The Senate of The Michigan College of Mining and Technology


PROPOSAL 12-63

CREDIT REQUIREMENT REDUCTION

 

WHEREAS, serious discussions of the problems of student attrition and academic difficulty in engineering and science have recently been held on this and other campuses, and

WHEREAS, a reduction in Freshman load seems desirable on an experimental basis to determine the effect on attrition, and,

WHEREAS, the College Catalogue of 1961-63 included SE courses which have subsequently been cancelled,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that each academic department may reduce the credits required for graduation by an amount equal to the number of credits shown for SE courses in its curriculum in the 1961-63 catalogue, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the reduction in load thus permitted be effected primarily in the Freshman year.


Proposal Adopted by Senate: 10 November 1964