1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

Trustees as recommended by the faculties of the various colleges and schools. Adegree is granted at the end of the semester or summer session in which you completethe requirements for that degree.You become eligible to graduate when you complete the requirements of theUniversity and your college or school that were in effect at the time you first registeredat that college or school. You have seven years after your first registration to completethe requirements. If you do not, you will have to meet the requirements of a latercatalog-one that is no more than seven years old when you complete your studies.With the consent of your adviser and your dean, you may choose to meet the conditionspublished in a later catalog.Students must observe any program changes that are enacted by the Universityof West Virginia Board of Trustees or by local, state, or federal law.West Virginia University policy dictates that, in view of their professional responsibilitiesto the general public, the faculty of a professional school may recommend tothe president of the University, in writing, that a student be removed from itsrecommendation of the faculty must indicate that the student is not fit to meet therolls. Thequalifications and responsibilities of the profession.West Virginia University will not confer a degree nor issue a transcript to anystudent until payment of all tuition, fees, and other indebtedness to any unit of theUniversity is made.Credits RequiredEach degree program is based upon a combination of required courses andelectives. Certain University requirements are listed below. In addition, the variouscolleges and schools determine their own credit requirements and course gradeaverages for graduation. Total credits vary from 128 to 145. Required grade averagesrange from 2.0 to 2.5. The determination to count ROTC courses as free electives ortoward fulfillment of Liberal Studies Program requirements is the prerogative of thedean of the college awarding the degree.No more than three credit hours of ROTC may count toward fulfillment of the LSPrequirement in each cluster area.Liberal Studies Program (LSP)The requirements of the LSP apply to all students who entered WVU asfreshmen after August 15, 1988 or students transferring to WVU who entered anyinstitution of higher education after August 15, 1988. All other students may choose tofulfilleither the requirements of the LSP or of the previous core curriculum.PrefaceWest Virginia University believes that its baccalaureate graduates, in addition todeveloping competence in major and minor fields of study, should be broadly educated.The University's goals are: to prepare its graduates to integrate knowledge froma wide variety of fields; to value the continuing search for breadth of knowledge; to becreative and open to new ideas; and to be able to deal constructively with the technological,cultural, and social changes that challenge us in our own country and theworld. In order that West Virginia University graduates may be able to adapt tochanging circumstances throughout a lifetime of learning, the Liberal Studies Program(LSP) helps students to learn to acquire knowledge, to make critical judgments in alogical and rational manner, and to communicate their findings clearly. The programencourages students to appreciate the past; to value lasting traditions; to accept theirresponsibilities as citizens of a free society; to respect the traditions, values andindividuality of fellow human beings; to broaden their knowledge about people differentfrom themselves, whether by reason of nationality, age, class, gender, or race; and tounderstand the basic concepts and principles of mathematics and the sciences.Therefore, West Virginia University baccalaureate graduates are expected to22 West Virginia University