PROCEDURE WITHOUT TRANSCRIPTS Applicants must submit an application along with the GED or State Certificate of High School Proficiency, SAT or ACT scores, two refer ences and an interview.
cred it, a combined maximum of 32 units will be awarded for all forms of advanced credit options including AP, CLEP and 18.
Community College Transfer A student will be permitted to transfer a maximum of 70 units of credit from a community college. Upper division credit cannot be allowed for courses taken at a community college. Final authority for the acceptance of transfer credits into Biola University rests with the Office of the Registrar. Current students taking courses at local com munity colleges while enrolled at Biola should request written prior approval of courses in order to assure that transfer credit will meet the needs of their curriculum. No course below a "C" (2.0) grade will be transferred from another institution. Credit/ No credit and Pass / Fail courses should not be taken. Vocational or technical courses will not be accepted for university credit. Admission counselors are prepared to give academic advisement to those attending, or plan ning to attend, community colleges with the intention of transferring into Biola University. Distance Education Biola University will accept credit for equivalent courses from schools accredited by regional or nationa l agencies recognized by CHEA (Counci l for Higher Education Administration), including courses by correspondence/ distance earning. Bible Residency Requirement Biol a has a residency requirement for biblical studies. Of the 30 units of Bible required of all students, 15 units must be taken at Biola. Stu dents may petition the Registrar's Office for an exception to this rule. Transfer credit, credit for prior learning or credit by examination may not be used to fulfill the minimum residency requirement.
Please contact the Biola Transfer Counselor or the Transfer Evaluator with any questions regarding courses at a Community College.
Notification Applicants who are granted acceptance are required to validate their acceptance by the payment of an enrollment depos it of $100 (non refundable after May 1). Accompanying the letter of acceptance will be a health form, which must be properly completed by both the applicant and the applicant's physician prior to enrollment. A medical consent form is also required of single students under the age of 18 at the time of entrance. Transfer Students Transfer students must present the same application forms and transcripts as those applying for freshman standing. The transcript from the last school attended must bear the statement of honorable dismissal. The Office of the Registrar has final authority for the release of transfer credits into Biola University. Transfer students with less than 27 semester units of regular college work must qualify for admission on the basis of both their high school and their college record. Those transferring with 27 semester units or more of college work will be considered primarily on the basis of their college grades (high school graduation transcript is still required). A cumulative GPA of 2.5 is required for admission to Biola. A minimum grade average of"C" (2.00) is required to transfer college units into Biola on each course attempted at the college level. Transfer students will not be required to take the SAT Reasoning Test or the ACT if given sophomore classification upon application to the University (this requires 27 semester units of transferable credits). However, all transfer students entering the Nursing program must have the SAT Reasoning Test or the ACT Transfer students coming from institutions which are not accredited or recognized may be given the opportunity to validate credits through the College Level Examination Program or through consul tation. Information on this procedure is available from the Registrar's Office. Provisional credit for liberal arts courses from non-accredited institutions will be granted in accordance with the policies of state colleges or universities of the state in which the institution is located. Provisional credit is considered validated only when the student performs at the"C"level or better following enrollment in Biola University.
General Education Options for Transfer Students
Transfer students may fulfill their general education requirements by completing Biola University's General Education Curriculum or, prior to enrolling at Biola, completing the lntersegmental General Educa tion Transfer Curriculum (IGETC). The IGETC model for the California State University (CSU) and Univer sity of California (UC) systems are accepted by Biola University with the following provisions:
1. The current foreign language requ irement for all Bachelor degrees cannot be completed by the IGETC certification.
2. The minimum of 130 units for graduation will stay the same.
3. In addition to the IGETC, all prerequisites and support courses for existing majors must be met.
4. Transfer students following the IGETC must complete it before they enroll at Biola University. A signed IGETC agreement must normally be in the students Biola file before enrolling for
Only college-level credit earned during the 11th and/or 12th grade will count toward Biola's curriculum. For students with previous
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