1981-1982 Academic Catalog

36 Academic Information The Cedarville College program is designed to meet the educa– tional, moral, physical, social, and spiritual needs of young peo– ple who desire to honor God with their lives. The total program represents a balance between the knowledge gained through the courses studied, the co-curricular activities, and worship in the regular chapel and church services. In such a setting, truth from Scripture is integrated with the knowledge taught in each course to provide effective learning and enduring life values. The knowl– edge and skills learned from the courses give the student an excel– lent background for professional competence in his chosen field. Degree Requirements Cedarville College grants two baccalaureate degrees: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and BachelorofMusic Education (B.M.E.). A de– gree candidate should carefully study the requirements for that de– gree as well as the special requirements for graduation found in this bulletin. Careful attention to these requirements will enable the student to avoid doing work which will not apply to a degree. General requirements are the following: 1. Meet all admission stipulations. 2. Complete at least 192 quarter hours, 60 hours of which must be of upper division work (200-400 courses). 3. Maintain a grade point average of not less than 2.00. 4. Establish minimum residency of one year (45 quarter hours, normally the senior year.) 5. Complete the general education requirements. (The Biblical Education requirement for freshman and sophomore transfer students is 24 quarter hours; junior and senior transfers must complete at least one Biblical Education course each quarter of full-time residence.) 6. Complete the specific requirements for the desired major, one third of which must be taken at Cedarville College. Students should check their department for any additional requirements unique to their area. Minors may be declared but are optional. 7. Demonstrate proficiency in the use of the English language on a standardized examination or complete freshman English with a 2.0 grade point average, or better, on a four-point scale. 8. Complete at least two years of either classical or modern for– eign language in high school or one year at the college level. 9. Graduating seniors are required to participate in the senior testing program. Upper division students must realize that it is their own respon– sibility to check on their progress toward meeting all requirements for graduation. They are urged to plan the class schedule for each quarter of the senior year at preregistration time at the end of the junior year. This plan should be approved by the faculty counselor and checked to see that when it is completed all degree require– ments will have been met. Students who cannot finish their program before the end of the spring quarter in their senior year, but who can finish during the following summer, will be granted their diplomas in August. These students may participate in the June commencement preceding the summer in which their work is to be completed.