KSU - Midterm Grades - Fall 2019
Percentage of DFW to total grades issued - by Area
This graph shows the relationship of DFW grades to total grades issued by specific course/student groups.
Highlighted are the courses included in the general education areas by CPE category. The students typically enrolled in these courses are freshmen and sophomores, although other undergraduate students may be enrolled.
MAT 101 at the bottom of the graph is the class that entering students must complete to be able to move to their university gen ed required course for quantitative reasoning. These are typically first or second semester students. This course has a higher DFW rate 27.4% than the university average for undergraduates 26.2%. These are students who generally struggle in math.
Other areas which are above average include:
oQuantitative reasoning 26.6%, students complete either MAT 111-Contemporary Mathematics, MAT 115-College Algebra, or MAT 200-Statistics. Again, most students enrolled are freshmen and some sophomores. Each of these courses have ICs, Instructional Counselors, who work with the faculty member to provide additional support and tutoring for the students.
oArts & Humanities rate is at 31.7% for the Fall 2019. These courses include the language courses, ASL and Spanish, the IGS courses as well as the survey courses in Art, Music Theater and Literature. A quick glance at the detailed courses indicate this fall semester, students are having more trouble in the ASL and Spanish courses, along with the online IGS courses.
Our recent revision of the general education curriculum allows more choice for students in this area. For example, language