Dartmouth College
Office of the Registrar
6014 McNutt Hall
Hanover, NH 03755-3541
We will list any policy changes for spring 2020 in the FAQ and use other means of communication to the Dartmouth Community.
Students receive a grade of credit/no credit for all of their spring term courses. A modified Credit/No Credit policy applies to courses earned spring term 2020 only.
The High School Special Student program has been suspended. We are well over our usual number of students with an “R” term this spring and are limiting any additional enrollments. There are also already Zoom challenges and the infrastructure is under strain.
Faculty enter the final grades for “ongoing” courses at the end of the second term. They first enter the final grade in the winter term course (for example, the faculty member would enter an A in COLT 85). Typically they would also enter the A in the spring term course (COLT 87) but for spring 2020 they would enter a CT. Faculty could add a citation with the CT in the spring to emphasize the quality of work (if need be). In almost every case, in every department, students get the same grade for both terms. Given this, honors in the major will need to be determined with winter term grades and/or other criteria the department/program has identified.
The Committee on Instruction has determined that there will be no changes to Latin Honors eligibility for spring 2020. Student’s eligibility for Latin honors uses the cumulative GPA rounded to the second decimal place which appears on the student’s official transcript. Please note that normal rounding is used, where digits 1-4 round down and 5-9 round up. Find helpful information in the Honors and in the Scholarship Ratings section of the ORC/Catalog.
Yes in most cases, although there are alternatives. If faculty randomly teach at alternate times they will run into conflicts with other courses that students are taking. There are a few alternatives:
FERPA applies to education records regardless of the medium, so we want to make student privacy a part of the design of all courses and the use of these tools. Slack was designed for business communications, not FERPA compliance so avoid using it to share sensitive student information, including grades and personal information.
Faculty may submit a citation along with the CT grade. The citation description in the ORC/Catalog reads: Citations are designed to procure an official record of information about undergraduates who have made particularly favorable impressions on members of the faculty because of their unusual talents, dependability, initiative, resourcefulness, or other meritorious characteristics that are not indicated adequately by academic grades.
Faculty should be reminded that: Because they appear as part of a student’s transcript, citations must be relatively brief (100 words or less). Faculty should take care not to reveal inappropriate information about a student. In addition to information that is legally prohibited (e.g., information concerning disabilities and/or health status), faculty should not reveal information that reflects poorly on the student, even if the information is provided as background to a commendation. Faculty Handbook
See ITC's Canvas: Request General Support article.
Yes, however, none of them are changes in faculty policy, rather slight changes in the dates to support the Dartmouth community during the global health crisis. See spring 2020 term calendar.
Email registrar@dartmouth.edu with the new limit and we will make the change.
Yes, they will fulfill general education requirements as usual.
The course load policy has not been altered.
Chairs discuss their department/programs’ plans with their Associate Dean. They then email any adjusted course information to the Registrar’s Office, copied to their Associate Dean, and the Registrar’s Office will make the adjustment on the spring term 2020 Timetable.
Email any changes you wish to make in enrollment limits to the Registrar’s Office at registrar@dartmouth.edu by noon on Friday, March 27.
Submit any changes to the Registrar’s Office by noon on Friday March 27 at the latest.
Email the Registrar at registrar@dartmouth.edu and we will make the change on the Timetable. You may want the time to be listed as “ARR” (arranged.)
No, only students with an R term spring 2020 may register for spring 2020 courses and course size will comply with course enrollment limits. Students must register in Banner to receive credit. However, it is fine to add TA’s and other faculty colleagues as usual in Canvas.
Note that concerns have been raised about fair use standards for our courses, bandwidth issues, and that there will be fewer course offerings available to those students enrolled spring term.
We are holding an initial day for (only) spring term OCP students, as well as a few priority students, to add/drop courses on Saturday, March 28 from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Yes, to comply with the directive that students should not travel either internationally or domestically, students may take a course delivered remotely by another institution if they are not enrolled at Dartmouth spring 2020 term. See spring/summer 2020 transfer term resources for some options.
Spring 2020 transfer term policies and procedures are modified due to the Global Health event. Note that many of these schools also have decided that all their courses will be offered on a pass/fail basis.
