1971-1972 Academic Catalog

ACADEMIC INFORMATION 31 ACADEMIC COUNSELING Each student is assigned to an academic counselor according to his major field of specialization or interest. The student should consult with his coun– selor not only at registration time but also throughout the year whenever he has an academic problem or is formulating plans for changes of educational programs or procedures. A student with low grades in a major or minor field may be advised to select another field of concentration. ACADEMIC LOAD A total of 186 quarter hours is required for graduation. Students should carry :fifteen or sixteen credit hours each quarter if they wish to graduate upon completion of the twelfth quarter. Fifteen or sixteen hours each quarter is considered the normal academic load although the student is allowed to take up to eighteen hours without special permission from the Academic Dean. The Selective Service System requires completion of ~ of the total graduation requirements each year ( 46.5 quarter hours per year.) Students working more than twenty hours per week are not advised to carry the full course of studies. The student's academic load is subject to reduction or limitation by the Academic Dean for poor scholarship or excessive work outside of school hours. ADDING AND WITHDRAWING FROM COURSES In order to add or drop courses, the student must complete a form pro– vided by the Registrar's office. The form is to be initialed by both the course instructor and the student's academic counselor. The student will be required to make up any work he has missed due to late entrance. No courses may be added after the end of the first full calendar week. If the student drops a course, the Registrar's office records the action as follows: Week CottHe is Dropped Before the end of first full calendar week Second full calendar week through fourth Fifth through sixth After sixth Action No record on transcript "W" (Withdrawn) "WP" or "WF" (Withdrawn Passing-Withdrawn Failing) "WF" The above course changes are not complete until the Registrar's office receives the completed course change sheet. The effective date of the course change is the date the completed form is returned to the Registrar's office. Refund information is listed on page 24.