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Admission, Enrollment and Graduation Requirements
Dean's List Undergraduate students achieving a semester GPA of 3.6 or better while enrolled in 12 or more credits with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or better, will be placed on the semester Dean's List. Audit Students Students wishing to audit must complete the audit application and follow registration procedures. Auditing students cannot register for a course until after the second week of the semester. An auditor only participates in lectures, and they are not allowed to submit papers or take exams. A course taken for audit cannot be repeated for credit at a later date. Students wishing to audit graduate-level courses must have earned, be/been enrolled in, or been admitted to a graduate program of equal or greater academic level. For instance, a student wishing to audit a master's level course must at least have earned, be/been enrolled in, or have been admitted to a master's level degree program. Doctoral level courses are not typically open to auditors. All auditors must pay the appropriate per credit fee. If permitted, doctoral level auditors are subject to full doctoral level tuition. (See Financial Information for fees.) Auditors must receive permission from both the Office of the Registrar and the instructor of the course. Audit fees are non-refundable. Audit applications with further instructions are available in the Office of the Registrar or online at: biola.edu/registrar/forms (http://www.biola.edu/registrar/ forms). Academic Load The minimum full time load is 12 credits at the undergraduate level. Those carrying less than the full time load but 9 or more credits are considered three-quarter time. Undergraduate students with 6 or more credits are considered half time students. And, undergraduate students carrying less than 6 credits are normally considered less than half time. An undergraduate student who is on academic probation may be limited to 13 credits or less depending upon their grade point average. A minimum of 10 credits must be taken by those living on campus. Generally an undergraduate student is limited to 18 credits per regular term. After the first semester a student with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher may petition the Office of the Registrar to carry a maximum of 21 credits. The minimum full time load is 9 credits for those in graduate degree programs. Those carrying less than the full time load but 7 or more credits are considered three-quarter time. Graduate students with 5 or more credits are considered half time students. And, graduate students carrying less than 5 credits are normally considered less than half time. A Talbot student is normally permitted to carry a maximum of 12 credits each semester. The minimum full time load is 6 credits for those in doctoral degree programs in Talbot School of Theology and Cook School of Intercultural Studies. Those carrying 5 credits are considered three-quarter time. Doctoral students in these programs carrying 3 or more credits are considered half time. And, those carrying less than 3 credits are normally considered less than half time. D.Min. students must complete 6 credits per semester, 12 credits per year in their program. Doctoral students can be considered full time for a maximum of two to four semesters in the dissertation phase of their program depending on their program (see specific program for details). The normal expected course load for a Rosemead student is 15 to 16 credits per semester, but not less than 9 credits. Without the advisor's
C D N P R S T U V
Credit-No Credit
Variable Credit/Research
No Grade Given
Post Baccalaureate
Research
Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory Transfer No Grade Given
Audited
Variable Letter/Research
Repeated Courses Undergraduate students are permitted to repeat courses in which they have earned a D+ or lower grade. Graduate students are permitted to repeat courses in which they have earned a C+ or lower grade. All instances of a repeated course must be taken at Biola in order to impact the student's GPA. Both grades continue to show on the student's academic record. Only the higher grade earned is included in the computation of the student's GPA, and the credits are counted only once. When a course is repeated the exclude indicator (E) will occur in the Course Repeat Indicator column (R) of the excluded course, and the include indicator (I) will occur in the Course Repeat Indicator column of the included course on the student's academic transcript. The adjustment to the student's GPA is reflected on the academic transcript beginning with the first term in which the course was taken. Undergraduate students who have earned a grade higher than a D+, or graduate students who have earned a grade higher than a C+ may still be permitted to repeat the same course with approval of the Office of the Registrar if their major or degree program requires a higher grade in order to progress in the major or degree program. (See respective major or degree program requirements.) Students are permitted to repeat a course a maximum of two times. A student unable to pass a required course for their major or degree program after the third attempt is normally required to select another major or degree program not requiring the failed course. Final Grades Final grades will be available at the end of each academic term on my.Biola.edu (https://login.biola.edu/mybiola/login). Any discrepancies must be brought to the attention of the Office of the Registrar within 90 days from the date the grade is posted. Grade Changes Grade changes are only allowable for computational or recording errors. Student Responsibility It is the student's responsibility to bring any error in grades to the attention of the instructor within ninety days following the issued grade. Faculty Responsibility It is the instructor's responsibility to catch and correct any error in grades no later than ninety days following the submission of a student's grade.
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