Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
Course of Study
Grading
Reed encourages students to measure academic achievement by self-assessment of their grasp of course material and intellectual growth. Students receive frequent written and oral comments on their work. While a conventional letter grade for each course is recorded for every student, the college does not routinely distribute grades to students, providing work continues at a satisfactory level.
MALS students are expected to perform at the graduate level and to do B- or better work in all their courses. Below B-level work is considered unsatisfactory. C grades are given to credit coursework that is unsatisfactory; F grades denote failure. An incomplete grade may be used in the same circumstances appropriate for undergraduate students, with the exception of the degree paper. For the degree paper, B- is the lowest passing grade. In the rare case that a student does not receive a passing grade for the degree paper, the student must submit a new proposal on a different topic to the Committee, following the normal deadlines, and register again for the paper.