WCBCS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICIES
COMPLYING WITH THE LAWS OF CALIFORNIA
Since our tuition costs are so low, once a student has paid for a course or has registered we DO NOT offer ANY financial refunds. Immediately upon your payment, our professors get paid, as do our office staff for their contributions to your education.
All students are required to exhibit Christian character and conduct at all times, as they are representing Jesus Christ and are representatives of West Coast Bible College & Seminary. Any charges of non-Christian conduct that are lodged against any student will result in an internal investigation. All students will be given an opportunity to answer any charges against them. Should, in the estimation of the student conduct committee, the charges prove serious, a student may be put on probation or be immediately removed as a student at WCBCS. However, appropriate Christian grace will be granted and every effort will be made to restore the person who has fallen and to give them an opportunity to appropriately correct their actions.
Modules - Student requirements for every level include:
1) Read one textbook and write down one personal key truth learned from each chapter and how you can implement it in ministry (our belief is that if everyone can learn one practical truth that will stay with them for life, then the reading exercise has been successful)
2) Listen to two 30-45 lectures or watch an online video and fill in the blanks of the lecture notes.
3) Complete an open book exam – (the student can complete the open book exam with reading - each exam will consist of 20 to 25 questions – however, students MAY NOT collaborate with other students to complete this exercise)
4) Find magazines articles or internet articles discussing the subject and write a summary of each article. (each article must be properly identified with the title, author, and web link noted)
5) Write a final paper discussing how the subject matter is relevant to your personal ministry and what you will implement.
Students are required to purchase a 2 inch notebook to keep all assignments organized.
Grading Scale:
100 – 92 A
91 – 84 B
83 – 75 C
74 – 65 D
64 & below F
Honors:
• 3.95 - 4.00 Summa Cum Laude
• 3.75 - 3.94 Magna Cum Laude
• 3.50 - 3.74 Cum Laude
All honors (if applicable) will appear on the official
transcript only. No honors will appear on the degrees earned
by student.
Grade Appeal Process:
If a student feels that there is an error on his grade
report, he must begin the appeal process within thirty days
of receiving the grade report. After thirty days the grade
is considered final and is not subject to appeal by the
student or any third party.
WCBCS is not responsible for lost tests, projects, etc.
Please be sure to make a copy of all material prior to
submitting material to WCBCS for grading or evaluation.
Course Repeating
Policy:
Students desiring to repeat a course for the purpose of
having the first grade removed from the cumulative grade
point average must follow these procedures:
(1) A course may be repeated once if the student receives a grade of less than "C".
(2) A course may be repeated one time for an additional charge
if the student receives a "C" or higher.
(3) The second grade, in all circumstances, replaces
the first grade for the purpose of calculating the
cumulative grade point average.
Any student receiving an "F" or "I" must contact the Grade
Department for further instructions. No student will be
allowed to graduate with an "F" or "I" in a required course.
Any undergraduate student receiving three "Fs" will be
placed on academic probation. Any graduate student receiving
two "Fs" will be placed on academic probation.
At WCBCS, we are committed to providing our students with the best in academic quality, while focusing on the key principles that will be most used in their chosen field. Students are required to complete any classes started within a six month time frame. If a class is not completed in the given time frame, the student will receive an "I" on their transcript. A student will not be allowed to graduate with an "I" or "F" on their transcript.
Graduation Approval:
The Office of the Registrar must approve all candidates
applying for graduation. Contact the Office of the Registrar
via e-mail.
Graduation Ceremony:
There will be an annual graduation ceremony held in May on a
date to be announced. Graduates do not need to
participate in order to receive their degree. However,
this option is available to honor and recognize our students
accomplishments by their friends and families.
West Coast Bible College & Seminary is committed to enforcing the laws of the U.S. Therefore, we are committed to not discriminate in our admission policies and our hiring and firing practices.
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Student Anti-Discrimination Policy WCBCS does not discriminate against enrolled students or deny admission to any applicant on the grounds of race, creed, color, sex, age, disability, religion, physically challenged or national origin. What Are the Federal Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination?
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces all of these laws. EEOC also provides oversight and coordination of all federal equal employment opportunity regulations, practices, and policies. Other federal laws, not enforced by EEOC, also prohibit discrimination and reprisal against federal employees and applicants. The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA) contains a number of prohibitions, known as prohibited personnel practices, which are designed to promote overall fairness in federal personnel actions. 5 U.S.C. 2302. The CSRA prohibits any employee who has authority to take certain personnel actions from discriminating for or against employees or applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age or disability. It also provides that certain personnel actions can not be based on attributes or conduct that do not adversely affect employee performance, such as marital status and political affiliation. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has interpreted the prohibition of discrimination based on conduct to include discrimination based on sexual orientation. The CSRA also prohibits reprisal against federal employees or applicants for whistle-blowing, or for exercising an appeal, complaint, or grievance right. The CSRA is enforced by both the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) and the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). Complying with the laws of California West Coast Bible College & Seminary is committed to complying with and obeying the laws of the State of California and the U.S. The California regulations can be found at http://www.bppve.ca.gov/about_us/regs.pdf. In addition, we are committed to following the regulations established by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary & Vocational Education Training in the state of California. Some of the basic areas to which we conform are: 1. The institution is owned, controlled, operated, and maintained by a bona fide church, religious denomination, or religious organization comprised of multi-denominational members of the same well-recognized religion. 2. The Institution is lawfully operating as a nonprofit religious corporation pursuant to the Corporations Code. Submit a copy of the filing of the Articles of Incorporations with the California Secretary of State. (Note: The first page must include the filing stamp.) 3. The education offered by the Institution is limited to instruction in the principles of the church, religious denomination, or religious organization that owns the Institution, or to courses offered pursuant to §2789 of the Business and Professions Code relating to care of the sick in accordance with the religious tenets of the church, religious denomination, or religious organization. 4. Each diploma or degree offered by the Institution is limited to evidence of completion of education that is in the principles of the church, religious denomination, or religious organization that owns the Institution, or to courses offered pursuant to §2789 of the Business and Professions Code relating to care of the sick in accordance with the religious tenets of the church, religious denomination, or religious organization. 5. The meritorious recognition upon which the Institution confers any honorary degree also is limited to the principles of the church, religious denomination, or religious organization that owns the Institution, or to courses offered pursuant to §2789 of the Business and Professions Code relating to care of the sick in accordance with the religious tenets of the church, religious denomination, or religious organization. 6. The degrees and diplomas offered by the Institution are only in the beliefs and practices of the church, religious denomination, or religious organization. 7. Each degree or diploma granted by the Institution contains on its face, in the written description of the title of the degree or diploma being conferred, a reference to the theological or religious aspect of the degree or diploma’s subject area. 8. Each degree or diploma awarded by the Institution reflects the nature of the degree title, such as “Associate of Religious Studies,” or “Bachelor of Religious Studies,” or “Master of Divinity” or “Doctor of Divinity.” 9. The Institution does not award degrees in any area of physical science. 10. The Institution does not use the degree titles “Associate of Arts” or “Associate of Science,” “Bachelor of Arts” or “Bachelor of Science,” “Master of Arts” or “Master of Science,” or “Doctor of Philosophy” or “Ph.D.”, and understands that it may not do so unless it either is approved to operate by the Bureau under Articles 8 of the Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Reform Act of 1998 (Act), or meets the requirements for a partial exemption from the Act as set forth in CEC §94750.
11. The Institution does not
market or grant degrees or diplomas that are represented as
being linked to the church, religious denomination, or
religious organization that owns the Institution, but which,
in reality, are degrees or diplomas in secular areas of
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