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INFORMATION FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS 151
5. The number of units allowed for a course of study or for
research is figured on the basis that one unit corresponds roughly
to one hour a week of work throughout the term, for a student of
superior ability.
6. In registering for research, students should indicate on their
program card the name of the instructor in charge, and should
consult with him to determine the number of units to which the
proposed work corresponds. At the end of the term the instructor
in charge shall decrease the number of units for which credit is given,
in case he feels that the progress of the research does not justify the
full number originally registered for.
7. Graduate students studying for the doctor's degree who are
devoting their whole time to their studies will be allowed to register
for not more than 60 units in anyone term. Students on part time
teaching appointments will not be allowed to register for so many
units. Teaching Fellows and Assistants will be allowed to register
for not more than 45 units.
IV. GRADES IN GRADUATE COURSES
1. Term examinations are held in all graduate courses unless the
instructor, after consultation with the chairman of the division, shall
arrange otherwise. No student taking a course for credit shall be
exempt from these examinations when held.
2. Grades for all graduate work are reported to the Registrar's
office at the close of each term.
3. The following system of grades is used to indicate class standing
in graduate courses: "A" excellent, "B" good, "e" satisfactory,
"D" poor, "E" conditioned, "F" failed. In addition to these grades,
which are to be interpreted as having the same significance as for
undergraduate courses, the grade "P," which denotes passed, may be
used at the discretion of the instructor, in the case of seminar, research,
or other work which does not lend itself to more specific
grading.