1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

list of approved courses indicated below, in fulfillment of the LSP requirement for eachof the three cluster areas.Cluster A Courses:Communication Studies 230.English 21 1 , 220, 235, 236, 240, 250, 255, 256, 261-268, *288.History 200, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 214, *225, *226, 231, 232, *245,*246, *251,*252, 253,259.Cluster B Courses:Communication Studies 221.Economics 211.Health Education *290.History 208, 21 1 , *227, *229, *230, 259.Political Science *235, *250, *251, *254, *255, *256, *258.Social Work *247.Technology Education *245.An asterisk precedes the course numbers for those courses which satisfy theforeign culture, minority, or gender studies requirement.Branch, Community, and Junior CollegesYou may receive credit for seventy-two hours of credit and grades earnedfor college-parallel courses completed at community colleges or branch colleges in theWest Virginia system of higher education. Such courses may apply toward a baccalaureatedegree at WVU if they are the equivalent of a course at WVU. You may alsotransfer credit for college-parallel courses taken at community colleges or juniorcolleges that are not a part of the West Virginia system of higher education. However,you will receive credit only for those courses for which you have earned a grade of Cor higher. The hours that you transfer from a community college or junior college arenormally limited to a maximum of 72 hours of lower-division courses.Residence RequirementsIf you decide to transfer to WVU from another institution of higherlearning, then you should transfer no later than the start of your third year. Under nocircumstances will a student who enters WVU after October 1 in any year be allowedto receive a degree at the next commencement.In some special cases, you can leave WVU at the end of your third year, and stillreceive your degree from WVU. You must enter another accredited institution with thepurpose of taking a combined program that will lead to two degrees or prepare forgraduate study. Before you leave, you must apply to the Academic Standards Committeeof your college to request permission to do the work of the fourth year, or a partthereof, at the other institution but still receive the degree from WVU. You will receiveyour degree when you present the proper records from the other school.If you are a transfer student who has completed all of your undergraduate work inanother school in the West Virginia system of higher education, then you mustcomplete either your last 30 hours of work at WVU or at least 36 hours of work at WVUof which 1 6 of the last 32 hours must be on campus. If you are a transfer studentwhose undergraduate work has been completed outside the West Virginia system ofhigher education, then you must complete a total of 90 hours or at least the last 30hours of work in residence at WVU. You may be required to earn up to 15 hours inyour major field regardless of the number of hours or the nature of the coursestransferred.Work Done Out of ResidenceIt is WVU's policy to discourage taking regular residence courses inabsentia. If you begin a course at WVU but fail to complete it due to illness or someother acceptable reason, you may receive permission to complete the work in absen-26 West Virginia University