GRADUATE STUDENT HANDBOOK - Biola University

Fees are assessed at registration time and a 60% down payment is required. Check with the Accounting
or Financial Aid Office for the down payment and sending Biola emergency loans.
Grading System
The faculty in determining the student‘s final grade employs the following grading system:
Letter Grade Point Value
A 4.00
A- 3.67
B+ 3.33
B 3.00
B- 2.67
C+ 2.33
C 2.00
C- 1.67
D+ 1.33
D 1.00
D- 0.67
F 0.00 for failing or withdrawal while failing.
UW 0.00 Unofficial withdrawal (considered failure)
AUD Audit
RD Temporary grade assigned for medical or emergency reasons; see SOE below.
W Withdrawal-passing
R Research or Thesis in Progress
Graduation/Commencement Information
Graduate students must make an appointment with a Graduate Graduation Counselor in the Office of the
Registrar to declare their intent to graduate. This should be done one year prior to graduation. Students
declaring this intention late will be charged a late graduate graduation check fee of $100. This
graduation check will be considered late after the last day of Add / Drop during the semester of a
student‘s intended graduation.
For students graduating in the Spring, after May 1st students will not be allowed to be added to the
graduation lists regardless of payment of the fee. For Fall, the date is December 1st, after which no
students will be added to the graduation lists.
Students will need to meet with their department advisor(s) prior to meeting with a Graduate Graduation
Counselor and bring the paperwork provided by that advisor.
1. Completion of all academic requirements and approval of the student‘s intent to graduate by his
or her department advisor and a Graduate Graduation Counselor, in Office of the Registrar, one
year before graduation. See Graduate Graduation Check above for more details.
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