1981-1982 Academic Catalog

40 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 without the approval of the aca– demic dean and faculty members teaching the courses. Courses may be changed from audit to credit, with permission of the instructor, before the end of the fourth week of the quarter. If the student drops a course, the Academic Record's Office re– cords the action as follows: Week Course is dropped: Before the end of the first calendar week Second full calendar week through fourth Fifth through sixth weeks After sixth week Action: No record on transcript "W" (Withdrawn) "WP" or "WF" (Withdrawn Passing or Withdrawn Fail– ing) "WF" The above course changes are not complete until the Academic Records Office receives the completed course change sheet. The effective date of the course change is the date when the completed form is returned to the Academic Records Office. Refund information is listed on page 29. Withdrawal from College No student should leave Cedarville College without following proper withdrawal procedures. In withdrawing, a student must se– cure an official withdrawal form from the Academic Records Of– fice and return it signed by all the college personnel listed on it. He should give the Business Office at least three days' notice of his intentions to withdraw if he expects to have any money re– funded before he leaves. Any failure in following the proper with– drawal procedures will result in an assessment of $5 being added to the account of the withdrawing student. Transcripts of with– drawn students will be marked as follows: Withdrawal through the fourth week - "W" Withdrawal from the fifth through the sixth week - "WP" or "WF" Withdrawal after the sixth week - "WF" except in cases of serious illness or certain approved circumstances. The ID card must be returned to the Academic Records Office on the student's last day on campus. Grade Points and Point Averages Cedarville College uses the "four-point system" to determine academic averages. Grade points are awarded as follows: Each Quarter Hour Grade Points A 4.0 A- 3.7 B+ 3.3 B 3.0 B- 2.7 c+ 2.3 c 2.0 c- 1.7 D+ 1.3 D 1.0 D- .7 F 0.0 The grade point average is compiled by dividing the total grade points earned by the total hours attempted. Credit/No Credit Program Credit/No Credit may be assigned by faculty members in such courses as student teaching, laboratories, independent studies, and one-hour courses in physical education and music. The opportunity to take elective courses on a Credit/No Credit (CR or NC) basis offers students the occasion to develop back– ground in new areas of study without threatening cumulative grade point averages. The following rules govern the program: 1. Juniors and seniors shall be allowed to take elective courses on