tr oducing d 3 io la d rib le (d o lle ge The Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Incorporated, was founded in 1908 as a school exclusively for the study of the Bible, offering a two year course of study. Since that time, the work of the school has expanded to include the Biola Bible College, offering the B.A. degree with majors in Bible, Christian Education, Education, Music, Social Science, English and Speech, and Philosophy. It includes, also, the postgraduate School of Missionary Medicine, and the standard three-year Talbot Theological Seminary, which grants the B. D. degree to its graduates.
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Credit for secular courses has been granted provisional acceptance by the University of California (either at Berkeley or Los Angeles) on the basis of equivalency; such credit becomes permanent when the transferring student has completed satisfactorily one semester of not less than twelve units of work. Membership in the collegiate division of the Accrediting Association of Bible Institutes and Bible Colleges gives academic recognition among schools of like standing throughout the country. The New York State Department of Education has officially recognized and approved the acceptance of credits earned in the Asso ciation’s collegiate division schools, on the basis of equivalency. The Biola Bible College accepts the fundamentals of the Christian faith as its doctrinal basis and seeks to train young people not only intellect ually but also spiritually for the task of aggressive evangelism. Students of Biola Bible College are selected on the basis of recommended character, purpose, sincerity, and ability. They come from forty states and eleven foreign countries, drawn together by a common zeal for the Word of God. The Faculty consists of a group of men and women who are interested in the spiritual as well as the intellectual growth of the students. They are here, first of all, because they have heard God’s call to teach * and they bring to Biola Bible College dedicated scholarship and years of both training and experience. The graduates of The Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Incorporated, circle the globe on mission fields and in other places of Christian leader ship. The plan and purpose for the future is to continue to train those who will carry the message of Christ’s gospel to the ends of the earth. Living expenses and incidental expenses are kept at the lowest figure possible. A large percentage of the students are partially self-supporting and there are many opportunities for work. The school is within six blocks of the center of downtown Los Angeles, easily accessible to all the main transportation facilities of the city. Not only is this location favorable to employment, but this “crossroads of humanity” gives ample opportunity for personal work and other expressional activities in giving out the Gospel.
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