CATALOG 1952-1953


 CURRICULUM AND GRADES
 Program of Study-The program of study contemplates six semesters of work, be-
ginning in the fall semester of the academic year, although efforts are made to adjust
the program to meet the needs of students entering in the spring semester.
 Integrated groups of courses are offered in the first and second semesters. All stu-
dents are required to take the designated first year courses and to do so at the first
opportunity. In exceptional cases the Dean may waive these requirements.
 All work after the first two semesters is elective, except that all students are re-
quired to take LW. 408, Legal Ethics, in the fifth or sixth semester. Prerequisites for
particular courses may be prescribed.
 The privilege is reserved by each member of the faculty to limit the number and to
prescribe any special qualifications of students in his courses and seminars.
 The privilege is reserved to cancel any course or seminar where the registration for
it does not warrant its being given in a particular semester.
 Examinations.-In first semester courses mid-term examinations are held for the
primary purpose of acquainting students with law school examinations. Examinations
are given at the end of each semester in all courses.
 Grading Scale.-Students' work is graded according to the following scale: A-ex-
cellent; B-good; C-satisfactory; D-poor; and E-failure. No numerical grades are
given. Grades of I (Incomplete) and X (Absent from examination) are temporary
grades, which must be changed to passing grades in accordance with the dates set in
the University Calendar or be considered as grades of E in considering a student's
record for graduation or in calculating averages. The grade of Ew is given where a stu-
dent is dropped for non-attendance or unsatisfactory work.
 Determination of Honor Point Average.-The honor point average is determined
by computing the ratio of honor points to semester hours of work attempted. The stu-
dent receives honor points according to the following scale: A equals 4 honor points per
semester hour; B equals 3 honor points per semester hour; C equals 2 honor points per
semester hour; D equals 1 honor point per semester hour; E (failure) equals 0 honor
points per semester hour; Ew (dropped for non-attendance or unsatisfactory work)
equals 0 honor points per semester hour; I (incomplete) equals 0 honor point per se-
mester hour; X (absent from examination) equals 0 honor point per semester hour.
 Probation and Exclusion Rules.-University regulations provide that a student who
fails fifty per cent or more of his work in any term or semester, will be suspended one
semester for poor scholarship and will not be readmitted to the University until the
lapse of one semester except upon the approval of a formal petition to the Senate Com-
mittee on Student Petitions. A student who has been dropped once and in any subse-
quent period of attendance fails fifty per cent or more of his work, shall be suspended
for poor scholarship and not be eligible for readmission.
 In addition to the University exclusion rules, the following probation and exclusion
rules are applicable to all students attending the College of Law:
 A student who fails to maintain a 1.8 honor point average for all work attempted
 in any semester will be placed on probation for the next semester in which he is in
 attendance. A student on probation will be excluded at the end of the semester unless
 he maintains a 2.0 honor point average in all work attempted in that semester, or has a
 2.0 cumulative honor point average in the total of all work completed with a passing