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Wtbtv#tat tVolume 30, Number 11Utah 84403 Tuesday, November 3, 1970By Dean ThompsonPhysical education credit for general ed requirements could come under the Pass-Fail grading system if pass-fail reforms win Senate approval.Tom Wikstrom, chairman of the Pass-Fail committee, was scheduled to submit to the Senate last night a proposal which would extend the pass-fail options to more students, give more pass-fail credit, and allow physical education credit for general ed requirements to be taken as pass or fail grades.Last Tuesday the Student government's Executive Cabinet unanimously passed the pass-fail revisions.The reforms were initiated October 23 by a unanimous vote in the Education Committee.Under the present pass-fail system only students with 89 or more credit hours may participate, not more than 18 hours of pass-fail credit may be used for graduation, and no general education requirements, or major or minor requirements may be filled with pass-fail credit.If accepted by the Senate, the reforms would allow students with a minimum of 45 accumulated credit hours to use the pass-fail system.Also, the revisions would let students use 30 hours of pass-fail credit towards graduation.Plus, students would be able to take their minimum of three hours physical education general ed requirements on the pass-fail system.When the measure came before the Education Committee, debate centered upon the provision which would lower the credit hour restrictions.SEED chairman, Mark Dunn, stated that, unless there was a stipulation of a minimum G.P.A. carried with the 45 credits, he feared a sophomore student with a low G.P.A. might use the pass-fail classesas an easy way out.Countering Mr. Dunn’s arguments, Tom Wikstrom argued that this proposal would possibly help this student to stay in school by temporarily relieving the pressure of worrying about grades in all of hisclasses.Dr. Helmut Hofmann, chairman of the Academic Council, said that the pass-fail measure should be looked into. “If the sponsors have good arguments to support them, then I can see no reason why the proposal could not be used,” concluded the administrator.
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