Students petitioning for a retroactive withdrawal must provide the appropriate documentation that supports their request.
FULL-TIME CLASSIFICATION AND LIMIT OF HOURS To be classified as full time, an undergraduate student must take at least 12 credit hours in a term. Seventeen credit hours is the maximum permitted without approval from the student’s advisor and permission of the registrar. To be permitted to take more than 17 credits, the student should have a cumulative grade point average of 3.000 or higher, or be a senior. Audited courses are counted in determining the course load, but music ensembles and individual instruction courses are not. Students shall pay the prevailing tuition rate for each credit hour beyond 17 (not counting music ensembles and individual instruction). Graduate students enrolled in 9 or more credits in a term are considered full-time. The load for students enrolled in both undergraduate and graduate courses will be assessed according to their primary program (whichever degree or certificate program is expected to be completed first).
COURSES TAKEN AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS A student enrolled for a degree at Lebanon Valley College may not enroll in courses at any other institution nor receive LVC credit for such courses without the prior consent of their advisor and the registrar.
Attendance Policy At Lebanon Valley College, the academic program is the centerpiece of the student’s experience. Regular attendance and participation in all courses is essential to academic success. Students are expected to attend all scheduled class sessions for the full class time and, for courses meeting partially or fully online, to participate in all activities throughout the course. It is the student’s responsibility to attend class and to be accountable for all work missed in the event of being absent from class. Faculty are not obligated in any way whatsoever to make special arrangements for any student who is absent from class. Specific class attendance policies are determined by individual faculty members. These may include regulations regarding tardiness. Faculty members have the right to reduce a student’s final course grade based on their attendance. Each faculty member’s attendance policy—and the consequences students face when exceeding the allotted number of absences—must be clearly stated in the course syllabus and explained to students on the first day of class. Academic departments may also have an attendance policy, particularly one regarding practicums, student teaching, or clinical experiences. For courses that meet in an accelerated format (fewer than 15 weeks), regular attendance and participation from the onset of the course is especially important. Initial participation is required for a student to remain enrolled in an accelerated course. Initial attendance and participation is defined as physical attendance (for face-toface and hybrid courses) or submitting academically inclined work within the first week of the course. Examples of academically inclined work include:
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