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Show 26 ANNUAL CATALOGUE the close of the quarter are placed on probation and their registration for the following quarter may be limited. Failure to pass success fully in at least ten hours of work during the quarter in which a student is placed on probation results in expulsion from the college. It is the business of the Dean of Instruction to refer all important cases involving scholarship or delinquency in discipline to the Committee on Student Guidance for final action. All recommendations for expulsion must originate in this committee. A student who has been dismissed from the college may appeal to this committee for a recommendation for reinstatement. An important feature of the guidance program is the instituting of the course in Freshman Orientation, required of all students entering the college. This course not only deals with problems of orientation to college life, methods of study, use of library, principles of mental hygiene, etc.; but also, it attempts to acquaint the entering student with the curricular programs, registration procedures, administration policies, and student body organizations and activities of Weber College. Important data for use in student counseling is secured from results obtained through the entrance English examinations and the psychological aptitude tests given in connection with the course in Freshman Orientation. The Dean of Instruction and the Dean of Women have general responsibility for student welfare. The Dean of Instruction and the Dean of Women have general responsibility for student welfare. It is the duty of the Dean of Women to direct the interests of the women students of the college, to offer counseling in educational, occupational, and social adjustment matters and to assume general responsibility for student welfare. She regulates social activities for both men and women through contact with organized student activity and living groups. She is concerned especially with the orientation of new students to college life and work. She is a member of the Committee on Student Activities and an advisory member on the Student Guidance Committee. The houses and dormitories in which women room and board are under her super vision. She is especially interested in the welfare of any student in need of advice or assistance in regard to social adjustment, health, and finance. Health Service The Health Program provides an educational and advisory service to every student. The Health Service is designed as an educational and advisory service, its benefits extending to every student enrolled in Weber College. Its specific functions are: (1) To give a complete medical examination to every student upon his initial entrance at Weber College; (2) to notify parents and students regarding results of the examination, and to recommend corrective work; (3) to re-examine, at reasonable intervals, students with physical defects; (4) to supply a nursing service that consists of consultation and advice but no treatment; and (5) to initiate protective measures against the spread of disease. Summer Session The Summer Session, held for six weeks during June and July, serves the need of Terminal Students who are seeking positions in the business world by providing opportunity for continuous training in shorthand, typewriting and secretarial technique. WEBER COLLEGE 27 ACADEMIC INFORMATION Requirements for Admission Weber College admits students classified as follows: Matriculated Students These students must be graduates from an accredited high school or must present a minimum of fifteen units of high school work. Ten of the units must be distributed as follows: Units English 3.0 Algebra 1.0 Geometry 1.0 Science 1.0 Social Science 1.0 Elected (from the above groups and Modern Language) 3.0 A student majoring in the Physical Sciences and allied fields should include Advanced Algebra one-half unit, Solid Geometry one-half unit, and Trigonometry one-half unit. Unmatriculated Students These students may be graduates of accredited high schools and have fifteen units of high school work, but lack one or more units specified in the total ten units required of the matriculated student. When a deficiency exists; that is, when a student has fifteen units of high school work but is deficient in one or more of the specified units required of the matriculated student, he will be required to complete ten quarter hours of college work for each unit in which he is deficient. A student who does not present fifteen units of high school work cannot be admitted to Weber College unless he is over nineteen years of age in which case he may be classified as an unmatriculated student. A student may receive college standing by passing written entrance examinations or by completing ten quarter hours of junior college work for each unit in which he is deficient. An unmatriculated student may at any time attain the status of a regular matriculated student by satisfying all matriculation requirements. Terminal Students These students must present fifteen units of high school work or must have attained the age of nineteen years. The students in this group are not preparing for higher degrees. They pursue a terminal course and at the completion of this work receive a Certificate of Business or a Certificate of Completion. They do not satisfy the en trance requirements of the higher institutions of the state. |