(1) Undergraduate Degree
Applicants must have completed an undergraduate bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution evidenced by an official transcript. Any student who does not meet this requirement may be granted admission with “academic restriction” to the program by the graduate religion faculty if all other criteria have been met. A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7 is required for regular admission. If an applicant does not have the required GPA, the applicant may petition the director of the appropriate Graduate Program (Theology and Biblical Studies or Church and Community) to consider alternative evidence of scholastic ability, including graduate work from other schools or acceptable test scores. According to the recommendations of the graduate religion faculty, an applicant may be conditionally admitted, or denied admission. Applicants admitted with academic restriction may be granted regular admission upon completion of his or her file and 8 semester hours with a GPA of 3.0 or better.