Biola_Catalog_19600101NA

ATTENDANCE Attendance at each class session and chapel is required of all students. If a student's unexcused absences from any class become double the number of meetings per week, the student is dropped from that class with a grade of F. Unexcused absences from Chapel in excess of ten result in disciplinary action.

GRADES

A Distinguished work, which is reserved for outstanding attainment ......................... ................... ........................................ 4 B Good work done in a sustained manner ........... .. ..................... 3 C Average work done in a sustained manner ............. ............... 2 D Passing .......................................................................................... 1 F Failing work. Subject must be repeated in class .................. 0 Fa Failure due to excessive unexcused absences .................... .... 0 Dr Dropped from class, passing Drf Dropped from class, failing ...................................................... 0 W Withdrew from school, passing Wf Withdrew from school, failing ......................... .. ..................... 0 I Incomplete A semester grade in any subject is based on the student's grasp of subject matter as evidenced by his daily class work and his examinations. To graduate, a student must have at least as many grade points as units in the total credit value of all courses undertaken by him, and a 2.5 average in the major field. Report cards showing grades will be issued to students from the Registrar's Office. ACADEMIC LOAD A full.time student may register for twelve to sixteen hours of classroom work per semester. After the first semester a student with a grade point average of B may petition the Registrar to take eighteen units whereas one with an A average may petition to carry twenty. In no case will a student be permitted to carry more than twenty hours. A student on scholastic probation may not carry more than fourteen hours for credit and may be limited to less depending upon his grade point average. SCHOOL HONORS Students completing their course with a grade point average of 3.25 are graduated Cum Laude. Students with a 3.5 average are graduated Magna Cum Laude. Each year elections to membership in the Biola Chapter of Delta Epsilon 20

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