BOOK STORE The College Bookstore is open six days and two evenings a week to supply all required textbooks, as well as non-required books. Students will find a large selection of cards, stationery, gift items, records and music, school and art supplies, plus items for personal needs. Bibles in a variety of styles and bindings are available. Special services to students include ordering any books in print and imprinting Bibles. Admission, Registration, and Graduation Requirements Admission to Biola College is on a selective basis, and only those are admitted who are most likely to profit from Biola College' s educational program and its distinctively Christian emphasis. Because it is the purpose of Biola College to train Christian young people, the applicant should have been a Christian for at least one year. Biola College has a strongly evangelical Christian commitment and requires that an accepted applicant be an evangelical believer. However, no discrimination with reference to racial or national background is practiced in the admission policies. Biola College welcomes all applicants regardless of racial or national origin who are personally committed to faith in Christ. Students who are interested in attending Biola College should request application forms from the Dean of Admissions. Visits to the campus are encouraged. It is advisable to write or phone in advance to arrange an appointment if a conference is desired. Because enrollment is limited and admission is on a selective basis, applications should be made as early as possible. Decisions are made only on completed applications. Generally no applications made after May 31 will be considered for the fall semester, nor after November 30 for the spring semester. Admission to the college does not guarantee admission to the Nursing or Music programs. High School Record An applicant for regular standing must be a graduate of an accredited high school with a scholastic record (including SAT scores) which indicates ability to pursue successfully higher education. The applicant must have sixteen acceptable high school units (one unit equals one year in a course) , twelve of which should be spread over the academic areas of English (3) , social studies (2) , mathematics (2) , science (including a laboratory science) (1) , foreign language (minimum of 2) , and related areas. Prospective students interested in the nursing program must take chemistry and algebra in high school. Applicants are urged to have at least two years in one foreign language in high school. Those with no foreign language in high school or wishing to begin a new language in college to meet the general education requirement, must take twelve units (3 semesters) of a foreign language for most majors. Catalog information regarding each major will indicate any exceptions to this rule.
Students coming to the campus by automobile should follow these directions: coming from the northwest, leave the Santa Ana Freeway at Rosecrans and travel east to Biola Avenue; coming from the southeast, leave the Santa Ana Freeway at Valley View and travel north to Rosecrans, then turn right to Biola Avenue; coming from the east via San Bernardino Freeway (U.S. Highway 60, 70, 99), tum south on California Highway 39 to Imperial Highway, and right on Imperial to Biola Avenue. Campus buildings are Sutherland Hall, Marshburn Hall and Annex, Crowell Hall, and the Science Hall - instructional facilities that house class rooms , laboratories, auditoriums , and offices. Additional campus buildings are the Rose Memorial Library, the cafeteria, the student union , the gymnasium, a short-course Olympic swimming pool , the Pierce-Hunt Memorial Infirmary, several residence halls , the Rose of Sharon Prayer Chapel, and other structures. The master plan calls for the erection of additional buildings within the next few years. On the eastern side of the campus lie the athletic fields. Included are a crushed brick quarter mile track, an excellent baseball diamond, and tennis courts. Additional recreational facilities are available in the La Mirada Regional Park, across La Mirada Boulevard from the campus. THE LIBRARY The Biola Library is under a unified administration and serves the undergraduate and graduate levels of Biola College, Inc. The Rose Memorial Library Building was expanded in 1969 by a three-level addition. This triples the ultimate capacity besides providing four conference rooms , an additional reading room for those students engaged in Biblical studies and ample space for periodical holdings. The periodical subscriptions include 800 titles currently being received. Other holdings include over 130,000 volumes of books and bound periodicals. Auxiliary collections contain pamphlet files and curriculum teaching units for the Education and Christian Education Departments. The main public catalog and other files contain approximately 500,000 cards. . Two SCM copy machines are accessible to students. The library has microfiche, microfilm, and microcard readers. Visual materials are available for student use from the A-V center. In addition , there are listening centers for language studies and other taped instruction . Students have access to the several million volumes in the libraries of a dozen colleges, universities , and seminaries in the Greater Los Angeles area. The staff consists of four professional librarians, nine full-time assistants, and a number of part-time student assistants. AUDIO-VISUAL DEPARTMENT The Audio-visual Department services the equipment and non-book instructional needs of the Academic Division of the college. Equipment and instructional materials are in the A-V Department in the Rose Memorial Library. The collection of material includes 16mm motion pictures, 8mm motion pictures and film clips, 35mm filmstrips , Audio Tape Recordings, Video Tape Recordings, Disc Records , Overhead Transparencies, Slides and other types of Educational Media. Appropriate equipment is available for large group, small group, or individual study of the instructional materials. Production of slides, filmstrips, thermal, diazo, or photographic transparencies, instant duplicating and copy services are available to the faculty. Other specialized production services often can be arranged upon request.
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