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Pass/No Credit

Due to the various forms of difficulty added by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, for Fall 2020 the department is suspending our usual P/NC policy. As was the case in Spring 2020, courses that are taken in a Pass/No Credit grading scheme can in fact count for credit towards either major (Linguistics/Cognitive Science). Apart from this, the grading scheme for Fall 2020 is back to normal (i.e. the exceptional grading scheme of Spring 2020 that eliminated letter grades is no longer in effect). 

As always, feel free to contact Elizabeth (elizabeth.contreras@pomona.edu) or the department chair Michael Diercks (michael.diercks@pomona.edu) if you have any questions.

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Notes from Linguistics and Cognitive Science Q&A on Zoom

Linguistics and Cognitive Science Q&A Zoom
July 14th 2020

What follows are notes taken by Derrick Nguyen (edited slightly by Michael Diercks). Questions were posed by students in attendance, answers from Lise Abrams and Michael Diercks.

Important Information

      • As of July 14th, by the end of the week there will be a General Website update regarding broad structures in the department and classroom that will be announced. Please take a look and reach out if you have any questions. (update: the site is live, lgcs.us)
      • The current official policy under Pomona College is that we are not allowed to employ non full time students in Fall 2020.
      • For the Fall semester since it is remote, we will be looking at Liaisons for guidance on how to build community through the web. But if anyone has any ideas please reach out!

Should I reach out to individual professors to see how the classes will be structured?

Still in the process of finalizing details; structure of each class will be up to each individual professor and so class structures will vary a lot between classes. There will be a broad structure guideline released at the end of the week on a general website update, so after receiving that if you have any more questions you may want to reach out to your professor? Otherwise there is no need. Continue reading “Notes from Linguistics and Cognitive Science Q&A on Zoom”