SUMMER SCHOOL A growing and continuing summer school program provides students with the opportunity for a greater degree of flexibility in planning their total program. Students may enrich their course of study and reduce the overall time spent in college, or decrease their regular course load by careful selction of summer school courses. Visiting students find it refreshing to study in a different atmosphere and perhaps a different locale, and entering students find it helpful in gaining advanced standing. Work taken may be applied to both the degree and the teaching credential programs. Instruction is offered in standard courses by the regular Biola faculty and capable visiting professors. Courses offered include art, Bible, theology, Greek, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, biological science, sociology, and other subjects. including education courses for teaching credential candidates. Credit is also available in connection with excellent foreign tours conducted during the summer. Tuition , room, and board are lower than regular charges at private colleges; total costs are competitive with state summer school charges. Certain courses or workshops may be offered in the Summer School that are not listed in this bulletin. Courses may be innovative or the content may be in response to specialized needs or current topics. Such courses will be described in the separate summer school bulletin. Requests for the summer school bulletin. which is available about February 15, and application forms for admission should be addressed to the Office of Admissions and Records. Admission to the summer program does not presuppose or grant acceptance to the college for the regular school year. EUROPEAN, HOLY LAND TOURS Biola College , in cooperation with other accredited colleges. offers the opportunity to attend summer school while traveling. College assignments take on new life and meaning as the student visits such places as Rome. Florence, Heidelberg, and Paris. A number of excellent tours are available and directed by experienced tour leaders. These include tours in the United States. Latin America, Europe , and the Middle East. Amaximum of six semester units of credit may be earned. These tours embrace a wide range of interests in subject areas , including history, art literature. religion, and general culture and civilization. The program is flexible enough so that the student may choose either a three or six week study period. Those not interested in credit may enjoy one of these tours as an auditor. All tours are open to those of college age and whose health is sufficiently strong to stand the rigors of travel. For further information write: Tour Department. Biola College. FALL SEMESTER ABROAD An in-residence program offering an academic semester in Europe, Latin America . or the Middle East. Students are given the opportunity to broaden their perspectives and integrate learning with experience. Generally, the classwork is richly supplemented by field trips. Classes are conducted in English and courses of instruction and credits are the same as those on the La Mirada campus. Overseas programs were held in Germany the fall of 1973 and 1974. Because of economic and political instability. programs abroad are under constant review. An academic semester is again planned for Germany the fall of 1977. Course offerings are primarily in the area of general educational requirements on the freshmen and sophomore level, but some upperclassmen with an interest in the humanities may qualify. For further information write: Dr. R. Buss, Director of Biola Abroad. ARMY ROTC It is possible for interested students to enro ll in the Army ROTC program at the University of California. Los Angeles, Four-, three-, and two-year programs leading to a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve or Regular Army are offered. All students enrolled in the final two years of the program receive an allowance of $100 per month during the school year. Scholarships are available competitively, in addition to the monthly allowance for all Advanced Course students. For further information contact the Department of Military Science at the University of California. Los Angeles 90024. AIR FORCE ROTC Through arrangements with the University of Southern California two-. three. and four-year Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (AFROTC) programs are available to all qualified students at Biola College. Academic units earned in this program are counted as elective credits toward graduation. Successful completion of the AFROTC program leads to a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Air Force Reserve. Two-, three- , and four-year scholarships are available to qualified students on a competitive basis. Four-year scholarships must be applied for before December 31 in the year prior to entering college. All scholarship recipients receive full tuition, required fees and books, and $100 a month . All qualified male students are provided 25 hours of flying training during their final year in the program. For additional information contact the Department of Aerospace Studies (AFROTC) at the University of Southern California. Los Angeles , CA 90007. telephone (213) 746-2670 or 2671.
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