All students anticipating enrollment for the first time at Indiana Wesleyan University are required to participate in an orientation program conducted at the beginning of the semester. This program is designed to acquaint students with the university programs and services available from the various offices. There are information sessions for parents and students. The orientation time is also designed to assist students in meeting new friends and adjusting to life at Indiana Wesleyan University.
All freshmen are required to take entrance examinations in order to be accepted at Indiana Wesleyan University. Academic placement examinations are a part of new student registration. These tests are used to determine the level at which a student shall enter a sequence of courses. Some majors require specific placement examinations.
Specified dates are set at three times in the summer and once in January for new students to come to the campus and register for the coming semester's classes. New students are notified by the Admissions Office of their acceptance to Indiana Wesleyan University. The Records Office will then send information about registration procedures and the appropriate time to come to the campus for testing and advisement in the selection of courses and registration.
Returning students may register for the fall semester and summer sessions in the spring and summer. Registration for the spring semester and May term occurs in the late fall. Programs of studies are completed and filed with the director of records. All students are expected to complete their registration during the time set by the director of records for advanced registration or at the specific time established in the current calendar for this purpose. Detailed instructions for registration will be provided by the Records Office. Arrangements for financial payment, in accord with one of the plans approved under the section on university charges, must be made in advance or at the time of registration. All students must be registered by the first day of classes in any term. When a student registers at an advanced registration, he or she is responsible upon return to the campus to report to the Business Office for initial payment and verification of attendance.
Students are responsible to meet all course requirements as stated in the catalog at the time they began enrollment. A faculty advisor is assigned to each student and is available at registration periods for advisement on program requirements. Every student is, however, personally responsible to meet all requirements, including stated competencies, grade-point indexes, specified courses, total numbers of credits in each stated area of study, and total numbers of credits for the degree program. Each identified faculty advisor is required to sign the student's registration form. Each student has Web access to their academic record and degree/major requirements.
The student's choice of classes, once made and filed, is expected to be permanent for the semester. However, the last date to add a course shall be the Friday after the first day of the term, except for those students who wish to change their schedule as a result of dropping or adding a Monday evening course. In this circumstance, the deadline for adding courses shall be the Tuesday after the first day of classes. The last date to drop a course is the second Friday after the start of classes. For May term and summer I and II terms, the last date to add or drop a course is the second day of classes. For Summer 1Term the last day to add a class is the end of the first week. The last day to drop a class is the end of the second week. This includes any desired change in audit registrations. Any drop/add changes made thereafter, require the approval of the student's advisor, the professors involved, and the director of records as well as academic affairs signature.
Up until the tenth week of the semester (or same percent {5/7} of partial semester classes), students may withdraw from a course with a grade of "W." This should be done only after consultation with academic advisors, the Records Office, and the Financial Aid Office, as reduction of course load below 12 credits may affect eligibilities for athletics, scholarships, or financial aid. After the tenth week of the semester, no change in registration is permitted except for total withdrawal from the university.
A student desiring to voluntarily withdraw from the university must obtain a form from the director of records. This form must be completed and filed with the director of records before the student leaves campus. No refunds will be made by the Business Office until the director of records certifies that the withdrawal procedure has been completed. A student failing to complete proper withdrawal remains a student and will be charged as such and receive a grade at the end of the semester. Students who fail to check out of their rooms properly will be subject to an administrative charge.
Students who wish to take a course in the summer or during a special session at another college or university should get advice from the major advisor and permission from the director of records prior to registration at the external institution to ensure courses will transfer back to Indiana Wesleyan University. The form, Transfer of Credit Policy, is available in the Records Office to process this request. All courses must be reviewed by the Records Office prior to attending the external university. The transfer of credit policy will govern the acceptability of external credits. Semester away may impact institutional aid, and room and board freeze.
The regular academic year consists of a fall semester and a spring semester. Instructional time is typically 750 minutes per credit hour. A student is classified as full-time when enrolled for 12-16 credit hours in a semester. Students may complete the 124 semester credits required for a baccalaureate degree with four semesters of 15 credits and four semesters of 16 credits. Students who wish to register for more than 16 hours must meet the following criteria: 17 credit hours must have a 2.75 GPA, 18 credit hours a 3.0 GPA, and 19 hours a 3.5 GPA. Students who do not meet these criteria and wish to register for more than 16 hours can submit an academic petition for an exception.
Evening classes are offered on campus to meet the needs of individuals who seek university credit courses but are unable to pursue class work in the day session. These courses are of the same caliber as those offered in the day session and are open to those who are eligible to pursue university work. Usually they will run concurrently with the academic calendar of the day session.
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Address all application information to Indiana Wesleyan University, Admissions Office, 4201 South Washington Street, Marion, Indiana 46953. Call 1-866-468-6498, ext. 6507, or 765-677-2138. Email address: admissions@indwes.edu; Internet: http: //www.indwes.edu.
Students may only be active in one college due to financial and academic credit implications and may not switch back and forth between the term and non-term programs. IWU students enrolled in IWU colleges other than the College of Arts and Sciences may not enroll in classes in the College of Arts and Sciences. Students in the College of Arts and Sciences can take designated classes in the College Adult and Professional Studies elective offerings ONLY if the class begins after the first day of May term and ends prior to August graduation. Students who plan to change from programs and degrees in one college to programs and degrees in the other should examine carefully the ability to apply courses from one program to the other. See the Records Office for more information.
The university complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and as it appears in final form in June 1976, with subsequent amendments. This law protects the rights of students to review their own records and to challenge any of the content of the record. Students may request access to their records from the following offices:
The law also protects students from the unlawful disclosure of information about their academic performance, personal campus discipline, or financial status.
The law allows the disclosure of five classes of "directory information" as follows:
A student may request in writing that one or all of the five categories of directory information be restricted from publication. In no case will grade, discipline, or financial information be disclosed except in keeping with the law.
Requests are filed with either the Records Office or the Office of Student Services.