1956-1957 Academic Catalog

, Ci,rriculum Information quality or quantity of his work. This infor111ation should help him to raise low grades before the semester ends and they become final. The grades received in courses are also useful to indicate to the student the fields for which he has the greatest aptitude. A student with low grades in a major or minor field is ad– vised to select another field of concentration. The mark ' 'Incomplete' ' is given when a student has done satisfactory work in a class but has been unable to complete all the required work because of conditions beyond his cont rol. The work may be made up within two weeks after the close of the semester. If it is not completed during that period the ' 'incomplete'' becomes an F. GRADE POINTS AND POINT AVERAGES Cedarville College uses what is called the ' 'four point grade point system' ' to determine the exact academic average. Grade points are awarded as follows: Each semester hour of A = 4 grade points Each semester hour of B = 3 grade points Each semester hour of C = 2 grade points Each semester hour of D = 1 grade point Each semest er hour of F = 0 grade points No grade points are given for a g1'ade of U, unsatisfactory. A grade of S, satisfactory, does not give grade points, although it does give credit. The accumulat ive point average is determined by dividing the t otal number of grade points received by the total numbe1" of serriester hou rs for which grades h ave been given . PROBATIO A st udent who fails to achieve at 1 ast a 2.00 av 1--age fo1· any se111este1·, will be placed on probatio11 fo1· the following semester . A student on p1·obation shall app ar befo1· the Dean of Students.. During th p1~obation p riod, the stud nt shall b e ineligible to pJ act ic or p t' t icipa t in athl t ic: 01' 111usical a tivities repr n t i1 g th chool , with th x eptio11 of p1· tical ,vo1·k. Th 29