8 Wednesday, January 30. 1991 / University Daily Kansan Recycle this paper in your nearest container or in the big blue bin in front of Wescoe Hall. Thank you. Find anything and everything you ever wanted in the Kansan classifieds. Want to place an ad? Call 864-4358, 8am-5pm PICTURE & POSTER SALE This Week only! Monday-Saturday 9 am-5 pm Gallery,4th Floor. Most Pictures and Posters Most Pictures and Posters $7 and under (prices range from 50* to $40) Kansas Union Thousands to choose from: Photographs Posters Fine Art Reproductions Southwestern Art Wildlife Photos Rock Posters ATTENTION!! GRADUATES - CLASS OF 1991 DONT DELAY Order your GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENTS and NAMECARDS at The KU Bookstores, Kansas Union level 2 Burge Union level 2 Tuesday Wednesday, & Thursday January 29th, 30th, & 31st 9.30-4.30 each day All orders must be prepaid when placed. VISA OR MASTERCARD ACCEPTED We are looking forward to assisting you with your graduation needs. 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Health Education 864-9570 Health Center 864-9500 Serving Only Lawrence Campus Students Stiffer grading proposed By Sarah Davis Karen staff water Computer science majors may need to earn higher GPA Students majoring in computer science may face eligibility requirements next year. said Bill Badger, director of the computer science department Kansan staff writer Students may be required to earn a 2.0 grade point average in three lower-level courses before they are allowed to continue studying computer science The College of Liberal Arts offers undergraduate students and advising is discussing the eligibility requirement. "We have many students who aren't doing well at the junior senior course in courses, and we want to do something about it." Bulgen said. The three courses in which students would have to learn at least a 2.0 GPA are MATH 122, CS 300 and CS 310. Bulgren said the department would be doing a disservice if the students did not know from the beginning what computer science degree involved. "It's better to warn the student in the beginning," he said. "Basically, we don't want students to go through early foundation courses with only a ground group of material. We will experiment for a two years to see it works." Jim Miller, associate professor of computer science, agreed "The mastery of that material is important to the students' success." he said. "If you can't complete the eligibility GPA across those three courses, you will have problems later on in the curriculum." Miller said the eligibility requirements could help students decide if the computer science major was for them "We're trying to force decisions early in their career, and we look at it as an early warning signal." Miller said. "We're hoping that it will give us much better prepared students in the later courses." The computer science department experimented with a similar eligibility program seven years ago. We first did this from 1984 to 1987. " Bulgeon said, "And now that we've started tracking it again, we bound that we still have the problem." He said that the department was the only one in the college that was planning to implement eligibility requirements and that the requirements would be on a trial basis. The computer science department is doing a better job of counseling students now, Bulgren said. "Our discipline has grown up, and we're communicating better what it means to be a computer science scientist. A lot of positive things are happening." "What we're interested in doing is trying to make sure that the student has chosen a pathway can in fact successfully complete that pathway," she said. "Ultimately that's what we need to have the student succeed." Sally Frost Mason, associate dean of liberal arts for natural sciences and mathematics, said the requirement for a master's degree future success in upper level courses. Do you have a news story idea? Call 864-4810 STUDENT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Welcomes old and new members Join us Wednesday, January 30, 7 p.m., Adams Alumni Center Learn about SAA and our exciting plans for spring semester New The Mad Hatter Just Got Madder!! -New Look - New Sound - Remodeled -New Atmosphere - Live Bands on Weekends - BIG SCREEN TV Daily Specials MON: $2.50 Long Island Teas TUES: $1.25 Gustos (34 oz Draw) WED: $2.75 Pitchers THUR: 25ยข DRAWS! FRI: $1 Wells SAT: $1 Bottles BAGHDAD JONES Feb.1 & 2 Still Available for Private Parties One of KU's OLDEST BARS Is NOW KU's NEWEST! The Mad Hatter 704 New Hampshire 842-9402