Transfer Credit and Advanced Standing
TRANSFER OF CREDIT
Students may transfer up to two-thirds of the credit hours required for a degree. Up to one-half of the credit hours required for a concentration may be transferred. Only one-half of the credit hours from a degree completed at another institution may be transferred. All transfer courses must have received a grade of C or higher from an accredited institution. In order to receive transfer credit for seminary core or concentration courses, students will be required to provide course documents verifying parallel outcomes between transfer courses and seminary requirements. Transfer credit will not be given for coursework more than 10 years old. Exceptions to this policy may be granted in cases where documentation and demonstration of course equivalency can be established. All requests for transfer credit must be processed through the Office of the Vice President for Academics.
ADVANCED STANDING WITH CREDIT
Applicants for the degrees listed below may be granted up to the indicated number of hours of advanced standing with credit. The total number of hours for the degree will be reduced by the number of approved hours per ATS standards for selected first year courses provided students can demonstrate a level of knowledge, competencies, and/or skills appropriate to the respective course as it is taught at the Seminary. Students may be allowed/required to audit one or more of the courses as part of a portfolio demonstrating equivalency in knowledge and/or skills.
MDIV ..........................12 hours
MTS..............................8 hours
MACM .........................8 hours
MADCF........................10 hours
MACMHC....................12 hours
MAC.............................8 hours
Assessment of eligibility for advanced standing with credit will be made by a faculty member teaching in the curricular area of the course/s for which reduction is sought. Application for advanced standing with credit must be made to the Office of the Vice President for Academics by July 15 for the Fall semester and by October 15 for the Spring semester. Students are responsible for preparing the advanced standing portfolio for each course and for collecting all needed documents according to guidelines provided by the Academics Office. Students must pay a $75 per credit hour, non-refundable processing fee for each portfolio submitted.
UNDERGRADUATE EQUIVALENCY POLICY
Admission to the Seminary normally requires a baccalaureate degree. In extenuating circumstances, subject to specific review of college transcripts by the Student Academics Office, approval for "undergraduate degree equivalency" status can be granted for admission purposes. Entering students with not less than 100 semester hours of college credit for undergraduate coursework and with a generally acceptable distribution of courses across the arts and sciences can begin graduate studies and enter degree programs at the Seminary without restrictions. In no case shall students in an undergraduate degree program be allowed to suspend those studies in order to enroll in the Seminary. Students able to complete a college degree without hardship shall be encouraged to do so.