VI.14.1 Cross Registration

McMinnville and Portland Students

Students on the McMinnville or Portland campuses may register for one course of up to four credits per semester on the other campus as part of their course load and retain their fulltime status. No additional tuition will be charged for cross registration, unless the 18-credit maximum is exceeded. Scheduling and transportation are student responsibilities.

With the approval of their academic advisors, McMinnville or Portland students may take a maximum of one course per fall and spring semesters through Online and Continuing Education (OCE). The credits for the OCE course are considered as part of their normal course load (12-18 credits) with no additional tuition charges. Students who are registered in fewer than 12 credits or more than 18 credits will be charged the per-credit tuition that is applicable to McMinnville and Portland campus students.

McMinnville or Portland Campus students may take OCE courses through Summer Term or January Term and pay the OCE tuition rate for these courses. Students may enroll in a maximum of one academic course and one paracurricular during January Term and if both are taken, they must be taken from a single campus: Portland, McMinnville, or OCE. Students may enroll in summer courses with the same maximums as their home campus during fall or spring semesters.

Online and Continuing Education Students

Students enrolled in Online and Continuing Education programs may enroll in courses on the McMinnville and Portland campuses. The tuition charges/fees will be those applicable to classes on that campus.

Oregon Alliance

With the approval of the registrars from both institutions, Linfield University students enrolled full-time at Linfield (12 credit minimum) may take a maximum of one on-campus course per semester at any other member institution of the Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges and Universities with no additional tuition. Students are responsible for all course fees. Total credit limits for the semester are as in the previous paragraph. 

Linfield University allows students who are enrolled as full-time (12-credit minimum) undergraduate students at any other member institution of the Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges and Universities to take a maximum of one on-campus course per semester at Linfield with no tuition charges. Students are responsible for all course fees.

Details are available from the Office of the Registrar. Scheduling and transportation are student responsibilities.

VI.14.2 Adding, Dropping, and Withdrawing from Courses

Students enrolled in programs following the Standard Semester Calendar may not enroll in a course after ten class days during a 15-week semester or after the second class day of 4-5 week January or 9-week summer term. 

Students enrolled in programs following the Accelerated Semester Calendar may not enroll in a course after the end of the second week of a 10-week accelerated semester.

Students enrolled in programs following the Standard Semester Calendar may drop a course through the end of the tenth day of classes of a 15-week semester or at the end of the first week of a 4-5 week January or 9-week summer term without any notation appearing on the transcript. Students withdrawing after the tenth day and before the end of the twelfth week of a fall or spring semester, or after the end of the first week and before the end of the third week of a January Term, or before the end of the sixth week of a summer term, will receive a withdrawal designation (W) on the transcript.

Students enrolled in programs following the Accelerated Semester Calendar may drop a course before the end of the second week of a 10-week accelerated semester without any notation appearing on the transcript. Students withdrawing after the end of the second week and before the end of the seventh week will receive a withdrawal designation (W). 

After the above dates, students may not withdraw from a course, unless they are withdrawing from all of their courses by taking a Leave of Absence or Withdrawal from the University.

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VI.14.3 Auditing Courses

Auditing courses (attending without earning credit) is permitted on a space-available basis, with the consent of the instructor and the Office of the Registrar during the regular registration period. Auditing is not permitted in laboratory, paracurricular, or applied lesson courses. Students on the McMinnville or Portland Campuses who are enrolled for fewer than 12 credits or more than 18 credits will be charged a per-credit fee for the course being audited. OCE students will be charged a per-credit fee for all audited courses. All of these fees are nonrefundable. All auditors must pay course fees, but these are refundable on the same schedule as all course fees. Recognition of an audit on the academic record signals that the student has been faithful in attending classes. Failure to attend regularly will be reported to the Office of the Registrar by the instructor, and the student will be administratively withdrawn from the course. No credits are earned for auditing courses.

VI.14.4 Repeating a Course

Except as noted below, a student may retake any Linfield University course regardless of the grade already earned in that course. A course that has been repeated at Linfield and for which the higher grade to date is C- or lower may not be repeated again unless approved via a Petition for Exception to Policy. When a course is repeated at Linfield, both grades appear on the transcript, but only the highest grade earned is used to calculate the cumulative GPA. If credit was already earned for the course, no additional credit will be earned. The cumulative GPA is recalculated and posted for the semester the course is repeated. Any lower grades are placed in parentheses ( ), and the course title is replaced with the repeat indicator as in the following example: course repeated: mm/dd/yyyy.

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There are four exceptions to the above policy: (a) First Semester Seminar (IDST 007), Online First Year Seminar (IDST 008), and First Semester Transfer Student Seminar (IDST 009) may not be repeated; (b) INQS 125/126 Inquiry Seminar may not be repeated except in cases of a failing grade; and (c) a student may be refused permission to repeat a practice-based course in such fields as Nursing or teacher education when, in the judgment of the faculty of those programs, the student’s previous work in the course sufficiently violated professional and/or ethical standards so as to expose the faculty or the institution to charges of professional irresponsibility were it to be repeated. Evidence in support of such a judgment may include adverse evaluations of the student’s work by agency personnel in the practice setting. (d) Students in the School of Nursing must receive departmental permission as outlined in the Student Handbook

VI.14.5 Withdrawal from Linfield University

Students may voluntarily withdraw in good standing from the university at any time if there are no disciplinary actions pending against them and if their financial obligations have been satisfied. Notification of withdrawal must be made in writing to the registrar.