lish 210 unless they have failed their department's require ments twice. Delaying the fulfillment of the Writing Compe tency Requirement may jeorardize the student' s graduation. A notation will be made on the student's transcrirt once the Writing Competency Requirement has been passed. It is strongly recommended that students rlan to fulfill the Writing Competency Requirement by the time they turn in their Senior Petition. Students will find it helpful to take their papers to the Biola University Writing Center in Sutherland Hall 213 before submitting them to their departments. UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATION PETITION Graduating seniors must file a "Senior Petition" form with the Office of the Registrar and submit any departmen tal checklists one yea r prior to graduation. Students filing late will be charged a late grad uation petition fee. A late petition is defined as any graduation petition received after classes hegin in the student's graduating semester. REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL BACCALAUREATE DEGREES 1. All baccalaureate degrees require a minimum of 130 degree applicable units for graduation. Each major consists of a minimum of 30 units of which 24 must he upper divi sion. The Bachelor of Music degree requires 142 units. A degree in biological science requires 132 units and nursing requires 141 units. For specific major requirements please see indicated major listings. 2. Completion of all aca demic requirements. Obtain approval of the student's graduation petition by the major advisor and the Office of the Registrar one year before graduation. To ensure completion of degree requirements, the normal academic load, during the last year, for a student anticipating graduation is 18 units. Those students who wish to take more are expected to notify their graduation counselor. Approval for the additional units beyond the norm will he made through the Office of the Registrar. 3. Students are strongly encouraged to take an lntert erm course (3 units) in each of their first three yea rs , to retain maximum fle xibility for completing all requirements in the senior year. 4. A minimum of 30 unit~ must he taken at Biola Univer sity, at least 1.'i units (upper division level ) in the major field . Extension credit or credit by examination may not he used to fulfill the minimum residence requirement of 30 semester units. 5. A minimum "C" average (o r a 2.00 grade point aver age) is required on work taken at Biola University and within most of the major fields. (Note: GPA requirements are higher in some majors. See departmental requirements.) 6 All correspondence course work must be completed and an official transcript received hy the Office of the Regis trar before the senior year, two semesters prior to graduation. 7. All course work during the final semester which will be applied toward graduation requirements must be taken at Biola Un iversity. 8. All students who have entered the University in the fall 1986 or later and who will he graduating in the spring 1990 or later must pass the Writing Comretency Exam.
courses and deranmental requirements for each major must he comrleted. The student must confer with the depanments in which he will major and with the Office of the Registrar. Double Major A student may be graduated with two majors. The fol lowing information is for those pursuing two majors: All rrerequisites, surporting courses and departmental requirements for each major must he completed. The second major must have 'minimum' of 18 upper divi sion units unique to that major (i.e. , minimum of 48 major units and 148 total units required - see individual major require ments). The student must confer with the departments in which he will major and with the Office of the Registrar. Minors Although Biola Un iversity does not require the student to have a minor for graduation, there are a number of instances in which a student may wish to take a minor, especially in plan ning for a career in teaching. By checking the various depan ments in the catalog, a student may determine if a minor is offered. A minor usually requires a 'minimum' of 18 units, 12 of which should he upper division and six of these should he unique to the minor, i.e. , not counted toward any other require ments. A minimum of six upper division units must be taken in residency. The student should confer with the departments in which he will minor and with the Office of the Registrar. Writing Competency Requirement Before graduation from Biola, every student must fulfill the Writing Competency Requirement with a passing score. This requirement tests a student's ability to write clear and correct English prose. This requirement will not be given separately from the standard curriculum. Instead, each department has designed its requirements to suit the rartic u lar demands of its own discirline. Students with more than one major must fulfill the requirement in each major. The Writing Competency Requirement should he met dur ing the junior_yea r. Students with junior status should enroll in at least one of the Writing Competency courses offered hy their depanment. Most derartments identify their Writing Compe tency courses in the Schedule of Classes. Several depanments offer more than one Writing Competency course. If a student enrolls in more than one Writing Competency course. that stu dent may choose the course in which he or she will attempt to fulfill the Writing Competency Requirement. Some departments require a student to submit a portfo lio of the student's written work from several upper-divi sion courses. Students should find out from their depart ment about its requirements. ELSP students must have passed the EDET, and all students must have successfully completed English 100 or 1!0A and English 1!OB before attempting to fulfill the Writing Competency requirement in their departments. Students who do not pass the Writing Competency Requirement on their first attempt must re-attempt to pass it during a subsequent semester. After their second failure, stu dents must take English 210, Writing for Competency. A grade of C+ or hi gher in this course will satisfy the Writing Competency Requirement. Students may not enroll in Eng-
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