ADMISSION, REGISTRATION
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Applicants who do not have the finances to pay all of their expenses must come under the spon so rship of an approved agenc y. Sponsorship must in clude financial responsibili ty toward the sponsored student. Enrollment Requirements International students admitted to the United States on a student visa are required by law to be registered as full-time students (undergraduate students: a minimum of 12 credit units; graduate students: a minimum of9 units). Employment No off-campus employment is permitted for interna tional students without written permission of the United States Immigration authorities. VETERANS Biola University is approved as a degreCi5ranting institution for the attendance of veterans under Title 38, United States Code. TI1is includes the programs covered in chapters 30, 31, 35 ofTitle 38, relating also to the education of disabled veterans and war orphans, and 1606 of Title 10. The Bureau for Private Post secondary and Vocational Education under the State of Califor nia Department of Consumer Affairs has also authorized the Uni versity for the attendance of veterans and veterans' dependents. Veterans or dependents of veterans who plan to enroll in the University are urged to contact the veteran 's coordinator in the Registrar's office well in advance of registration so that the new, sary arrangements may Ix: made with the Veterans Administration. PRE-REGISTRATION Pre-registration for the fall semester is held clwing the months of April and May, and for the spring semester in October and Novemlx:r. All students are required to preregister if they plan to return to school the next semester. Failure to preregister will require a $45 non-pre-registration fee to Ix: paid at tl1e time of reg istration should the student decide to enroll for the next semester. REGISTRATION Students are to register in person during the scheduled registration days. Late registration will Ix: allowed through the eighth clay of class and requires a fee of $45.00. Registration is completed when students have paid the required tuition down payment. Students will receive credit for courses offi cially enrolled through the Office of the Registrar. Registration is mandatory for Rosemead students in all phases of the program including students in internship and those who have completed all requirements except the dissertation. CHANGE OF REGISTRATION Course registration changes are made by submitting an add/ drop form to the Registrar's Office. The fee is $5.00 for each transaction. Courses may be added to the student 's schedule during the first two weeks of the semester. Late add/ drop fee is $15.00 for each transaction. Courses may Ix: dropped until the end of the eighth week of the semester. Astudent who stops attending a class but does not submit an add/ drop form will not be dropped from the class and will receive a grade of Unofficial Withdrawal for the course. Courses dropped during the first two weeks of the semester will
not be recorded on the student 's permanent record. Courses dropped lx:tween the ninth and the end of the semeste r will Ix: recorded 111th a grade of "IJ\V. " Courses dropped lx:tween the tl1ird and eightl1 weekwill be recorded with tl1e grade of 'W. " WITHDRAWAL Official Witl1drawal from enrollment to the Universi ty is made by submitting a completed Departure Card to the Registrar 's Office.Students mayofficially111tl1draw until tl1e end of the eighth week of the semester. Students who drop from enrollment at any time dwing the semester but do not submit a Depa11ure Card, or withdraw from enrollment during the ninth through the 15tl1 week of the semester, are considered UnofficiallyWithdrawn. Unofficially 111thdrawn students 11111 not receive a refund of any portion of tuition or fees and 11111 receive gradesof "UW" or ''F" for their courses. Students departing the University for longer than one year will Ix: required to follow the cun-ent catalog at the time of their readmission. Students may petition for an exception. STUDENT'S RECORDS Enrollees are advised that the University maintains school and student records for no longer than a five-year period beyond the student 's final term of enrollment, with the exception of the transcripts and the academic record. ATTENDANCE Regular class attendance is expected of all students. Classes are conducted in a manner that will encourage academic excel lence and the growth of Christian character. The final authority for attendance and any effect that it might have upon grades rests with the individual faculty member. This is due to the tremendous va1iety of class size and purpose, and the specific requirements in attendance. Visitors and cun-ent students may visit a class for a maximum of one week. After one week, regis tration in credit or audit status for the course(s) is required. GRADES Quality of course work is graded on the following scale, with a system of grade points used to determine a student's general grade point average or standing: Graduate students should see the appropriate section of the catalog for further grade information. Grade Quality Grade Points A Highest Passing Grade 4.00 A- 3.67 B+ 3.33 B Good 3.00 B- 2.67 Ct 2.33 C Satisfactory 2.00 C- 1.67 Dt 1.33 D 1.00 D- Lowest Passing Grade 0.67 (for undergraduate courses) F Failure 0.00 IJW Unofficial Withdrawal 0.00 Biola's policy requires that when computing the GPA, the GPA is recorded al the third decimal point without rounding up.
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