16 ADMISSION
REGISTRATION GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
................. Registrar's Office (213) 903-4720
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:
tion and both grades are shown on the student's perma nent record. Grade reports will be issued to students from the Registrar's office.
Grade
Grade Points:
Quality
A
Highest Passing Grade
4.00 3.67 3.~ 3.00 2.~ 2.33 2.00 1.67 1.33 1.00 0.67
GRADE CHANGES It is the student's responsibility to bring any error in grades to the attention of the instructor within one semester following the issued grade. Grade changes are only allowable for computational or recording errors and must be corrected no later than the last day of classes of the next full term semester. AUDITORS Students wishing to audit must pursue normal appli cation and registration procedures. Undergraduate students cannot register for a course until the second week of the semester. (See financial information for fees.) Talbot students must be college graduates and must pay the same fees as those taking courses for cred it. Auditors must receive permission from the instruc tors of the courses to be audited. A course taken for audit cannot be repeated for credit at a later date. PRE-REGISTRATION Pre-registration for the fall semester is held during the month of April and early May, and for the spring semester in November and early December. All students are required to preregister if they plan to return to school the next semester. Failure to preregis ter will mean filing an application for re-admission ($35 fee) if the individual plans to enroll for the next semester. ACADEMIC LOAD The minimum full-time load is 12 units at the under graduate level. A student who is on academic probation may be limited to 12 units or less depending upon his grade point average. A minimum of ten units must be taken by those living on campus. The minimum full-time load is nine units for those in graduate degree programs. Those carrying less than the full-time load are considered part-time students. A Talbot student is normally permitted to carry a maxi mum of 18 units each semester. The normal full-time load for a Rosemead student is 12 to 15 hours per semester, but not less than nine hours. Without the advisor's approval, a student may not carry over 16 units in any semester. Part-time registra tion of less than nine units is permitted only after a student has been admitted to candidacy. Rosemead does not admit part-time students to its degree programs. A unit of credit is generally considered to consist of one class hour (50 minutes) a week for a semester. In physical education activities, laboratory sessions and in a few other instances, a unit of credit may involve more
A-
fu
B
Good
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C+
C
Satisfactory
C-
D+
D D-
Lowest Passing Grade
(for undergraduate courses)
F 0.00 A credit "CR" indicates the completion of course work with academic performance equal to or higher than the "satisfactory" standard for the degree program (normally "C" 2.00 for undergraduate programs and "B" 3.00 for graduate programs.) Failure A ''W" indicates an official withdrawal from a course and does not affect the student's grade point average. A "UW" indicates an unofficial withdrawal. Students who register for courses but do not attend classes are given the grade of "UW" which will influence the grade point average the same as an "F." A temporary mark of "RD" (report delayed) will be issued in special cases when approved by the dean of school of arts and sciences (undergraduate students) and the deans of the respective schools (graduate students) . The grade point average of a student is obtained by dividing the total number of units attempted at Biola University into the total number of grade points obtained at Biola. (Th.is calculation starts anew when a student receiving a baccalaureate degree at this institu tion subsequently enters a graduate program.) To graduate with a baccalaureate degree, a student must have at least twice as many grade points as units in total credit value of all courses undertaken at Biola (2.00 grade point average) and a 2.00 grade point average in the major field . Higher standards are required for grad uate degrees, as stated elsewhere in this catalog. A student will be permitted to repeat a course in which either a D or an F grade was earned. Courses in which grades earned were either C or B, may be repeated only with approval from the Registrar's office. The grades processor in the Registrar's office must be notified when a course is repeated. When a course is repeated where a student has received a D or F grade the first time, the better grade is the only one used in computing the cumulative grade point average, and the units are counted only once. Both grades are shown on the student's permanent record. When a course is repeated where a student has received a C or B grade the first time, both the first and the second grades figure into the total cumulative grade point average computa-
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