Academics
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CS50 students, pictured above during the CS50 project fair last semester, will soon be allowed the alternative of taking the course SAT/UNSAT.
Masters Urge Caution Over Unofficial Class
Leverett and Pforzheimer House Masters sent e-mails to students yesterday cautioning them against taking unauthorized courses on Harvard’s campus—especially those that charge participants—after someone unaffiliated with the University had been issued a trespass warning for holding a weekly course in the Science Center.
Malan Plans To Cut Letter Grades for CS50
To increase the appeal of the already popular Computer Science 50, Harvard’s introduction to computer science, course instructor David J. Malan ’99 announced yesterday that starting next fall, all students will be graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.
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Last fall, the Bok Center began a pilot program called “Oral Communications Skills Course For International TFs.”
Student Group Lobbies for More Public Speaking Opportunities
The College has sought to increase public speaking resources on campus and has even created a speech tutor program, but students are still calling for more opportunities to enhance their public speaking skills.
Faculty Consider Pre-Registration
Students will be asked to pre-register for courses beginning next spring using a new online course planning tool, Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris announced at yesterday’s Faculty Meeting.
Statistics Say You’re Stressed Out
The most stressful part about Harvard is getting in, right? Wrong. On its list of the 50 Most Stressful Colleges, The Daily Beast—an online news site—ranked Harvard fifth, behind Stanford, Columbia, MIT, and Penn. The schools were ranked based on a hodgepodge of disparate categories: cost, competitiveness, acceptance rate, crime on campus, and the ranking of their engineering programs.
Gen Ed Course To Offer Oral Exam
In an unconventional twist on final exams, students in this semester’s English 156, “Crime and Horror in Victorian Literature and Culture” will find themselves conveying their academic insights not only through their word processors, but also face-to-face with teaching staff in an oral final exam.
Phi Beta Kappa Names Juniors
The Class of 2011’s “Junior 24”—the first 24 members of the Class to be elected to Harvard’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa—were announced yesterday.
College Prepares New Course Planning Tool
In an effort to better predict class sizes each semester, College administrators are hoping to implement new course planning requirements for undergraduates next year.
Leading Teams
Professor Richard Hackman, one of the world’s leading experts on group and organizational behavior, talks about his research on team dynamics, self-managing groups, and leadership in the Barker Center yesterday.
With Gen Ed’s Rise, Core Program Loses Assistant Director
Assistant Director of the Core Program Charles G. Ruberto ’88, the administration’s primary contact for students seeking information about the Core and for faculty teaching Core courses, announced in an e-mail Friday that he will be leaving for a new position outside Harvard.
