Biola University 2012-2013 Catalog Housing for Graduate Students . . . . . . . . 37 Residence Requirements . . . . . . . . . . 37 Housing Reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Continuing Students . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Commuter Students . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Food Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Biola Print Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Bookstore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Computer Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Health Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Campus Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Immigration Services . . . . . . 39 International Student Services . . . . . . . . 39 Learning Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Academic Advising . . . . . . . 40 Psychological Services . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Career Development . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Writing Center . . . . . . . 41 Appeals & Grievances .. .. .. .. .. .. 41 Student Activities 42 Spiritual Development .. .. .. .. .. .. 42 Student Government For Undergraduates . . 42 Student Government for Graduate Students . . . 42 Student Missionary Union . . . . . . . . . . 42 Athletics . . . . . . . . . 42 Student Media . . . . . . . 43 Theatre Productions . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Forensics . . . . . . . . 43 Other Performance Opportunities . . . . . . . 43 Spiritual Life .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 43 Undergraduate Requirements & Policies . . 44 High School Record . . . . . . 44 Admission Procedure . . . . . . 44 Application Deadlines . . . . . . 44 Home-Schooled Students . . . . . . . . . . 44 Notification . . . . . . . . 44 Transfer Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Transfer of Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Distance Education . . . . . . 45 Bible Residency Requirement . . . . 45 General Education Options for Transfer Students . 45 Advanced Placement Program . . . . . . . . 45 College Level Examination Program . . . . . . 46 Challenging a Course . . . . . . 46 Academic Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 General Education Program . . . . . . . . . 46 General Education Course Substitutions . . 50 Electives . . . . . . . . . 50
Torrey Honors Institute . . . . . . . . . . 51 Mission & Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . 51 Program Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Torrey Houses . . . . . . . 51 Torrey Off-Campus Programs . . . . . 52 Courses (YMDT) . . . . . . . 52 International Student Education . . . . . . 55 English Language Studies Program . . . 55 Program Description . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Courses (EILI) . . . . . . . . 56 Courses (ENGL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Pre-Professional Programs . . . . . 57 Pre-Chiropractic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Pre-Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Pre-Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Pre-Physical Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Pre-Veterinary Medicine . . . . . . 58 Other Post-Graduate Health Professional Programs . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Pre-Bible Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Pre-Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Pre-Seminary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Pre-Speech / Language Pathology & Pre-Audiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Off-Campus Semester & Study Tours Programs 59 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Curriculum Requirements . . . . . . . . . . 59 Biola Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Biola London (BLS) . . . . . . . 59 Heidelberg Semester Program (HSP) . . . 60 International Student Exchange Program (ISE) . . . . . . . . 60 BestSemester (CCCU) Programs . . . . . . . 60 American Studies Program (ASP) . . . . . . . 60 Australia Studies Centre (ASC) . . . . . . . . 61 China Studies Program (CSP) . . . . . 61 Contemporary Music Center (CMC) . . . . . . 61 India Studies Program (ISP) . . . . . . . . . 62 Latin American Studies Program (LAS) . . . . . 62 Los Angeles Film Studies Center (LAF) . . . . . 62 Middle East Studies Program (MES) . . . . . . 63 Oxford Summer Programme (OSP) . . . 63 Scholars’ Semester in Oxford (SSO) . . . . . . 63 Uganda Studies Program (USP) . . . . . . . . 64 Washington Journalism Center Program (WJC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Affiliated Semester Programs . . . . 64 Creation Care Study Program (CCSP) . . . 64
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