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(WGSS)
The degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of
Science is conferred on all students who complete
this program. Students whose major concentration
is applied mathematics, applied physics, astrophysics,
biochemistry, biology, biopsychology, chemical
physics, chemistry, cognitive and brain sciences,
computer science, engineering psychology, environmental
studies (as second major only), geological
sciences, geology, mathematics, and physics are
eligible to receive a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor
of Arts degree. Those majoring in psychology,
psychology/clinical, and quantitative economics
may choose to receive the degree of Bachelor of
Science or Bachelor of Arts at the time they
complete their degree sheet. Students in all other
majors will receive a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Students whose multiple majors make them eligible
for either a Bachelor of Arts degree or a Bachelor of
Science degree may choose between the two when
completing their degree sheet.
Pass-Fail Option
Within the limits stated below, students may elect
to have their grades in certain courses recorded
simply as pass or fail. The purpose of this option is
to encourage students to extend their academic
interests. Faculty advisors will approve selection of
the option if this purpose is clearly fulfilled; it is not
designed as a safety valve to permit students to
carry unrealistic academic loads. A student will be
graded as usual throughout the course, with final
grades transcribed by the registrar into pass (if D-
or better) or fail. A pass does not affect the grade
point average; a failing grade is averaged into the
grade point average. A course that has been taken
using the pass/fail grading option and for which
the student earned a pass may not be repeated for
credit. If a class that has been taken pass/fail is
later needed for a requirement that was not
anticipated, the student may submit a petition
request to his or her academic dean to have the
originally assigned grade restored.
In a thirty-four course credit program, students
are normally required to take at least twenty-six
semester course credits under standard grading; the
pass-fail option may be applied to any courses in
excess of twenty-six, with the exceptions stated
elsewhere in this section.
Transfer students and those students who
transfer credit to Tufts from programs at other
institutions must complete three-fourths of their
work at Tufts under standard grading subject to the
stated quality requirement. The pass-fail option
may be applied to courses in the remaining
one-fourth of the program with the exceptions
stated below.
No distinction is made between regular courses
that a student elects to take under pass-fail grading
and those courses that may only be taken pass-fail.
All decisions with respect to the pass-fail option
must be made within the first five weeks of any
term for sophomores, juniors, and seniors, and
within the first ten weeks of any term for first-year
students. After five weeks (ten weeks for first-year
students), the student must complete a course under
the grading system then in force or withdraw from
the course. For liberal arts students, only electives
may be taken pass-fail; courses taken to fulfill the
foundation, distribution, concentration, and minor
requirements may not be taken pass-fail.
Additional Graduation Requirements
Other courses to complete the thirty-four credits
required for graduation may be selected without
restriction. However, students should be guided in
their choice by the purpose of promoting breadth as
well as depth in intellectual development. In
planning their programs of study, students should
keep in mind that a good general education in the
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