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All full-time Seaver College undergraduate students are enrolled in
the Convocation Series, a graded program.
Important Deadlines
Please note the following deadlines regarding any change in
enrollment status.
Last day to withdraw from the convocation program if your
course schedule drops below 12 units: January 11, 2008.
Exemption Request Deadline: January 23, 2008.
(Read details below)
Last Fieldhouse Convo Program: April 10, 2008.
Last Day to Resolve Convo Discrepancies: Two weeks after
each program. (Final day is April 16, 2008 by 5pm)
Attendance Credit
Attendance is recorded by card readers. Students must have
their Pepperdine student ID cards scanned upon entering and exiting
to receive attendance credit, unless otherwise instructed by
Convocation Hosts. Card readers will not count students present
who are scanned in more than 10 minutes late or who are scanned out
before the conclusion of the program. Arriving 5 minutes late
is considered a "tardy." Students who are tardy 3 times in a given
semester will have one attendance revoked.
Lost, stolen, or damaged cards should be replaced as soon as possible
at the Department of Public Safety or One Stop. If students are
found swiping someone else's card, their dishonest behavior will be
documented and sent to the Judicial Administrator for review.
Check your record
Students are encouraged to regularly check their attendance status
throughout the semester and are responsible for monitoring their own
progress toward their desired grade. Students will have two weeks
from the date of a convocation program in question to report
discrepancies in their records. After the two-week deadline, the
Convocation Office will not change any records. Only one record
change is allowed per semester.
SEAVER 200 COURSE
All full-time students are enrolled in SEAVER 200 "Convocation
Series” during each fall and spring semester that they attend Seaver
College.
SEAVER 200 carries ½ unit of credit for each
semester, with a letter grade assigned on the number of convocation
programs that a student elects to attend during that semester.
This applies to every regular semester of a student’s attendance, up
to, but not exceeding, 8 semesters. The maximum number of
SEAVER 200 credits that can be earned is 8 x ½ = 4 units.
SEAVER 200 does not count toward the 128 units required for
graduation.
Part time students are not required to enroll in this course, but
have the option to do so. There will be no tuition charged for
SEAVER 200. All convocation credits accrued each semester are
applied solely to the grade earned in SEAVER 200 for that term.
Any extra attendance credits accrued beyond 14 will not carry over to
the subsequent semester. Diplomas will not be held for lack of
convocation attendance; however, all grades earned in SEAVER 200
count in the overall Pepperdine GPA.
Grading System
Attendance at Chapel/Convocation Series programs will be used to
determine a grade that will be averaged into the student’s cumulative
GPA. Units earned and grades assigned for SEAVER 200 will be
calculated as part of the overall GPA of all Seaver graduates and
will be counted toward calculation of all graduation honors. The
grade earned each semester is determined as follows:
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# OF PROGRAMS |
GRADE |
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14 |
A |
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13 |
A- |
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12 |
B+ |
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11 |
B |
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10 |
B- |
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09 |
C+ |
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08 |
C |
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07 OR LESS |
F |
Exemptions and Exceptions
Graduate, non-degree seeking, and part-time students (as of add/drop) are
automatically exempt from enrollment in the Chapel/Convocation
Series. The review committee may also grant exemptions for the
following reasons, but students MUST fill out an Exemption Request
Form for each semester:
1. Mandatory internship or student teaching for your major,
supported by a letter signed by a department chairperson;
2. “Lifetime Learners,” defined as students who are over the age of
30; nontraditional students with children; "5th Year Seniors"
(students who have completed 8 semesters of Convocation); or students commuting more
than 30 miles to campus, with proof of residency; or
3. Adverse medical conditions with documentation signed by a
licensed physician.
4. If students miss 6 weeks of school due to documented medical
reasons, they can petition to be dropped from Seaver 200. If
students withdraw from all classes they will be dropped from Seaver
200 up until the date of the last Convocation.
Students wishing to request an exemption from attending the
Chapel/Convocation Series must submit the request through an
Exemption Request Form located in the
WaveNet “Convocation”
pagelet by the date indicated above. No exemption requests
will be granted after this time.
Questions, Comments, Suggestions
Convocation
Office,
Convocation Email
Tyler
Campus
Center 210
(310) 506.4999
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