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Part Five – Student Manual

5.15.2.4. No substitution shall be allowed for any subject prescribed in the curriculum in which the
students are enrolled, except if the proposed substitute covers substantially the same subject
matter as the required subject;
5.15.2.5. All applications for substitution shall be acted upon by the College Dean concerned immediately
upon receipt thereof. In case the action of the College Dean is adverse to the recommendation
of the adviser and the department chairman concerned, the student may file an appeal thereon
with the Vice President for Academic Affairs whose decision shall be final; and
5.15.2.6. A student who failed in a subject not required in his curriculum has the option not to repeat the
failed subjects.

5.16. Petition for Unscheduled Subjects
Subjects not regularly scheduled for a given term shall be offered upon written request of at
least fifteen (15) non-graduating students or five (5) graduating students during the term, duly
endorsed by the College Dean and approved by the University President upon recommendation of
the Vice President for Academic Affairs/Campus Director.

5.17. Class Size
Generally, the number of students to compose a class shall be fifty (50) for lecture and forty
(40) for laboratory classes.

5.18. Changing of Class Schedule
Students may be allowed to transfer to other classes only for valid reasons and upon the
recommendation of the college dean/department chairman and approval of the registrar and copy
furnish the campus director and the vice president for academic affairs.

5.19. Dismissal and Suspension of Classes
5.19.1. Classes shall not be dismissed by an instructor or professor ahead of the scheduled time, without
authority from his department head, except in unusual cases for which a report thereon shall be
submitted to the department;
5.19.2. Classes shall be dismissed ten (10) minutes before the scheduled time to allow enough time for
students to transfer from one room to another;
5.19.3. Instructors are not allowed to suspend classes of another instructor for purposes related to her/his
activities unless properly coordinated and approved by the College Dean/department chairperson;
5.19.4. For activities not included in the school calendar, written approval of the Vice President of
Academic Affairs/Campus Director is the basis for class suspension; and
5.19.5. All University classes shall automatically be suspended when signal No. 3 are raised in the area by
concerned authorities. The University President may, at his wise discretion, suspend classes when
signal No. 2 is raised in the area.

5.20. Transfer of Time and Room Schedule
No instructor shall transfer the holding of his class/es to any other hour other than that
officially scheduled. Neither shall he meet his students for class or consultation purposes in any
unscheduled room or place except when properly recommended by the College Dean, the duly
approved form for transfer of time and room schedule and forwarded to the Campus Director/Vice
President for Academic Affairs, provided that no student is affected by the said transfer.

5.21. Attendance and Tardiness
5.21.1. Students are required to attend their classes from the first day of school. Students who do not
come during the first day of classes are marked absent;
5.21.2. A student who has been absent in class shall not re-enter the class without an admission slip
issued by the College Dean/Department Chairperson or his/her authorized representative;
5.21.3. When a student has accumulated the number of absences midway the allowable limit, 5 absences
for a 3 unit lecture subject, submit a permit from the Guidance Office.
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