at whi ch c red its \\'ill be re leased and th e amo unt of credit awarded . T he O ffi ce of the Registrar has fin al authority for th e re lease of CLEP credits in to Biola Uni ve rsity. CHALLENGING A COURSE A stud e nt may be abl e to cha ll e nge a co urse o r re quire me nt if th e d e partme n t has a c ha ll e nge exa m ava il abl e. C heck with th e spec ifi c de pa rtme n t to sec if a compre he n s ive cha ll e nge exam is ava il abl e . If a stude nt 's pe rfo rmance on a compre he ns ive examin a ti on d e mo ns tra tes a good g ras p of th e co urse co n te nt, an exempti o n fr om ca kin g th e co urse may be g ive n but no units o r c red it. will be a ll owed . Howe ve r, in th e case of t he R.N ., L. V.N . and Bibl e sur- 1·cy co urses, a sw de nt may be gra nte d c re dit uni ts based on th e s uccessful compl et ion of th e cha ll e nge exa mina ti ons. Spec ific in for mat ion rega rd ing th ese examin ati ons is ava il abl e from the l\' urs ing and Bi b le de partme nts. Fo r furth e r informati on see t he Uni ve rs ity Registra r. ACADEMIC STANDARDS A minimum grade po in t a1·cragc of "C" (2.00) is neces sa ry to grad ua te . With th e exce pti on of Bus in ess, Educa t ion, Fo re ign La ng uage and N urs in g d e pa rtme nts, a g rade of " D" is acce p ted as a pass in g g rade in a s in g le course. Howeve r " D" qua lity of 1rn rk in ge ne ral is no rma ll y insuffi c ie nt to a ll ow th e sw dcnt to progress fr om leve l to leve l. Hi g he r G PA minimum s a rc req ui re d befo re admi ss io n to teac hin g a nd nu rs in g. '.\l ur s in g s tud e nts s ho uld see th e d e pa rtm e nt fo r G PA ad mi ss io n req uir e me n ts . S tud e n ts rece iving less th an a "C" grade in any nurs in g co urse mu se re pea t th e co urse co p rog ress in nur s in g. S tud e nt s who transfe r uni ts from o th e r ins tituti ons mu st ma in ta in an aver age g rade of ·'C' ' in a ll wor k comp le ted a t Bi o la Uni ve rs ity as req uire me n t fo r g rad ua ti o n. All s tud e nts mu s t have a minimum of a "C" ave rage (2 .00) in th e ir majo r fiel d. Academic Proba tion Any s tud e n t whose c umul at ive gra de po int ave rage 111 Bi o la Lni vc rsicy fa ll s be low "C" (2 .00) is p laced o n aca de mi c p robat ion. Proba ti on in d icates a pe ri od of tri a l a nd th e swd c n t mu s t ac hi eve bette r t ha n a 2.00 ave rage th e s ubsequent se meste r o r face th e poss ibility o f be in g di s qDalifi e d. A swd e nt is rest ri c ted fr om pa rti c ip a ti o n in ex tracurri c ul a r uni 1·e rs it y ac ti viti es and th e acad e mi c load will be limi ted d uring t h is pe ri od of p ro bat ion co a max i mum of 13 units each semes te r. Swde nts on acade mi c pro ba ti on mus t pa rti c ipate in th e Lea rning Skill s Program. Academic Disquali fication A stud e nt may be di squalifi ed at any time if hi s grades arc bel ow a 1.00 GPA in one semeste r o r if he has achi eved mini mum g rades for t\\'0 s uccess ive semes ters. A stude nt who is considered for di squa lifi ca ti o n may make writte n appeal co th e Offi ce of the Registrar to be all owed to co ntinu e on stri ct probation as dete rmined by the Acade mi c S tanda rds Com mittee . A di sq ua lifi e d sw dcnt may appl y fo r re-admi ss ion o nl y aft e r a full yea r has e lapsed . Afte r one year, he may appl y for re-admi ss ion onl y if ev id e nce is g ive n whi ch indi -
ca res chat chances fo r scho last ic success are good . A student who has been di squalifi e d twi ce may not be re-admitted. For / 1111 s/ale111e11t 011 sa1isfacto1y arade111icprogress, please see the Acade111ic a11d Behavioral S1(//1r/an ls sertio11 of them !alog. GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM Th e ge ne ra l educa ti on p rogram at Bi o la is des igned co suppo rt th e uni vers ity's di s tin c ti ve ly C hri sti an mi ss ion by g ivin g spec ifi c atte nti o n co fo ur th e mes : ( 1) deve loping intell cc rn a l skill s, (2) e du ca tin g who le pe rsons, (3) under s tan d ing our C hri s ti an he ritage , and (-i ) becomin g chinking C hri s ti a ns. All four th e mes pres uppose th e hallma rks of any ge nuine uni ve rsity e du ca ti on whi ch are hon es t inquiry afte r truth and th e d eve lopm e nt of creati vity. Th e knowl e d ge and skill s ga in e d from co urses in genera l education will be furth e r de 1·e loped by stude nts in th e ir major fi e lds of s tu dy and in th e ir li fe long lea rning. Philosophy of General Education I. Developi11g ! 111ellem/{/I SJ:ills : Beca use a ll s tud e nts ne ed co s tre ngth e n and suppl eme nt th e sec of intellec tua l skill s th ey acquired in t he ir prima ry and secondary e duca t io n, Bi o la d evo tes pa rt of it s ge nera l e du ca ti on require me nt to spec ifi c and ince nsi1·c tra ining in ch ose skill s . Cul rnral , techn o logica l, and oche r deve lopme nts may from time to time re quire c hanges in th e li st of skill s st udied in our gene ral ed uca ti on co urses. II. Er/11m1i11g Wh ole Perso11s : Our ge ne ra l e du ca ti o n co urses seek to e du ca te s rn clc nts as hum an be in gs rather th an as pros pccti1·e membe rs of parti cul a r profess ions. Thi s "wh o le pe rson" approach to e du ca ti on is d es igne d co help pre pare o ur stude nts to succeed in th e ir ro les in the family , t he churc h, and th e la rge r soc iety of o ur c ulturall y diverse wo rld . It pavs pa rti cul a r atte nti on to the spiritual formati on and characte r de1·e lopment of sw clencs by fa culty me mbers who a rc ope n and hones t abo ut th e ir own need for g rowth. To ass ist stude nts in the ir ho li stic deve lopme nt , the prog ram inc lud es traditional educa ti on in the arts and sciences, sup pl e me nte d by conte mpo rary explorations of important iss ues . As a C hri sti an uni ve rsity, Bio la res ts its primary understand ing of what "who le pe rsons" are and need on the bas is of the ce ntra l teachings of the C hristi an faith. T hi s unde rstanding gui des el'c ry as pec t of our gene ra l e du ca ti on program . III. L'11rlersta11r!i11g O11 r Chrislim1 Herilage: An e ssenti a l eleme nt of Bi o la 's ge nera l e duca ti on program is its re quire me nt in bibli ca l a nd th eo logica l s tudi es . Thi s c urri c ular e mph as is is integra l to Bi o la's ins tituti ona l hi s tory, and it is fo und ati o na l co a mature und e rsta nding of our he ritage as C hri s ti a ns . Alth o ugh th e bibli ca l and t he ol og ica l courses ma y address any aspeer of the C hri s ti an he ritage ri ght up to conte mpo ra ry deve lopme nts, th ey a rc suppl e mented ac ross th e ge ne ra l e du ca ti on curri c ulum by oth e r co urses that g ive stud e nts furth e r expos ure to th e broad range of C hri sti an th o ug h t a nd c ulwra l co ntri b uti o n s in ce th e close of the '.\T ew T estame nt can on. IV. Becomi11g Thi11J.-i11g Chris1ia11s: The ge neral education program at Biola aims at ass isting our stude nts to develop an inte ll ec tuall y mature unde rstanding and practi ce of the ir Chris ti an fai th. To accompli sh thi s, the program provides students with bibli ca ll y- in fo rmed c ri t ica l assess me nts of be liefs and
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