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before the last day of the course. If the prescribed extenuating circumstances warrant an
incomplete, the instructor will submit the completed form to the Registrar’s Office and copy
the student. The instructor must respond within two weeks of receiving the request. The
Request for Incomplete form is available on MyBC under the Student Tab.
The course must be completed by mid-term of the next semester or the “I” automatically
changes to an “F.”
COURSE LOAD
The load for a full time student is 12-18 hours per semester. Any students wishing to
enroll for more than 18 semester hours must have a Bluefield College cumulative GPA of
3.0 or greater.
A student with a BC cumulative GPA lower than a 3.0 may petition to enroll for more
than 18 semester hours by submitting a
Request to Exceed Full Time Course Load
to their
Faculty Advisor. If Advisor approval is granted, the request is sent to the appropriate Dean
and Vice President for Academic Affairs for final approval. Note: (Additional tuition is
charged for each hour in excess of 18).
Students on probation are limited to 14 semester hours.
Students who are taking fewer than 12 semester hours are considered part-time.
Students who live in on-campus housing must be registered for a minimum of 12 semester
hours.
CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENTS
Classification
Semester Hours Completed
Freshman
01-27
Sophomore
28-57
Junior
58-91
Senior
92+
Part-time Students: Students who are taking fewer than 12 semester hours of course
work for credit.
COURSE NUMBERING SYSTEM
First digit:
0
000 -
level of the course:
Freshman
1000
Sophomore
2000
Junior-Senior
3000-4000
Second and Third digits:
0
00
0 -
College/School identification
Fourth digit:
000
0 - number of credit hours
CREDIT HOUR POLICY
For Bluefield College students in the traditional undergraduate program, in the online
undergraduate program, and in the online graduate program, a semester credit hour is
based on the traditional “Carnegie Unit,” which stipulates that one semester credit hour
be awarded for 15 sessions of 50-minutes duration in classroom lecture-recitation each
requiring two hours of outside preparation by the student. The College identifies this unit