1977-1978 Academic Catalog

40 Cedarville College Registration The official dates of registration for each session are listed in the college calendar. Pre-registration periods may be designated for students in resi– dence. Registration consists of the following procedures: 1. Arrangement of Schedule. Although each student has an academic counselor to help with scheduling, the student is entirely responsible for his course of study. 2. Approval of Schedule. Each student must have his schedule ap– proved by his academic counselor. 3. Payment of Fees. The fee schedule must be approved by the Business office before registration is considered complete. 4. Drop/add of a course. Any course changes must be made by a drop/add sheet. These may be obtained in the Registrar's office. Students are urged to register on the days provided. Nominal charges must be made for late registration. Changes in the program caused by cancellation of courses will not involve financial penalty. The catalog used when the student first matriculates is usually followed in defining graduation requirements. Therefore, he should keep that cata– log as his guide in case changes are made in course or graduation requirements. Major Field The amount of work for a typical major field is usually about 45 quarter hours and must include the requirements of the department. Comprehen– sive majors are typically about 70 to 90 hours. Specific requirements are listed at the beginning of department course offerings. No courses in which "D" grades are received may be counted as meeting the re– quirements of the major field. Minor Field Twenty-four hours in one department normally constitutes a minor. Minor fields are optional. Electives The student's program has been planned so that he should have from ten to twenty hours of electives. The provision of elective choice is based upon the premise that the student should have an opportunity to either further strengthen his major field or minor field or further broaden his background by selecting courses in areas of inadequacy or interest. Elective choice also provides the student with some flexibility if he should decide to change major fields. Sessions and Credits The regular college year consists of three quarters of eleven weeks each, extending from October to June. Credits are earned in terms of quarter hours. A quarter credit hour is one fifty-minute period a week for one quarter. As an illustration; a student completing the work required in fifteen such periods a week for one quarter receives credit for fifteen quarter hours. Exceptions to this are laboratory sessions, applied music, and physical education.