Biola University 2013–14 Catalog
Advanced Standing and Reduction Submission Reduction or Advanced Standing is available for Master’s level degree programs. Advanced standing or credit reduction must normally be processed and granted prior to the student beginning the first semester of enrollment to confirm the admissions offer, transfer credit and remaining degree requirements. Credit cannot be granted after completion of the first semester of enrolled coursework. Advanced Standing for Professional Master’s Degrees (Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Christian Education, Master of Arts in Christian Ministry and Leadership, and Master of Arts in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care). Accepted/admitted applicants who have taken undergraduate courses in biblical or theological studies (or psychology for the Master of Arts in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care) may request review for Advanced Standing credit based on their collegiate work. Granting advanced standing credit requires faculty approval based on parallel course content. Proof of competency in the subject area or evidence of how the course content has been used since taking the course is required. An evaluation will be made by the faculty and credits processed through the Office of the Registrar. To be considered, the student must have earned at least a “B” grade in the coursework being evaluated. The maximum number of credits that may be received is: Master of Divinity: 16 credits Master of Arts in Christian Education: 12 credits Christian Ministry and Leadership: 12 credits Spiritual Formation and Soul Care: 12 credits Reduction of Credits for Academic Master’s Degrees Eligible students coming from accredited Bible colleges or Christian liberal arts colleges may request exemption from certain required courses. Normally, reduction requires two undergraduate courses, in the same discipline, to reduce one graduate course (6 credits undergraduate work to reduce 3 credits of graduate work) for a limited amount of graduate credit. To qualify for reduction, the student must have earned a “B” grade in eligible coursework. Once the student has been accepted into the degree program, an evaluation, following guidelines established by the faculty, will be made by the Office of the Registrar. Depending on undergraduate coursework as it relates to the program concentration, the maximum number of credits that may be reduced is 30 credits for these M.A. concentrations: Bible Exposition, Old Testament, New Testament, Theology, Philosophy, Spiritual Formation, and Biblical and Theological Studies/Diversified.
Course Prefixes Course prefixes indicate: ISCL
Missions and Intercultural Studies
Bible Exposition Christian Education Doctor of Education Theology: Historical Doctor of Ministry Thesis
TTBE TTCE TTDE TTHE TTHT TTMN TTNT TTOT TTPH TTPM TTPT TTRL TTSF TTSS TTTH TTTS
NewTestament Language and Literature
Old Testament and Semitics
Philosophy
Theology: Philosophical & Moral Christian Ministry and Leadership
Research Languages Spiritual Formation
Research and Writing: Special Studies
Theology: Systematic
Theological Studies Digital Courses
Graduation Information Graduation Check
Graduate students must make an appointment with a Graduate Graduation Counselor in the Office of the Registrar to declare their intent to graduate. This should be done one year prior to graduation. Students declaring this intention late will be charged a late graduate graduation check fee of $100. This graduation check will be considered late after the last day of Add/Drop during the semester of a student’s intended graduation. For students graduating in the Spring, after May 1st students will not be allowed to be added to the graduation lists regardless of payment of the fee. For the Fall, the date is December 1st, after which no students will be added to the graduation lists. Doctoral students must meet with their department advisor prior to contacting a Graduate Graduation Counselor. Graduation with Honors Those graduating with a grade point average of 3.50 or higher are elected to membership in Kappa Tau Epsilon, the Talbot scholastic honor society. This honor is noted on the permanent record card. For graduation honors, students completing their program with a 3.50 GPA are graduated with Honors. Students with a 3.70 GPA are graduated with High Honors. Students with a 3.90 GPA are graduated with Highest Honors. GPA standards for honors must be met with no rounding of numbers. Special Programs - Credit Talbot Bible Lands The two Talbot Bible Lands programs are devoted to giving students the opportunity to visit and study Biblically significant sites for the purpose of better understanding the geographical and cultural context of Biblical events. Each program (Israel or Turkey/Greece/ Rome) includes a Fall course and Interterm travel and the programs are offered on alternate years.
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