1986-1987 Academic Catalog

32 Sessions and Credits The regular college year consists of three quatiers 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 quaiier 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 a student may take up to eighteen hours without 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 are not enrolled in a degree program. 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 another institution. Assignment to Classes Official class membership is determined according to the fol– lowing schedule: Class Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors Special Class Attendance Quai·ter hours completed 1-42 43-89 90-134 135 and up Assigned* The objectives of class attendance generally include the de– velopment of personal motivation for appropriate attendance and the exposure of students to different attendance procedures. In general it is to be noted that regular attendance is necessary for the student to receive full benefit from his college experience. Since there are several different ways in which ideal class atten– dance may be achieved, official faculty policy allows each faculty member to determine and develop attendance standards which will meet the pariicular needs of his own class.