Academic Information Academic Information An effort is also made to provide financial and tutorial assistance when necessary. Ethnic Studies is not at this time a field of study, and, of course, offers neither a major nor a minor. An effort is made, however, to work with existing departments toward the structuring of meaningful curriculum, to include meaningful academic study of the problem of race and the condition of minorities in the United States today. Regulations Registration—The college calendar on pages 2 and 3 of this catalog lists dates for registration. The schedule of registration appointments is published in the class schedule which may be obtained from the Registration Office, Administration Building. Registration procedures are described in the class schedule. Normal Registration—Normal registration for any one quarter is 15 quarter hours, exclusive of one hour in physical education activities, usually taken each quarter of the freshman year. Freshmen students are not permitted to register for upper division courses. Sophomore students may register for upper division courses by special permission of the instructor and the department chairman concerned. Maximum Registration—Maximum registration without special permission is 19 quarter hours. A student may register for additional hours with the permission of his adviser and the Office of Academic Advisement. A petition blank for additional hours may be obtained from the Office of Academic Advisement. Maximum registration refers to the maximum number of credit hours for which a student may register each quarter without payment of an additional fee. A full load is 19 hours in all schools of the College. An excess registration fee of $9.50 is charged for each credit hour above the maximum registration. Late Registration—Registration completed after scheduled day and time is subject to a late registration fee. No registration will be accepted by the Registration Office after the end of the first week of the quarter in the Day School, except by specific direction from the student's adviser and instructor of the class. Late registration in the Evening School will have to be approved by the instructor teaching the course. Changes in Registration—A student who wishes to make a change in his schedule of courses may do so only by filing in the Registration Office a properly approved Change of Registration form. Final dates for adding or dropping courses are printed in the College Calendar and each quarterly class schedule. After these dates, changes in registration will be accepted by the Registration Office only by specific direction from the student's adviser and the instructor of the course. (Evening School students must have approval of the instructor of the class.) Unless the action is necessitated by college action, such as cancelling of a course or section of a course, a student who adds a new course or changes sections in his program after the first week of the quarter will be required to pay a $1.00 course change fee. This does not apply to dropping courses. A student who registers for a course for CREDIT cannot subsequently change the registration for the course to an AUDIT or NO CREDIT. Attendance—Registration and enrollment presupposes regular attendance at recitations, lectures, and laboratory sessions. A student who is irregular in his attendance may be dropped from the class and given an "E" grade. Withdrawal—To withdraw from a course, a student must fill out a Change of Registration form obtained from the Registration Office. After the fourth week he must have his adviser and department chairman's approval and return the form to that office. a. If a student withdraws officially from a course during the first four weeks of a quarter, he need not secure the approval of the instructor, except in those instances where return of school property is involved. (1) No entry will be made of the course on the permanent record of the student for a withdrawal processed during the first two weeks of each quarter. (2) A "W" will be recorded on the permanent record of the student for a withdrawal processed during the third and fourth weeks of each quarter. b. If a student desires to withdraw after the fourth week of the quarter, he may do so if such action is recommended by the instructor and the student's adviser. (1) A grade of "WP" (withdrawn passing) will be recorded on the transcript if the student is doing passing work in the course at the time of the withdrawal. (2) A grade of "WF" (withdrawn failing) will be recorded on the transcript if the student is doing failing work 48 49