FAIL COURSES Departments or schools are authori zed to offer courses entirely on a pass-fail basis under the fo llowing conditions.
1 ) Cou rses to be taught entirely on a pass-fail basis should p u rsue goals pri marily concerned with apprec i ations, value commitments, creative a c h ieve ments, or the l i ke , rather than the mastery of read i ly quantifiab le i n formation. Sem i nar, laboratory, pract i c u m , stud io, activity, or interim courses may be exam ples of the kinds of courses here envisioned. 2) Such departmental and school decisions are to be re ported to the provos" for approval. Decisions to offer excl usive pass-fai l courses should be made known to students before they register for them. 3)· Exc l usive pass-fai l cou rses may be used to meet the major o r U n i ve rsity re q u i rements provided they have been app roved by the faculty. The taking of exc l u s i ve pass-fai l c o u rses shall in no way affect the studen t 's personal pass fail option as described above for u n derg raduate students. 4) The mean i n g the "P" (Pass) and "F" (Fail) grades and thei r use in determin ing grade point average w i l l herein be the same as that set forth in the above sect i o n , Pass-fai l option fo r undergraduate students.
MID-SEMESTER GRADES Warn i n g slips are g i ven to any student who is doing "D" or "E" work at the end of the sixth week.
ACADEMIC PROBATION A student is placed on academic p robation if he fai Is to keep his g rade point average (both cumu lati vely and for the i m mediately p reced ing semester) at or above 2.00. Both the student and his parents (if the student is under 21) w i l l receive official notice of s u c h action. Academic probation i s n o t a d i scip l i n a ry measure but an attempt to e n c o u rage the student in the d i rection of i m p roved performance. The probationary student may be advised to reduce either h i s academic o r extra-curricu l a r activities, or both, u n t i l h i s average s h a l l meet the standards i n d i cated above. Any lower division student whose grade point average falls below 2.00 for the first semester o f attendance at the U n i versity s h a l l be warned that his work is unsatisfactory and that if he fai ls to make a cumu lative grade point average of 2 .00 at the end o f the second semester of atten dance, he w i l l be p laced on acade m i c probat i o n . Any student o n probation must m a ke a c u m u lative average of 2.00 by the end of the next semester of atten dance. The student on p robation who fails to show adequate i m p rovement during the following semester will not be allowed to re-reglster u n less, because of extenuat ing c i rcumstances, he is reinstated by the Academic Status Committee. He may apply for readmission after the e x p i ration of one semester u n less informed otherwise.