Proposal by: Senator John Morgan

October 13, 2009

WHEREAS

   there has long been a university-wide requirement that all undergraduates
must pass English 110 with a minimum grade of C-,

AND

    the University Faculty Senate recently passed a university-wide
breadth requirement that requires all undergraduates to pass 12 credits
of courses in 4 different areas with a minimum grade of C-,

AND

    many colleges and individual departments have already imposed their
own requirements that specific courses which count toward satisfying
gradution requirements be passed with a minimum grade of C-,

AND

    it is important that students achieve more than merely a poor
understanding of basic material in elementary courses before proceeding
to take higher-level courses,

BE IT RESOLVED,

    that the University of Delaware adopt a uniform requirement that
all 100- and 200-level courses used to satisfy specific graduation
requirements for a major be passed with a minimum grade of C-.