1994-1995 Academic Catalog

p • • ~ • Class Attendance The objectives of class attendance generally include the development 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 i necessary for the student to rec.eive full benefit from the college experience. Smee there are several different ways in which ideal cla~s attendance may be achieved, official faculty policy allows each faculty member to determine and develop attendance standard which will meet the particular needs of the cour e. Out-of-Class Courses In order for tudent with irreconcilable conflicts to be able to complete graduation requirements on sched– ule, it sometimes is necessary to allow instruction in an out-of-class setting. To take a course out-of-cla s: 1. The student must be at least a junior in classification (have earned 90 quarter hours or more). 2. The course must be 200, 300, or 400-level. 3. ~ pproval must be obtained by the department cha~rperson, the faculty member teaching the cla s , the advisor, and the registrar. Out-of-clas cour e approval form are available in the Academic Record Office . Exceptions to the s.tudent classifica tion and course level requirement 11 ted above must be approved by the respecti ve faculty member , department chairperson, advi or , and aca Internships .Many of ~he major fields of study include opportuni– t~es to receive credit for supervi ed, on-the-job activi– ties. Intere ted students should contact re pective department chairmen for details. orre pondence tudy ; Alth?ugh co~respondence tudy cannot replace the , experience ga1ned through actual clas room i11 truction and discu sion, occasional uti1 ization of correspon– dence study may be appropriate. Cedarvi lle College docs not offer ~uch cour~es. lnforn1atio11 concemi1g these progran1s is available in the Academic Record Of tice. . redits received for correspor1dence tudy are treated 1n the ame 111a1mer as tran!) fer credit~. Tl1e total nur11ber of quarter l1our of correspo11dence study accepted toward con1plction of degree requ1re1nents r11a)' 11ot exceed t1ftet!11 . orrespo11de11ce study 1 11ot cou11te<J as resider1ce credit , a11d tl1erefore ca1u1ot be ou11tt.:d t ward cl1e residence requ ire111encs. f·or c 11tinui11g tude11ts at tl1e ollcge, prior per111issio11 n1u t l1avc bec11 received fo1 each course fro111 tJ1e departI11en1 cl1airn1a11, t11e acadc111ic ad, 1 isor a11d tl1e . , re I lrar . Per111i~si,u1 for1us are available iI1 1l1e A adc1ni · Record ffice . Academic Information 33 l11dii 1 idua/ study c~rrels in Ille Cen1e1111ia/ Library ,nav be reserved b) upper– class,nen conducung research for independent studies or special ass1gnrnen1s. Independent Study Indepen~ent tudy allow tudent to develop a high ?egre~ of independence in their ability to choo e and ~nve t1gate problem . Tl1e obj ective of the program mclude ~roviding opportunitie to explore area nor covered 1n ~ormal cour e truccure, recognizing foreign travel experience , rewarding elf-1notivated rudent , and encouraging joint- tudy by faculty and tudent on pec ialized project . Individual tudent and faculty member develop the pecific criteria which mu t be mer for the ucce fu l completion of pecific independent tudy projec t . However , the following guideline govern the indepen– dent tudy progra1n: 1. Only one independent tudy project n1ay be under– taken in an academic term. ~. The maximum credit which may be earned for an independent tudy project i four quarter hc)ur . 3. The facul ty men1ber uper i ing the independent tu~y mu t review and ini t1al the tudenc · C<-)P)' of the wr1tte1 propo ·al and the regi tratio1 card. Regi tratio11 ' . ._ '-' for the 1ndepe1 dent ' tUd) 111ust )Ccur at the beg1nni11g of the quarter in which the \\-Ork i to l)e con1plece<l. ~ 4. o n1ore tl1an eigl1t hours i11 i11der)en<le11t .. tud, 111a\ be cou11ted toward tl1e n1ajc)r field: 11t) n1ore cha11. fc)ur· hour toward a 1n111or field; a11d 11c) n1c) re tha11 ~1\.tten 111ay be cot1nted tO\\'ard graduatio11. I11depe11denc \tlld) taken out~ide n1aj or a11d or n1i11t)r tield · n1t1 t be approved b) the depart111e11t cl1t11 r111a11 a11d tl1e t1cade1111c , ice pre~1de11t . 5 ~1 cl1ot1gl1 grade poi11t J\ erage 11., 11t)t J. t}ttal1 tu.· tttll)tl for 111tlepe11dcnt stttd~ , tl1e f acttll) 111e111be1 11<1, tl1e , 1ght co detl)' tutlt:11t pat tlL lJ)atil)Il lt)r an, ,lpJ)l'l)pt 1,1c~ rcasC)Il . 6. Gradi11g (lettet llf 'R/ ) is det~rn1inc: I h\' tl1e . . . .. ., part1c1pat1ng tat'ult) nit n1ll r.