Grinnell College Drop and Add Policies Full semester courses: Registration Change Forms (add, drop without transcript entry, and audit changes) and S/D/F Forms for regular full-semester courses will be accepted by the Registrar’s Office during the first three weeks of classes.
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The Grinnell College Catalog is a guide to courses and areas of study, with graduation requirements for majors and concentrations and information about academic departments, programs, and services.
The Grinnell College Catalog is a guide to courses and areas of study, with graduation requirements for majors and concentrations and information about academic departments, programs, and services.
In a place where the humanities, social sciences, and STEM converge, your intellectual journey is bound to be far from linear. In fact, we have 42 areas of study, more than 500 classes, and with our individually advised curriculum, an infinite number of combinations to choose from.
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To be eligible for graduation, a student must have at least 124 credits, a 2.00 cumulative grade point average (GPA), and must have satisfactorily completed the tutorial and a departmental, interdepartmental or independent major and the College residency requirement.
This section contains information about registering for and withdrawing from classes. For more information on registration, contact the Office of the Registrar.
When you study at the College, you join a conversation among scholars, professors, and students, one that helps sustain both the intellectual community here and the larger world of thinkers, researchers, and writers. The tests you take, the research you do, the writing you submit—all these are ways you participate in this conversation.
Guided Reading (297) may be undertaken when a student has attained second-semester of first-year standing. Plus-2, Individual Reading (387), Independent Study (397), and intermediate Directed Research (299) may be undertaken when a student has attained second-year standing.
The internship program provides a field learning experience as part of the liberal arts education. The credit and grade for an internship are awarded based on academic work performed outside the work site. (See course syllabus.)
Satisfactory completion of a major field is required for graduation. Most major programs require a minimum of 32 credits but may include more. At the department’s discretion and approval, up to 8 credits from related fields (cognates) may be counted toward the major.
A student entering Grinnell will be granted four semester credits for each qualifying exam as indicated on the Office of the Registrar’s website.
Removing one or multiple courses from your schedule but remaining in at least one (1) course.
The full drop schedule is available in the Schedule of Classes and in the Dates to Observe.
The Grinnell College Academic Catalog is a general summary of rules, policies, and procedures for the academic programs of the College, and is subject to change without notice. It is not a binding statement of these rules, policies, and procedures and should not be relied on as such.
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Discrimination and sexual harassment on any of the bases covered by state or federal antidiscrimination statutes is unlawful and a violation of Grinnell College policy. Grinnell College recognizes that harassment can relate to an individual’s membership in more than one protected class.
Grinnell College is committed to establishing and maintaining a safe and nondis criminatory educational environment for all College community members. It is committed to a policy of non discrimination in matters of admission, employment, and housing, and in access to and participation in its education programs, services, and activities. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth, religion, disability, creed or any other protected class. Discrimination and sexual harassment on any of the bases covered by state or federal antidiscrimination statutes is unlawful and a violation of Grinnell College policy.
Grinnell College recognizes that harassment can relate to an individual’s membership in more than one protected class. Targeting individuals on the basis of their membership in any protected class is also a violation of Grinnell’s Community Standards and Responsibilities and may violate the College’s Hate Crime and Bias-Motivated Incident Policy. Under these circumstances, the College will coordinate the investigation and resolution, provided that doing so does not unduly delay prompt and equitable resolution under this policy.
Play is an integral part of the human experience. We play to entertain, relax, socialize, and explore. While we can recognize play when we see it, play is a difficult concept to nail down.
Our required text for this course is a classic book in the theory of game design:
I believe that any college-level course should challenge you and put you outside of your comfort zone. My mission as an instructor is to help you manage that discomfort so that you can grow in knowledge and maturity.
We have two peer writing consultants, Writing Mentors, assigned to this course: Ella Maloney [maloney] and Zoe Yunger [yungerzo]. Every week, you will meet with your assigned mentor to get feedback on your current writing drafts and plan your revisions.
This course employs a grading system based on mastery grading and specifications grading to evaluate your work. These systems, inspired by adult learning theory, are designed to create a “low-threat” learning environment where:
Tokens reflect that life inevitably rears its ugly head in some fashion and ruins your best-laid plans. You begin the course with 3 tokens, and you may:
To help expedite your learning, you can rely on me, our class mentor, and your peers as outlets in this course.
The Grinnell College Academic Catalog is a general summary of rules, policies, and procedures for the academic programs of the College, and is subject to change without notice. It is not a binding statement of these rules, policies, and procedures and should not be relied on as such.
An Advanced Search function allows for searches of specific words or phrases.
Discrimination and sexual harassment on any of the bases covered by state or federal antidiscrimination statutes is unlawful and a violation of Grinnell College policy. Grinnell College recognizes that harassment can relate to an individual’s membership in more than one protected class.
Grinnell College is committed to establishing and maintaining a safe and nondis criminatory educational environment for all College community members. It is committed to a policy of non discrimination in matters of admission, employment, and housing, and in access to and participation in its education programs, services, and activities. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth, religion, disability, creed or any other protected class. Discrimination and sexual harassment on any of the bases covered by state or federal antidiscrimination statutes is unlawful and a violation of Grinnell College policy.
Grinnell College recognizes that harassment can relate to an individual’s membership in more than one protected class. Targeting individuals on the basis of their membership in any protected class is also a violation of Grinnell’s Community Standards and Responsibilities and may violate the College’s Hate Crime and Bias-Motivated Incident Policy. Under these circumstances, the College will coordinate the investigation and resolution, provided that doing so does not unduly delay prompt and equitable resolution under this policy.