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2012-2013 Undergraduate Programs
Academic Advising Program
CIU’s Academic Advising Program is intended to
foster developmental relationships between facul-
ty members and individual students as a context
for helping students to progress toward the aca-
demic, spiritual and vocational goals of the CIU
program. Basic objectives of the CIU Academic
Advising Program are as follows:
• To monitor and foster spiritual formation in each
student in cooperation with Student Life.
• To promote student success and program com-
pletion.
• To provide information and counsel for each
advisee in assessing personal calling, gifts and
interests with reference to career opportunities.
• To guide students in selecting a major or minor
from among CIU’s degree program options or
advise appropriate transfer to accomplish career
goals.
• To assist students each semester in course
selection and registration, encouraging them to
keep on schedule and on course toward com-
pletion of graduation requirements.
• To monitor student course loads and academic
performance.
Each student is assigned a faculty advisor by
the Academic Dean’s Office according to the
student’s program preference. The student meets
with the faculty advisor prior to registration each
term, during two to three chapel periods each
semester and at other times when counsel is
desired. The advisor approves the courses the
student selects and keeps a record of the
student’s progress.
Academic Success Center
The Academic Success Center assists students
with their academic pursuits. Tutors are available
to guide students through academic planning,
time management, test preparation, editing and
assigned classwork. Help in study skills is avail-
able through workshops provided by the Center.
The Academic and Disability Services office also
operates the College Level Examination Program
(CLEP), through which students can receive col-
lege credit for knowledge gained outside the
classroom.
The Academic Success Center provides the nec-
essary accommodations for students with physi-
cal, emotional and learning disabilities. CIU is
committed to providing equal educational oppor-
tunities for all students and assisting them in mak-
ing their university experience successful.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities
Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973, CIU provides reasonable accommodations
for students with currently documented disabili-
ties. (For most disabilities, “current” is defined as
within three years.) Requests for accommodations
should be made to the Academic Success Center
at 807-5612, or
academicsuccess@ciu.eduat
least 30 working days prior to the first day of
class to ensure the quality and availability of serv-
ices needed. Questions regarding requirements
for qualifying documentation and disability
accommodations should be directed to The
Academic Success Center.
Bookstore
A campus bookstore, operated by Founders
Bookstores, provides new and used textbooks,
school supplies, reference books, Bibles, publica-
tions by popular Christian authors, faculty publi-
cations, gift and novelty items, CDs by favorite
artists, CIU clothing and other CIU imprinted
items. It also offers a large selection of snacks
and Seattle’s Best Coffee. Students may benefit
from Book Buy Backs offered at the end of each
semester.
Copy Center
A school-maintained Copy Center processes
copying requests for faculty, staff and students on
a time-available basis. The Copy Center is open
Tuesday through Friday.
G. Allen Fleece Library
The library provides a collection of over 150,000
print and non-print items, including 250 print jour-
nals on-site through an electronic catalog linked
with other independent colleges and universities
within South Carolina. In addition, access to over
90 electronic databases, many of which are full
text, is available through the library website. The
library participates in an interlibrary loan program
Educational Resources