1 F11/l-timf e11rollme111 (cr11nple1i11,!!, 11i11f 1111ils each saneste,) is requirer/ of thrfollowi11g gmr/1111/r s111rlm1s: /111er11a1io11als, Ve1er a11s 1neivi11g full hmejits, s111r/1m1s 11'ceivi11g social security h1mf fi1s. a11rl 11// s111rl11111s rea'ivi11g fi11a11cial air/ of a11y ki11rl. Whm dropping dassrs, st11de111s 11111s1 hr awr111' Iha! they arr requirer/ lo cump/ /r 11i11r 1111i1s (}f crerlil. Spedal Note: Full-time enrollment (completing 12 units each semester) is required of the following undergraduate students: Inte rnationals, Veterans receiving full benefits, students receiv ing social security benefits, and all students receiving financial aid of any kind. When dropping classes. students must be aware that they are required to complete 12 units of credit. A unit of credit is genera lly 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 than one class period a week. General ly an undergraduate student is limited co 17 units of classroom work a semester. After the first semester a student with a grade point average of 3. 0 may petition the Office of the Registrar to carry 19-20 units. In no case will a student he permitted to car ry more than 20 units each semester. A total of six (6) units, may he taken by a student in independent study, and/o r arranged coursework during the student's degree program. DEAN'S LIST Students achieving a semester GPA of 3.6 or better while enrolled in 12 or more units with a cumulative GPA of .1.2 or better, will be placed on the semester Dean's List. AUDITORS Students wishing to audit must pursue standard applica tion and registrati on procedures. Auditing students cannot register for a co urse until after the second week of the semester. (See Financial Information for fees.) A course taken for audit cannot be repeated for credit at a later date. Students wishing to audit graduate-level courses must be college graduates and must pay the appropriate per unit fee. Auditors must receive permission from both the Office of the Registrar and the instructor of the course. ACADEMIC LOAD The minimum full-time load is 12 units at the under gradua te leve l. A student who is on academic probation may be limited to 12 units or less depending upon his grade point average. A minimum of 10 units must be taken by those living on campus. The minimum full-time load is eight units for those in graduate degree programs. Those carrying less than the full time load but more than 3 units are considered part-time stu dents. Graduate students carrying 3 units or less are normally considered less than part time. A Talbot student is normally permitted to ca rry a maximum of 17 units each semester. The normal full-time load for a Rosemead student is 12 co 16 hours per semester, hut not less than nine hours . Without the advisor's approval , a student may not ca rry over 16 units in any semester. Part-time regis tration of less than nine units is permitted onl y after a student has been admitted to candidacy. Rosemead does not admit pa rt-time students to its degree programs.
INDEPENDENT STUDY/ARRANGED COURSE Independent Studies are an integral part of the Biola University experience. An Independent Study is a course which is initiated by th e student, who then works inde pendently coward the goa ls and objectives outlined by the professor on the Arranged Course form. Students who are in good standing and not on probation are eligible to enroll in an Independent Study. CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENTS A student's classification is determined at tbe beginning of each semester according co the following plan: Undergraduate Freshman 26 units or less comp leted Sophomore 27-56 units completed Junior 57-87 units completed Senior 88 units or more completed Graduate (Talbot, SICS, SAS and SCS) Grad uate 1 28 units or less completed Graduate 2 29-64 units completed Graduate 3 65 units or more completed Graduate 4 Master ofTheology/lCS Internship
Graduate 5 Doctor of Ministry Graduate 6 Doctor of Education (Rosemead)
Graduate 1 30 units or less completed Graduate 2 60 units or less completed Grad uate 3 90 units or less completed Graduate 4 120 units or less completed Grad uate 5 133 units or less completed /111emship Graduate 6 134 units or more completed Disset1atio11
NUMBERING OF COURSES Co urses numbered 100 to 299 are lower division (p rima ril y for freshmen and sophomores). Courses numbered 300 to 499 are upper division (p rimaril y for juniors and seniors). Co urses numbered SOO and above are graduate level. T he course numbering system is designed to indicate the relative academic level of courses in this manner: I00-499 Undergrad uate. baccalaureate level courses 500-700 Graduate level, normally indic a tin g first through third year beyond baccalaureate. 800-999 Postgraduate le ve l, indicating fourth yea r beyond baccalaureate. In general , odd-numbered courses are given in the fall and even-numbered courses are offered in the spring. Cou rses ending in zero usually are offered each semester or e ither semester. Not all courses are offered every year. The units of credit are indicated by the number in parentheses after each course title. The Universit y reserves the ri ght to withdraw any co urses for which there is insufficient registration or lack of faculty resources.
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