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34 The Boston College Catalog 2003-2004 THE UNIVERSITY: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES shall not create an unreasonable burden upon the University. No fees will be charged and no adverse or prejudicial effects shall result to any student who is absent for religious reasons. Audits Undergraduate Undergraduate students may not audit a course with the exception of undergraduates in the Woods College of Advancing Studies. Graduate Students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Connell Graduate School of Nursing may register for an audit online. Lynch School of Education, Carroll Graduate School of Management, Law School, and Graduate School of Social Work students must consult the Associate Deans office before they can audit a course. Woods Graduate College of Advancing Studies students may not audit courses. After the drop/add period, graduate students who wish to change a course from credit to audit or audit to credit must go to the Associate Deans office and complete a Graduate Course Exception form. Students in the Carroll Graduate School of Management may change a course from credit to audit but not audit to credit. Candidacy: Doctoral A student attains the status of a doctoral candidate by passing the doctoral comprehensive or qualifying examination and by satisfying all departmental requirements except the dissertation. Doctoral candidates are required to register each semester and to pay a doctoral continuation fee until completion of the dissertation. Comprehensive Examination: Doctoral Doctoral students, with the exception of students in Graduate School of Social Work, are required to complete comprehensive examinations. Doctoral students in Graduate School of Social Work are required to complete qualifying examinations. Student eligibility for taking the doctoral comprehensive or qualifying examination is determined by the department. Students should consult with their department about the nature of this examination and the time of administration. Departments use the following grading scale to record comprehensive examinations: pass with distinction (PwD), pass (P), and fail (F); one of these three grades will be recorded on the students transcript. A student who fails the doctoral comprehensive examination may take it once again not sooner than the following semester and at a time designated by the department. In case of a second failure, no further attempt is allowed. During the semester in which students take the comprehensive examinations, they should register for Doctoral Comprehensives 998. No course credit is granted for Doctoral Comprehensives registration. Comprehensive Examination: Masters Candidates for Masters degrees in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Lynch School of Education Graduate Programs, and the Connell Graduate School of Nursing must pass a departmental comprehensive examination that may be oral, written, or both, as determined by the department. Each candidate should consult his or her major department to learn the time and nature of the comprehensive examination. Registration for comprehensives will take place directly with the individual departments. Questions on the nature and the exact date of examinations should be directed to the department chairperson or Graduate Program Director. The following grading scale is used: pass with distinction (PwD), pass (P), and fail (F). A candidate who fails the Masters Comprehensive Examination may take it only one more time. Students who have completed their course work should register for Interim Study (888) each semester until they complete their comprehensive examinations. Only the registration and the activity fees are charged during this period. No credit is granted. Core Curriculum Undergraduate University Cor e Requirements The following courses comprise the Core curriculum and are required for all students entering Boston College: 1 course in Writing 1 course in Literature Classics, English, German Studies, Romance Languages and Literatures, Slavic and Eastern Languages 1 course in the Arts-Fine Arts, Music, Theater 1 course in Mathematics For CSOM students, one semester of Calculus (MT 100 or higher) and one semester of Statistics (EC 151) are required. 2 courses in History Modern History I and II 2 courses in Philosophy 2 courses in Social Sciences Economics (EC 131 and EC 132 for Carroll School of Management), Political Science, Psychology, Psychology in Education (PY 030 and PY 031 are required for Lynch School of Education and acceptable in all schools), or Sociology 2 courses in Natural Science Biology, Chemistr y, Geology/Geophysics, Physics 2 courses in Theology 1 course in Cultural Diversity (PY 031 for Lynch School of Education) The Connell School of Nursing curriculum satisfies the Universitys Cultural Diversity Core requirement. The Cultural Diversity requirement may be fulfilled by an appropriate course taken to fulfill another Core requirement, a major requirement, or an elective. Students are advised to select Core courses very carefully. Identification of Core courses can be determined by contacting the appropriate department head in the College of Arts Sciences and by reference to each semesters Schedule of Courses. Cross Registration Woods College of Advancing Studies All full-time undergraduate students are limited to one Woods College of Advancing Studies course each semester. Freshmen may not enroll in any Woods College of Advancing Studies course. Woods College of Advancing Studies courses can be used to fulfill elective requirements. Students must check with the appropriate department if they intend to use a Woods College of Advancing Studies course to fulfill a Core or major requirement. Boston Theological Institute Students who want to cross register through the Boston Theological Institute (BTI) should pick up a cross registration petition in Lyons Hall and return it with an authorization by the appropriate date. Students are expected to consult with their advisor or department chairperson before cross registering. Graduate Theology majors may take up to half of their courses through BTI. The following colleges and universities participate in the BTI cross registration program. Andover Newton School of Theology Boston University School of Theology Episcopal Divinity School Gordon-Conwell School of Theology Harvard Divinity School

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