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III. ACADEMIC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Procedures for Cross Registration: 1. Students must be in good academic standing as defined by the current Satisfactory Academic Progress policy in this section, page 37. 2. Students will pick up a cross-registration form from the Registrar’s Office. The completed form, which includes the advisor’s signature, must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office for processing. 3. Students are limited to 6 hours during any fall or spring session, and 3 hours during Interterm. 4. The student pays no tuition to the host campus, only special course-related fees. 5. The Registrar’s Office must be notified immediately if the student drops or withdraws from any cross registered course.
Important academic policies and procedures are contained in this section. More information on administrative procedures appear in the Student Handbook, available to all students each fall, in the Handbook Planner, or on the Bethany website, www.bethanylb.edu. Academic policies and procedures are administered by the Registrar in the Registrar’s Office. ENROLLMENT AND REGISTRATION Returning students must have their accounts paid in full before being allowed to register for classes during the next semester. If a student has been gone for a year or more, they must follow the instructions for Former Student admission in Section IX, page 174. New degree seeking students may enroll during early enrollment after being accepted for admission to Bethany College. New students must have all required documentation as discussed below before being permitted to attend class.
Auditing Courses. Under certain conditions a properly qualified person may be admitted to a course as an auditor. The approval of the instructor and the advisor (if a fulltime student) is necessary. As an auditor, the student attends classes, listens to lectures, does not participate in recitations, and is not admitted to examinations.
Required Documentation: First Time Freshmen - Any student who has not attended a post-secondary school: 1. Final high school transcript showing graduation date or GED. 2. Statement from high school showing rank in class and cumulative GPA if not on final high school transcript. 3. Official ACT/SAT scores. 4. Official college transcripts, if a student received dual credit for high school work.
No student may change from audit to credit after the second week or from credit to audit after the ninth week of a semester. Courses such as laboratory, studio, and workshop cannot be audited. Catalog Application. Students will normally meet the Bethany College Core Experience requirements under the catalog which is in effect their first semester of attendance. Students will normally meet the major or other program requirements under the catalog which is in effect their first semester of attendance, or in the case of a new major after the students’ first semester, the first catalog in which the major appears.
Transfer Students - Any student who has attended a postsecondary school after high school graduation: 1. Final high school transcript or GED. 2. All final official college transcripts. 3. ACT/SAT scores might also be required (if not on final high school transcript)
Because of the transitional nature of the college’s curricula, a number of changes in the majors, minors and general education requirements may take place during one’s tenure in college. The purpose of such changes is to improve the college’s programs; consequently, it is expected that students will adapt their course planning to new requirements in their majors and general education requirements if it is in the best interest of the student. Advisors will notify changes to a student’s degree requirements to the Registrar’s Office via email. Changes to the student’s general education requirements will be decided by the registrar.
KICA Cross Registration. KICA Cross Registration. Bethel College, Central Christian, Tabor College, Sterling College, McPherson College, and Kansas Wesleyan University are member institutions of the Kansas Independent College Association (KICA). Unless otherwise specified, all courses offered by these KICA institutions are available to Bethany College degree-seeking students for cross registration on a space available basis. Students who plan to register for a class at these institutions must be aware that their academic calendars may be different than Bethany’s academic calendar.
Students who leave Bethany College for more than one year will meet the requirements for both the Bethany College Core Experience and the major under the catalog which is in effect the first semester they return to the college.
Students may take a course at any of the above KICA institutions providing: 1. 2.
The course has a bearing on the Bethany College educational plan arranged by the student and his/her advisor.
The course is not available to the student at Bethany College when he/she needs to take the course, The student has the necessary qualifications and prerequisites, and 28
