CCCU/Acadeum Courses

Students may take courses toward degree requirements at Biola from institutions that are part of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and found on the Acadeum course sharing platform. Biola will transcript these courses for a fee and they will be considered Biola courses, not transfer courses. Consortium courses may count toward the residency requirement for graduation and will be taken into account when determining academic standing. Students must enroll in at least three credits of non-consortial Biola courses to be eligible for Acadeum courses unless otherwise approved by the University Registrar.

The Office of the Registrar holds final authority on registration of consortial courses. The cost for consortial courses will be the same tuition rate as Biola with the addition of a $150 processing fee per course.

Students desiring to add an Acadeum course must complete all course adds by the end of week twelve of the term. Additionally, all Acadeum course end dates cannot extend beyond two weeks after Biola’s term dates.

Students are responsible for knowing start, end, and drop deadlines of any courses they take. These may or may not line up with Biola’s academic calendar. As such, the posting of final grades, GPA, academic standing, etc. at Biola is subject to the grading deadline outlined by Acadeum. A student’s standing and eligibility at Biola may be postponed until all grades have been received. Grades are given by the teaching institution according to that institution’s grading scale. The letter grade given by the teaching institution will be entered on the student’s Biola record even if the grading scale is different than Biola’s standard grading scale.

Consortium courses that are dropped before the teaching institution’s drop date are eligible for a refund. Consortium courses that are dropped after the teaching institution’s drop date will not be eligible for a refund.