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AUDITORS Su1clents wishing to audit must pursue standard application and registration procedures. Undergraduate auditing students cannot register for a course until after the second week of the semester. (See Financial Information for fees.) Talbot stu dents must be college graduates and must pay the appropriate per un it fee . Auditors must receive permission from both the Registrar's Office and tJ1e instructor of the course. A course taken for audit cannot be repeated for credit at a later date. ACADEMIC LOAD The minimum full-time load is 12 units at the undergraduate level. Astudent who is on academic probation may be limited to 12 units or less depending upon his grade point average. Amin~ mum of ten units must be taken by those living on campus. The minimum fu ll-time load is eight units for those in grad uate degree programs. Those carrying less than the full-time load are considered part-time students. ATalbot student is nor mallype,mittecl to carry a maximum of 17 units each semester. The nonnal full- time load for a Rosemead student is 12 to 16 hours per semester, but not less tJ1an nine hours. WitJ1out the advisor's approval, a student may not carry over I6 uni ts in any semester. Part-time registration of less tJ1an nine units is permit ted onlyafter a student has been admitted to candidacy. Rose mead 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 edu cation activities, laboratory sessions and in a few otJ1er instances, a unit of credit mayinvolve more than one class period a week. Generallyan tmdergracluate student is limited to 17 units of classroom work a semester. After the first semester a student wi th a grade point average of 3.0 may petition the Registrar's office to carry 1~20 units. In no case wi ll a sn1dent be pennittecl to carry more than 20 units each semester. A to tal of six (6) un its, may be taken by a student in independent study, and/ or arranged coursework during the sn1clent'sdegree program. Special Note: Full-time enrollment (compkting I2 units each semester) is required of the following undergraduate students: fnler nalionals, Veterans receiving full benefits, students receiving social security benefits, and all students receiving financia l aid of any kind. When dropping c/,asses, students must be aware that they are required lo compi.ete I2 units of credit. Full-lime enrollment (completing nine units each semesle!) is rnquired of the folilJwing graduate students: Internationals, Veterans ieceivingfull benefits, students receiving social security benefits, and all stu1/,ents receiv ing financial aid of any kind. When dropping classes, students mm/ be awme that they are requiied lo compkte nine units ofcredit. CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENTS Astudent's classi fi cation is determined at the begin ning of each semester according to the fo llowing plan: Undergraduate Freshman 26 uni ts or less compl eted Sophomore 27-56 units completed Junior 57-87 units completed Senior 88 units or more completed
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 GPAthe same as an ''F." A tempora ry mark of "RD" (report delayed) will be issued in special cases when approved by the clean 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 bydivid ing the total number of uni ts attempted at Biola University into th e total number of grade points obtained at Biola. ( This calculation does no/ include counes /rans/med from another institution and slwts anew fur graduateprograms.) To graduate with a baccalaureate degree, a student must have at least twice as manygrade points as units in total credit value of all courses undertaken at Biola (2.00 GPA) and a 2.00 GPA in the major fi eld. Higher standards are required for graduate degrees, as stated elsewhere in this catalog. REPEATED COURSES Astudent will be permitted to repeat a course in which either a Dor an Fgrade was earned. Courses in which grades earned were either Cor B, may be repeated onlywith approval from the Registrar's offi ce. Only courses taken at Biola University will be used to change course grades. In addition , the student must notify the Registrar's Office, the semester a course is repeated. When a course is repeated where a student has received a D or Fgrade the firs t time, the better grade is the on lyone used in computing the cumulative GPA, 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 Bgrade the first time, both the first and the second grades figure into the total cumulative GPA computation and both grades are shown on the student's permanent record. GRADE REPORTS Grade reports wi ll be issued at the end of each term by the Registrar's Office. Any discrepancy between this report and the student's personal record must be brought to the attention of the Registrar's Office before the encl of the fo llowing semester. GRADE CHANGES It is the student's responsibility to bring any error in grades to the attenti on of the instructor with in one semester fo llowing the issued grade. Grade changes are only all owable for compu tational or recording errors and must be corrected no later than the last clay of classes of the next full term semester. DEAN'S LIST Students achieving a semester GPA of 3.6 or better while enrolled in 12 or more units with a cumulative GPAof 3.2 or better, will be placed on the semester Dean's List.
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