ACADEMIC INFORMATION
ATTENDANCE
Attendance in all classes shall be required for at least 80 per cent of the semester's class sessions. This means that for a three unit class nine absences are allowed and for a two unit class six absences are allowed. Regardless of the reason for absence (be it medical, business, etc.), ten absences from any three unit class or seven absences from any two unit class will result in an automatic F . Three tardies equal one absence. Double absences will be recorded for absences during the week prior to final exams of any semester, the day before and after a regularly scheduled holiday such as Thanksgiving recess, Christmas recess, Easter recess, and also on any school work day. Daily chapel attendance is required.
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 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 twice 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 seventeen hours of class room work per semester. After the first semester a student with a grade point average of B may petition the Registrar to take e ighteen 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 d epending 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 Chi Honor Society are made from the members of the graduating class who have a scholastic average of 3.5 or better throughout their course. The Delta Epsilon Chi Honor Society was established to give recognition to high scholastic attainment in Christian colleges and Bible Institutes.
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