SYSTEM OF GRADING
The grades used by the instructors
m reporting the scholastic accomplishment of students and the points
grades are given in the following table: corresponding with the
Grade Quality of work
A ... , ... Superior ...
.
B+ ... Very Good ..
B ... Good ... . ...
C+ ... Average ... . C ... Average ... , ... . D+ ... Average ... , .... . D ... Poor . . . . F ... Failure ... . I ... Incomplete .... . ... . W.P. . ...• Withdrew Passing ... . W.F. . ... Withdrew Failing ... .
Quality points per credit hour
3 . 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 -1.0 No Points No Points
-1.0 The grade point index is obtained by dividing the total number of
by the total.number of the credit hours taken . I n d t e CnnInln ' . 0'
semester ?,rade-point index only the grades and points for th~
SenIcster are mclnded. In determining the cumulative grade-point all of the work for which the student has grades is included The lowest passing grade is • . "D". However , a "D" 0 ) I t ' ame m a d' .
prereqUIsIte to other courses will not pernlit tIle 5t! t
' . . lIC ent 0
In these conrses, I.e., inasmuch as Mathematics ' .
t M h . J IS pre-
o at ematles 17, a "D" will earn credit' M J .
will . h III at lematlcs 5
not permIt t e student to register in Mathematics 17 .
oth~~'. cOIl.r~e
t:or which Mathematics 5 is a prerequisite.I~r t~:
plcIequrSite IS a year Course (lJyphenated) lhe Clvel"'o-e . b ' , ' ~ Un f or I lot 1 I must . e at least D +.
G~'ading
[or graduate students is on ::l scale of An
C, I F NTIS k 1 J ' J ,<Inc ' . 0
ept mt <l graduate student must have an ::lveragc of B or
A sttldent whose index at the end of any semester faIls below the , II .-. to rt'Cl'ivc an advanced degree. When undcrgrad.. rnininmrn Sf'mester st;-mdard \viJ] be permitted to comlnne bis studies beller 111 a COUl;;CS " - -, ' • radua1rs they wili be graded
II in '1 course [Jnmanly fm g ' . f 3 0 on a coudition~t1 basis ("on (,ondition"). l"urthcr, 0. studcra who has uates cnro < _ j , ll") and will receive point values 0 ' 1 • . ,
on the ~amc scnlc (Aj H, C <it)( • T , a low ellmu];wvc mdex, has 1m',", grades in critlcal prerequi!iite C01lf5('"'''1 r --1.0 ill accordance wHh llw table ahmc. _" or faces other ()cadcmie difficultics, may be placed "on condition';> Gt
2.0; 1.0 0 ' l h ( ' Sl(ldent's j)cnnancnt record. If a cuurse
All .... lc~ l'CB1alll on ' f h tIle disu'ction of the academic dean concenlCd uncI llla\,' bt: directed to
gi d( " d ' , 'd its iudex replacc5 that 0 t e
is repeated [HId ~l lughcf gra e IS carnL ~ pursue remedial m~):mres stated by tile dean. Any stndcIH "(In concii~
former grade, tion)} who lails to aft,)in the n~quircd semester index and/or faUs: to
" I . l hke a "'ummel school course elsewhere meet other acndemic rccjuirements, \vhich mav he SI)ecificd for n"lllCdia!
Note" -1 student [ViS ring.o,..l ' d . d )
II b' ~ '. II adVGUL'e wtitten permission from hIS aca etnlC . em!j ri,c",.p'''l'''''''' by the dean after consultation wltII the student's adviser, will shou c (} taUI f, , . ' I , I that thc credit earned u)lll be
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he wrsnes to }c aSSUfe(, ' , _ uot be permitted to reenroil unit's;;" for unusm11 CitClllTISl:lllccs, tlJf~es1)CGUJ y l ' " " 'R 'f/" (ot' such jtcrrmsswll xlwuld b~
d I Alfr d UnWcfHt)', \.8qUt . . , on Seholastic Standards extends the student's cfJucliliotlal
accejJte ~Y, hy ~/t' /!rrinted CfJ/lrse description flom the catalog of the
accom parl-ua ,(; ",c,"""'~
school the student wt}lzes to attend.
SEMESTER STANDARDS ,
l ithe !>Tauuating dass of 1958 For stlldents who ~u(' !Hem )cr:-; (I b
lllinirmull stanclards art-:
Y,-:cu
Freshman -' each semester ..
Sopllomol"(\ C'dch semester - .
... _
...
'J
ueiot'J {'<teh ::;erncstef, ' ... , .Required 0.7
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1.1 'Senior, prior 10 graduation. . . - , .. , .. U,'" ,1'" of classes graduating nfcer the F(!r ;.,wdcnts who ~1rL: mUll )U~ .
of 1959 tile mlnitnHIll siandanls an~:
.First year, each :-;emcstcr , . . . . < • • • • • • • : • •
Second year, each semester ... , , ... , ... , .. . Third year, each :-;Cllwstcr . ' ... , , .
Fi rst semester of fourth year - .. . , 'lete 'In'lucd a« Iollov.,.s:
The studC'nt's year I~ ( . . 1 , < ~
0,7 1.0 Ll 1,2
I' 2 fuB semcsters in attClIdanc(> ~·nrst },(;<Jf
Less tMIl ' . _, .,.
u
carII ,4 ['"ll semesters m attcndam.c-"~sccon y
') hut less U.H . •
" 1 I 6 I' 11 semc<:(crs in attendance .. -durd yenr ,1 but (;Ss t lZttI n -
6 or more semesters in att('lldance~~fourth year , , :IJ be C011Hled as one semester.
Two SIImmer seSSIOns \\0 I "
k ~ 'II lobe used to detclInine a student's
S-uch -ran mg wz a s , . '
h"ll the descfil,lion .ljUfCtjWS the 'year m to enroll iJ}. a cout'se w <; ,
mail! obJective 01 these rullngs is to assist the student who
li'<'~lllinue, in college OIl ;:t eonditional basis to gain or rC'gnin the !cqui- academic standing in the shortest posrilbk time and itl a way tlwt r,';'.("ill do the student the wost all-founel good. Thls way llH';:m that shldcnt wHl not he permitted 10 p;:nti-cipate iu certain c.o-currkuLu-
(cllhJctics) dramatics) music, etc.), or that he win not be PPf-
to carry a fuJI curriculAr load) or that he will not be pC'Hnittcd in -any extra social (lx:tjvities. On the othe-r h~lndl he may be to engage in :.elcctcd added interests to ~leld 7est to hi;; total Any sHch speclnl provisions wiH be rm\dc through joint ('(l!;~
of the- student's adviser and hls acad('wic dean, Finally" stlt~
<lOll condition" <lrc urged to take fuH advantage of all University sources available to thew,
studcnt dismisscd for acalicruic reDsom; lor the first tinlC [rom CU:niv'cn,ily is usually granted the opportunity to retltHl OIl a condi-
(lsis aftcr one fuIJ semester has clap\jcd, }<'o1' this he mllst rrqup;;t of readmisston from his academic dean <l:' chairman of the on Scholnstic Stalldard~ rc,'jpollsible fot the dismissaL Such sllOuld be made about two months before the anticipated n:~
Comrnittee will be especially interested in indicCltioils that wilJ pursue his studies more successfully than in the pasL University reserve", the fight to suspend or expel at any timc·
whose conduct is considered undesirable. Sncll action IS
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usually taken onJy after full consideration hy the Discipline Committee awl the approval of the PrcsidenL. Susp(~nsion 01' CXpuhlion mayor ll:l::.ly llot be <J.ccompanicd by a publk statement concerning the !'Casou [or the Committee's action.
HONORS, PRIZES AND AWARDS
Undergraduate Honors. A Dean's Honors List js published at die end of each semester. This is composed of the narnes of students freub all classes who have a ;;CllHl'ilcr's scholarship index of at least 2,~iO, and who have no college entrance condition.
A
~an~idate
for departmental honors shall j "' _ .cumulatIve mdex of <) 20 in th laVe (1) attalncd a I "",, c courses: of hls maJ'o f Id (0) at cast two semester hours of "d' . ' , r 1<: , -"" earned
• _ ' C1( it III a tutonal co - (3
or,a! t'xarmnatlOn in his rnajor and aWed field urse, ) passed an ITuttcc selected by tJlc maJ'or d
$:
conducted by a com-'j cpartmcnl. Cauchdalc f 'd
hiJJ10rs Wj l be recommended b t l . . s 01 epartmcntal
I b y lClr respect1Ve de) t
pt'OVC( Y the faculty. -1 ar mcnts and ap-
TlIc ~l~ry lVagcr Fisher LitenU'y Prize. " '" "
Esq., of PlllJadelphia, conlributed $1000 Wllham IZlghtcr I'lshcr,
, . , to found 1 '
pnze tn Alfred Un' > 'I . n pcrpetUltv a
. IverS! Y In memory of h' 1 . ~
Flshcr, of the Class of 1863 ' j ' I ' lS ale wtfe, Mary 1 ' . it! l11come of th' f I '11 annua ly to One Or more t d IS Hne Wl be
"!iiJiiter,al'Y ':, composition, The hea I - t' S u ents I D ' as a IJ-rize f or exec- ['nee in II f h ( 0 t le cpartmcnt of E
r
J ' Senior Honors. T'hrec grades of honors are awarded, upon faculty_approvat to seniors based on their attainment in scholarship the entire college course, viz, :
(a) Summa Curti laudc~ or hight\<;t honors, (0 those having
~cholarship index of 2.90 <'ll1d no grade below
n.
(b) Al alUlfl cw-n 1l1-ude~ or high honors, to those having a "el'"I'""
ship index of 2.60 (will be changed to 2.70 effective [or dass o[ J 959; and tW grade below C.
(c) Cum laudc) or honors, to those having a scholarship 2.20 (w1l1 be changed to 2.:l0 effective for the class of The Major Edward Holmes Thesis l)rizc. This award of awarded to the senior ill Gh~s Technology, Engineering, or Technology Departments who submits the hest research thesis.
award is decided bi' a c.ommittec; of industrial executives, ret)\"C,lCnt the CClamic Association of New York.\ the founder and donot' prize.
The College Citizenship Award. This was established Ceramic As~ociation of New York, and it is made annualfy by tinn hy students and vote of the faculty, to that
record as a College citizen is most outstanding.
DCparl111cntal Honors. T'"I1C5C honors are awarded to , the thne of their gT<-uluation by the d(>p;Hilllcnts in whicb pursued their major studies. The specific requirements 1'01'
arc determined by each department. The general re<1uJire:ments departments have been adopted by the faculty:
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o t e committee oJ the award. ' ng 15) 15 chair- TIle Chemistry Medal TI' . ., 1 .
t' h ' lJ!;'! mCu[:l i') mV<l.l'dcd I I
o t e Sen)Ol' class maJ'orin . h ' < 0 t wt n1(:'ln~
cl g In C ClTIlstry cerami • .
te lUoIogy, who durinO" I' ' I ' c engmeertng Or
h . } 0 lIS sop lOmore utd· ,
t c hlg11cst average in all h' b'. < JUnior years, has
d ~ IS SU leets.