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Requests for the Summer School Bulletin, which is available about February 15, and application forms for admission should be addressed to the office of admissions and records. Admission to the summer program does not presuppose or grant acceptance to the university for the regular school year.
Interested students should call the Air Force ROTC office at USC, (213) 746-2670. BIOLA UNIVERSITY EXTENSION An Extension/Continuing Education Program of Biola University Inc. Biola offers regular educational studies in extension centers to serve the Christian community more fully than is possible when restricted to the La Mirada campus. All courses are designed, staffed and administered by Biola University and taught in rented facilities. Centers are currently in eleven locations and more are in the process of being established. Extension (Credit Courses) Extension programs enable Christian students to supplement community college or other higher education studies including graduate courses with distinctively Christian collegiate level instruction for balance in their education. Many students antic ipate future transfer to Biola and desire to have completed some of the required Bible and theology coursework prior to on-campus matriculation. Additionally. many Christian lay men desire to enrich both themselves and their ministries by enrolling (either for credit or as an auditor) in these extension courses. Extension courses are identical to those taught at the La Mirada campus. Students not currently enrolled at Biola University must file an application for admission to extension courses. Acceptance to extension courses does not guarantee acceptance into the regu lar degree programs of the university at the La Mirada campus. Continuing Education (Non-Credit Courses) Continuing education courses help meet the needs of indi viduals desirous of biblical and Christian-oriented courses not readily available to them. Specific short and long term non credit educational experiences, designed to meet the stated needs of individuals, organizations and churches are de veloped and implemented through the extension office. The purpose of education by extension is to move the univer sity classroom to local communities. Thus, the available stu dent services at the extension locations are specific to meet those needs. Those services essential to a residential campus setting are not furnished. Adequate library resources are pro vided at each extension location to support the specific courses offered. In addition extension students are permitted access to the on-campus library . They are also encouraged to use local library resources. The doctrinal statement found in the current Biola University catalog is the same one used at the school's founding and is adhered to without mental reservation by our administration, faculty and staff. This likewise applies to extension students. Extension tuition for undergraduate courses is currently $80 per unit for credit and $40 per semester unit to audit. Graduate tuition is $106 per unit for credit or audit students. A brochure detailing other extension policies and procedures, together with current course offering may be obtained from: Director of Extension ·Biola University 13800 Biola Avenue La Mirada, CA 90639
INTERTERM
To facilitate the completion of graduation, and also to allow exposure to creative learning and to enrich students' academic programs, the university provides an interterm program in Janu ary. Resident halls are provided for continuing on campus stu dents at no extra charge. Tuition charges are about one half of the regular school year charge. Separate prices will be available for meals during interterm. · A balanced program of general education, Bible, elective and graduate courses is offered on campus. Opportunities also will be given to participate in winter sports and travel abroad. Class schedules for interterm 1983 will be available May I, 1982. For further information, please write to the director of interterm.
ARMY ROTC
It is possible for interested students to enroll in the Army ROTC program at the University of California, Los Angeles. Four-, three- , and two-year programs leading to a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve or Regular Army are offered. All students enrolled in the final two years of the program receive an allowance of $100 per month during the school year. Scholarships are available competitively, in addition to the monthly allowance for all advanced course students . For further information contact the department of military science at the University of California, Los Angeles 90024. AIR FORCE ROTC Through arrangements with the University of Southern California both the two- and four-year Air Force ROTC programs and two-, three-, and four-year scholarships are available to qualified men and women attending Biola University. Both aptitude and physi cal examinations are required . Scholarships cover costs of enrollment, books and a monthly subsistence allowance. The subsistence allowance is paid also to non-scholarship cadets enrolled in the two-year program and in the last two years of the four-year program. Freshman men and women may enter the four-year program by enrolling in the first year Aerospace Studies Course (AS 100) at USC. Students desiring the two-year program should apply early in the fall of the year prior to the year in which they wish to enter. Qualified students who are physically qualified and plan to enter pilot training receive 25 hours of free flight instruction during their last year in the program. Academic credit is granted for AFROTC courses in accordance with institutional policies gov erning transfer credit. The programs lead to commissions as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force Reserve. Note: Four-year scholarships must be applied for before December 15 in the year prior to entering university.
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