ADMISSION, REGISTRATIDN
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 degree-granting institution for the attendance of veterans under Title 38, United States Code. This 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 Council for Private Post: secondary and Vocational Education 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 neces sary arrangements may be made with the Veterans Administration. PRE-REGISTRATION Pre-registration for the fall semester is held during the months of April and May, and for the spring semester in October and November. All students are required to prereg ister if they plan to return to school the next semester. Fail ure to preregister will require a $45 non-pre-registration fee to be paid at the time of registration 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 be allowed through the eighth day 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 dis.lertation. 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. Courses may be dropped until the end of the eighth week of the semester. A student 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 eight weeks of the semester will not be recorded on the student's permanent record. Courses dropped between the ninth and the end of the semester will be recorded with a grade of "UW." WITHDRAWAL Official Withdrawal from enrollment to the University is made by submitting a completed Departure Card to the Reg istrar's Office. Students may officially withdraw until the end of the eighth week of the semester. Students who drop from
enrollment at any time during the semester but do not sub mit a Departure Card, or withdraw from enrollment during the ninth through the 15th week of the semester, are consid ered Unofficially Withdrawn. Unofficially withdrawn stu dents will not receive a refund of any portion of tuition or fees and will receive grades of "UW" or "F" for their courses. Students departing the University for longer than one year will be required to follow the current 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. Gasses are conducted in a manner that will encourage academic excel lence and the growth ofChristian 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 variety of class size and purpose, and the specific requirements in attendance. Visitors and current 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 slwuld see the appropriate section of the cata logforfurther grade information. Grade Quality Grade Points A Highest Passing Grade 4.00 A3.67 B+ 3.33 B Good 3.00 ~ 2.67 Ct 2.33 C Satisfactory 2.00 C1.67 D+ 1.33 D 1.00 D- Lowest Passing Grade 0.67 (for undergraduate courses) F Failure 0.00 UW Unofficial Withdrawal 0.00 Bio/a 's policy requires that when computing the GPA, the GPA is recorded al the third decimal point willwut raunding up. The following grades are also used with special significance in certain programs and are not used in computing the GPA: CR Credit 1 0.00 NC No Credit3 S Satisfactory 1 0.00 US Unsatisfactory3 0.00 RG Registered in course 2 R Research 1 0.00
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