Friday, March 30.1979
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Bv MARK W, GATES
Credit option use declines
Staff Reporter
University Daily Kansan
- The number of students at the University of Kansas using the credit/no credit option has steadily decreased since the option's inception in 1969. Don Tibrel, data systems specialist for the office of admissions and records, said yesterday.
"Students have realized that there are too many pifits in it," he said. "I think it'll die."
in fall 1972, 2,290 students used the credit/no credit option. Last fall, one tenth of that number, 291 students, chose the program, where there are no plans to end the program.
The credit/no credit option is open only to undergraduate and may not be used in the case of a default.
STUDENTS CHOOSE the option during the third or fourth week of classes. The instructor is not informed if a student chooses the option.
If the student receives an A, B or C, the transcript will show "Credit." If the student receives a D or an F, the transcript will show "No Credit."
"This option was set up to encourage students to get into academic areas they wouldn't otherwise have enrolled in." The number of buildings of Architecture and Urban Design said.
"In the context of our highly grade- oriented system, it isn't appropriate," he said. "Students think more in terms of grades rather than what they're learning."
Tribble said complaints about the option included receiving credit for those hours if they were transferred, receiving No Credit for a D, receiving only Credit for an A and having little motivation when a student received the same credit for A, B or C work.
These courses are not figured into the student's grade point average and once the students have chosen the credit/no credit option, they cannot change their mind.
"ON A LIMITED basis, it is good to have if it encourages a student to take a course that is remote to his major." George Worth, chairman of the department of English.
much in the last ten years," he said. "In the '60s, students were very anti-grade. Now, if anything, there is too much emphasis on grades."
Kahn agreed with Metzler.
"Attitudes towards grades have changed
Only one course a semester can be chosen under the option.
of Engineering, said he had not encountered any students who had had difficulty getting courses with the Credit notation transferred to another school.
"Most universities transfer passing grades at the C level," he said. "I can't univy any university not accepting a Credit from a recognized institution like KU."
"If a student happens to be working into a program where grades or grade points are needed, it is best to report it to Tribuled. It is "harmful." Tribuled says, "It is an ambiguous notation. Some schools interrupt no credit as F when some schools interrupt no credit as F when
Don Metzler, associate dean of the School
There is disagreement about how easy it is for students to transfer hours if they have no homework.
Number of Students Participating in the Credit/No Credit Option at the University of Kansas, 1971-78
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"It's not meant to be a counterdemonstration or anything of that sort," she said, referring to the campus and treating the treaty yesterday and Wednesday.
Mohamed EH-I-Dhiher, academic adviser of the Egyptian Students Association, said, "Atmahd Abou-Helaw, president of the Egyptian Students Association, has assured me of the association's support for the celebration."
Registration at Arts Center ends tomorrow
Hillel, the campus Jewish student organization, is planning a celebration of Egyptian-born peace treaty today. Judith Hillel, junior and senior of Hillel, said.
The celebration will be held in conjunction with the Egyptian Students Association outside the Kansas Union from 10 a.m. to 2 o.m. she said last night.
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