1983-1984 Academic Catalog

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 pre– ceding the summer in which their work is to be completed. 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 counselor 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 proce– dures. A student with low grades in a major or minor field may be advised to select another field of concentration. Course work taken at other institutions by a student enrolled at Cedarville College should be approved by his academic advisor. Upon the completion of such courses, the student should request that an official transcript be sent to the Academic Records Office at Cedarville College. 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 being one fifty– minute period a week for one term. 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 educa– tion. Academic Load A total of 192 quarter hours is required for graduation. A stu– dent should average sixteen credit hours each quarter if he wishes to graduate upon completion of the twelfth quarter. Fifteen or six– teen hours each quarter is considered the normal academic load, although the student is allowed to take up to eighteen hours with– out special permission from the academic vice president. Students working more than twenty hours per week are not ad– vised to carry the full course of studies. The student's academic load is subject to reduction or limita– tion by the academic vice president for poor scholarship or exces– sive work outside of school hours. Classification of Students Regular students are those who have met the requirements for admission. Regular standing implies that the student is enrolled in a degree program and is carrying at least twelve quarter hours of credit. Special students are those who have met most of the require– ments for regular admission but are not enrolled in a degree pro– gram. This classification also includes those students whose high school record or ACT scores show that a period of special coun– seling, instruction, and adjustment is needed before they can be classified as regular students. Part-time students are those who have met all admission re– quirements and are enrolled in a degree program but are carrying fewer than twelve quarter hours. Transfer students are those who have been full time for at least one term at some other institution. Assignment to Classes Official class membership is determined according to the fol– lowing schedule: Class Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors Special in~ 0 rt~•rhoursco1m~11eited fewerthan42 43-89 90-134 135 and up Assigned* *The Admissions Committee will assign "special" students to appropriate grade level for purposes of student personnel records on the basis of maturity, previous school records, and other related factors.