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Paper 4
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To. Serate
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Subject: Registration in General Education Courses
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' From: Registrar
The Ca1eidar SttCS that
students
WJSC
take at least ttc
G
e
neral
two.
Education
This
courses
means
so
:
tame in the zirst four
sc esters,
prf:aly zh firs:
1.
Hc'must forma.11y'regjster in the course so we can eilif he should
be given a grade in It.
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We must have a grade (P or F) so we can tell if he
shculd
be credited
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with it on the transcript. There. are a iumber of prob1s with this
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approach.
1. It is im
p
ossible o have aclean re;istrjon. Advisors
are very casual about the req'i.ir'nzs students don't know
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, about it and if they do they don't treat
It
very
seriousiy.
The Ph)$1Cj. Davalopmart Centre likes tO'ajt to register
plated,
for their
which
courses
as usuaiy
untaj.
.
all
a matter
the other
of a
r
week.
g1straeLor.
The ProressionaL
is
COrn-
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, Davelopr.t Program
sends
st
udents to General Education
Courses after a week or two when the
E
ducation Faculty have
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had a chance to intervai and sort out the deacaencaes in the
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oackground of the
sent.
Once registered on paper the Students
are very casual about changing from course to course -
not for credit
after
all.
2. With
some
exceptions, the instructors areloath to p.ace any
restrictions
as not ta.
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on entrance and exit to tie course,
attendance
there are"no ways of :andir out wno as attending
and who
as
not. This desarao.a Informality does. mean that a
student could register, never attend, and yea have recorded on
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has transcript that he has futi11- ze calendar regulation.
RECOENakTio:
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Ragist
studC2ts only for those
c
cu ,
rses wiere some contc1 of
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tutorials is necessary, e.g., Radi' OC:L and Eflglish 001. Other courses
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would
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ba signed up for in the Registrar's 0f1c after about the third t.aek
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lectures, a last or
t
hose sagned up
zor zre.
course wouid be kept antha
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Registrar's Off ice for reference, a note cu
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d be pu: in the s:udent's file
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stating he had signed for the course. Before graduatjo a check would be made
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and
to sea
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that he had signed for two of the courses. No grade wod ba required
record of the general education COurs wotd appear on the z:ansdript.
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The proposal seems to
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ha General Edutjn
courses which is to provide an
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pportni
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ryo
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some
mild pressure or.
O
tudr.ts to broaden their outlook, wi:cu:
IrIvOlVin.3
the faculty in a lot of
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1aporwo:k and without forcing t:
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Registr
to cert:Lfv' or. the transcri
p
t
that
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the
an informal
student
list.
had taken the course
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when n fact
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there
i.s
no proof of
this
except
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P.
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with sictilar
It is
a
advance
lso rcom
credit
rdad
b
that.
G
told
szudnts
they are
Gntring
fr om
Grad
or
two General Education
courses.
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exempt frcm
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the
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jirGrnent of
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This
rec
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oraendatjon was approved by
the Joint Faculty
Meeting
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of July 25, 1966
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