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Academic Classification

Regular Student

A regular student is defined as one who has satisfied the admission requirements and has been informed of his/her regular standing by the Director of Admissions. The regular student may be enrolled either part-time or full-time, but must be working toward a degree.

Conditional Student

A conditional student is defined as one who has not completely satisfied the admissions or continuance requirements and who has been informed of his/her conditional standing by the College. The administration will inform the student in writing of the cause of his/her conditional standing. Students placed on conditional standing for disciplinary reasons may not participate in extracurricular activities or hold any elected student office.

Ability to Benefit Student

A student who does not have a high school diploma or equivalent, and was not home-schooled can be defined as an ability-to-benefit student if he or she is beyond the age of compulsory school attendance. This student can still qualify for Title IV federal financial aid by taking and passing an ability-to-benefit test that has been approved by the U.S. Department of Education.

In addition, ability-to-benefit students may posses some academic deficiency that suggests that they cannot or will not be able to perform adequately when doing college-level work. At the same time, their level of spiritual and emotional maturity, as well as personal character, suggest that they could benefit from college-level studies even though they may not be able to produce adequate grades.

IBC may admit such students into the ability-to-benefit category and matriculate them during any regular school term.

In order to find which test is suitable, the ability-to-benefit student must consult with IBC’s Registrar no later than the day of orientation at the beginning of the academic year. After the student has taken the ability-to-benefit test, the student will be notified of his/her score and whether he/she qualifies for Title IV federal financial aid.

Special Student

A special student is defined as one who is not working toward a degree (e.g., a student enrolled in the Early Start Program). In certain cases, a student who has not completed his/her secondary education may enroll in individual courses as a special student.

Part-time Undergraduate Student

A student working toward a degree but who is enrolled in less than 12 hours per semester is considered a part-time student.

Full-time Undergraduate Student

A student working toward a degree and enrolled in 12 or more hours per semester is considered a full-time student.

STUDENT LOAD

Undergraduate Load Description

A normal undergraduate full-time student load is 12 to 15 hours per semester. Students will be billed for each credit hour. A student may not register for more than 15 hours without administrative permission and then only if the student has demonstrated superior academic performance.

No course that has been completed with a passing grade may be repeated except with the permission of the administration. Any course that is repeated without this permission would be considered an audit. In such case, no grade will be given although the course will count on the student’s load.

Graduate Load Description

During the regular semester,

During the January or June terms,

CLASS STANDING

Freshman

A freshman is a student who has satisfied the admission requirements and has successfully completed fewer than 28 credit hours.

Sophomore

A sophomore is a student in good standing who has successfully completed at least 28 but fewer than 64 credit hours.

Junior

A junior is a student in good standing who has successfully completed at least 64 but fewer than 96 credit hours.

Senior

A senior is a student in good standing who has successfully completed at least 96 credit hours.