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But C's aren't really average, and D's aren't really accepted. In some majors with relatively strict prerequisite chains, a 'D' doesn't allow a student to take the next level course.
I've seen that done with calculus, bio, nursing, and music theory, among others. The student can still switch majors and possibly keep the credit for the D course, but that's it. It's a sort of consolation prize — you lose, but thanks for playing.
Sort of like the standard 'last call' shout-out at dive bars — you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. In remedial courses, D's are particularly ambiguous; you get a sort-of pass for a class that sort-of counts. That's a lot of asterisks. I'm of divided mind on the continued existence of the D grade.
If we've moved away from the idea of C as average in favor of C as effective minimum, then it's not clear to me why the D still exists. Either you've met the minimum, which is a C or better, or you haven't, which is an F. You're either on the bus or off the bus. The D suggests that you're being dragged along behind the bus, which strikes me as worse. Full disclosure: I got a D in Russian in college. It felt very much like being dragged along behind the bus. The issue comes up in articulations with four-year colleges.
They typically agree to take an Associate's degree as a block, rather than picking it apart on a course-by-course basis. To get an Associate's, you have to complete the required number of credits with a GPA of 2. So if a destination school takes transfers on a course-by-course basis, D grades don't count, but if they take the degree as a block, D's do count. As an exasperated student affairs dean once told me, "D's get degrees.
Our argument — that they should count — is based on parity with 'native' students at the four-year college. If they let their own students reach 'junior' status with some 'D' grades, as long as the overall 2. Characteristically, this puts D's in the 'they don't transfer, unless they do' category. They get dragged along behind the bus. In my faculty days, I gave a few D's here and there. My grading was pretty numerical, so there was a set range of averages that equaled a D.
But I was always stumped when asked if a D was 'really' passing. Expand comments Hide comments. View the discussion thread. We have retired comments and introduced Letters to the Editor. Share your thoughts ».
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