eighth day of class and requires a fee of $4:i.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 an internship and those who have completed all requirements except the dissertation. CHANGE OF REGISTRATION Course registration changes are made by submitting an acid/drop form co the Office of the Registrar. The fee is $5.00 for each transaction. Courses may be added to the student's schedule during the first two weeks of the semes ter. Lace add/drop fee is $15.00 for each transaction. 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 acid/drop form will not be dropped from the class and will receive a grade of Unofficial With drawal 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 between the ninth and the end of the semester will be recorded with a grade of "UW." Courses dropped between the third and eighth week will be recorded with the grade of "W." WITHDRAWAL Official Withdrawal from enrollment to the University is made by submitting a completed Departure Card to the Office of the Registrar. Students may officiall y 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 submit a Departure Carel. or withdraw from enrollment during the ninth through the ISch week of the semester, are considered Unofficially Withdrawn . Unoffi cially withdrawn students will not receive a refund of any portion of tuition or fees and will receive grades of "UW" or "F" for their courses.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 peti tion for an exception. STUDENT'S RECORDS Enrollees are advised chat the Universit y 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 aca demic excellence 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 variety of class size and purpose, and the specific requirements in atten dance. Visitors and current students may visit a class for a maximum of one week. After one week. registration in credit or audit status for the course(s) is required.
rent F-1 students transferring from another college/university in the United Scates. The application deadline for entrance into the fall semester is June I. Spring semester applications should be filed prior co December 1. The application process may cake 3-6 months. Applicants are encouraged to apply well before the deadlines. Applicants interested in financial aid must apply several months before the stated deadlines. Late applicants will assume expenses for docu ments needing express postal delivery to and from the Uni
versity. See ELSP section for program deadlines. Financial Responsibility of International Students
The student must supply information attesting to their ability to provide United Scates dollars in the minimum amount re4uired to suppon the cost~ of tuition and room and board, in excess of the cost of a round-trip fare from his/her native country. Applicants who do not have the finances to pay all of their expenses must come under the sponsorship of an approved agency. Sponsorship must include financial responsibility coward the sponsored student for the entire cost of the program. Enrollment Requirements International students admitted to the United Scates 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 of 9 units). Employment No off-campus employment is permitted for interna tional students without written permission of the United Scates Immigration authorities. VETERANS Biola University is approved as a degree-granting insti tuti on for the attendance of veterans under Title 38. United States Code. This includes the programs covered in chap ters 30, 31, 3:i of Title 38, relating also to the education of disabled veterans and war orphans, and 160(1 of Title 10. The Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Edu cation under the State of California Department of Con sumer 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 co contact the veteran ' s coordina tor in the Office of the Registrar well in advance of registra tion so that the necessary 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 pre register if they plan to return to school the next semester. Failure co preregister will require a $4:i 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 scheduled regis tration days. Late registration will he allowed through the
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