A Unique Opportunity

You have the unique opportunity to receive graduate credit for any of the eleven IBS core courses through one of our seminary partners. One-week elective courses cannot be taken for graduate credit.

We currently have partnerships with these five seminaries:
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Chicago plus multiple extension sites
Reformed Theological Seminary
Orlando, Jackson & Charlotte
Bethel Seminary
San Diego and Minneapolis
Dallas Theological Seminary
Dallas, Texas plus multiple extension sites
Talbot School of Theology
Metro Los Angeles

Through one of these partner seminaries, you can receive graduate credit for your courses that can later be applied toward a graduate degree program at one of these seminaries or at another seminary. You do not need to be enrolled in a degree program to take these courses for graduate credit from one these seminaries. You must have earned a bachelors degree from an accredited school to be eligible to receive credit. You can learn more about these partnerships on the Seminary Partnerships page of this site. 

Follow these steps to apply for graduate credit:

  1. Pick the seminary from which you wish to receive credit.
  2. Complete the application for the institution from which you wish to receive credit. The forms are below or they are available at check-in in Durrell Center. Please do not contact our seminary partners.
    Trinity Application Form
    RTS Application Form
    Bethel Application Form
    DTS Application Form
    Talbot Application Form

    If you have not filled out an application form in the past for the seminary you want graduate credit from, you need to fill out the whole form and sign it. For the DTS form, you must also "Please write a brief statement (on the back of this sheet) describing your conversion experience and when you took that step. Please state what a person must do to receive eternal life.

    If you have filled out an application form in the past for the seminary you want graduate credit from, follow the instructions below:
    Trinity: Fill out and sign the whole form.
    RTS: Fill out and sign Part 1, and sign the bottom. You can skip Part 2.
    Bethel: Fill out and sign the top section, and sign the bottom. You can skip the Special/Cru Application section.
    DTS: Fill out the top section and sign the bottom. You can skip the Visiting Student Application section.
    Talbot: Fill out the top section and sign the bottom. You can skip the Visiting Student Application section.

    Bring the completed and signed form with you to onsite Check-in in Durrell Center on the CSU campus.  
  3. Have an official copy of your undergraduate transcript sent to that seminary. Most universities will charge several dollars for this service. Your university will need to send the transcript directly to RTS, Trinity, Bethel, Talbot, and DTS—not to you. (Please send your transcript immediately--preferably before IBS starts.)

    For credit from Trinity have your transcript sent to:
    Records Office
    Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
    2065 Half Day Rd.
    Deerfield, IL 60015
    (847) 317-8050

    For credit from RTS have your transcript sent to:
    Registrar
    Reformed Theological Seminary
    1231 Reformation Dr.
    Orlando, FL 32765
    (407) 366-9493

    For credit from Bethel have your transcript sent to:
    Registrar
    Bethel Seminary
    3949 Bethel Dr.
    St. Paul, Minnesota 55112
    (651) 638-6181

    For credit from Dallas have your transcript sent to:
    Registrar
    Dallas Theological Seminary
    3909 Swiss Ave.
    Dallas, Texas 75204
    (800) 992-0998

    For credit from Talbot have your transcript sent to:
    Biola University: Talbot School of Theology
    Office of Graduate Admissions
    13800 Biola Avenue
    La Mirada, CA 90639
    (800) 652-4652 or (562) 903-4752
    admissions@biola.edu
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