1989-1990 Academic Catalog

34 Academic Information Graduation All students must realize that it is their own responsibility to check on their progress toward meeting all requirements for graduation. TI1ey are urged to plan the class schedule for each quarter of the senior year at early registration 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 requirements will have been met. NOTE: TI1e catalog in use when a student first enrolls governs his gradu– ation requirements. Consequently, that catalog should be retained and used as guide in case changes are made in the course or graduation requirernents during the time the student is enrolled. However, a student may select a subsequent catalog if the student wishes. Students who cannot finish their program before the end of the spring quarter in their senior year, but who can finish during the following sum– mer, will be granted their diplomas in August. TI1ese students may partici– pate in the June commencement preceding the summer in which their work is to be completed. A$100 refundable deposit is required. A.s a "teaching i11stitutio11," the college places a high priority 011faculty-st11de11t i11teractio11. Professors take time to talk with students about class assignments, careerplans, andper– so1wl matters. Sessions and Credits The regular college year consists of three quarters of eleven weeks each, extending from September to June. Credits are earned in tenns of quarter hours, a quarter credit hour being one fifty-minute period a week for one tenn. As an illustration, a student completing the work required in fifteen such periods a \Veek for one quarter receives credit for fifteen quarter hours. Laboratory sessions, applied 1nusic courses, physical education courses, and internships are exceptions to this pattern. AcademicAdvising Each student is assigned to an academic counselor according to his or her major field of study. A student who has not declared a major will be as– signed to a special advisor equipped to offer assistance in selecting a field of study. TI1e sn1dent should consult with his or her advisor not only at reg– istration but also throughout the year \Vhenever an academic problen1 is encountered or plans for changes of educational progra1ns or procedures are being fonnulated. A sn1dent with low grades in a major or minor field may be advised to select another field of sn1dy. Coursework to be completed at other institutions by a student emolled at Cedarville College must be approved by his or her academic advisor and the chainnan of the acade1nic department governing the course require– ment that the transferred course is to satisfy. This approval must occur before the course is taken. Course approval fom1s are available in the Academic Records Office. Academic Load Assuming that proficiency requirements have been satisfied, a 1ninin1un1 of 192 quarter hours is required for graduation. A student should average sixteen credit hours each quarter to graduate upon completion of the twelfth qua11er. Fifteen or sixteen hours each quru1er is considered the nonnal academic load, although a student may take up to eighteen hours without special pennission fro1n the acade1nic vice president. Sn1dents working more than twenty hours per week are not advised to carry the full course of studies. TI1e student's acade1nic load is subject to reduction or limitation by the acade1nic vice president for poor scholarship or excessive \Vork outside of school hours.