A Unique Opportunity

Through one of our 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. Graduate credit is only available for live, face-to-face courses taken in the United States. You can learn more about these partnerships on the Seminary Partnerships page of this site.

In order to take these courses for graduate credit from one these seminaries you DO NOT need to be enrolled at a degree program.

*If this is your first time receiving graduate credit...

1. Pick the seminary from which you wish to receive credit.
2. Complete a one page visiting student application for the institution from which you wish to receive credit during on-site registration. We will provide these forms. Please do not contact the our seminary partners. (Note: In order to be eligible to receive credit you must have earned a bachelors degree from an accredited school.)
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 ends.)

Note: The decision to receive graduate credit must be made BEFORE the end of Drop/Add. It is not possible to receive graduate credit retroactively at a future time.

For credit from Trinity have your transcript sent to:

Records Office
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
2065 Half Day Rd.
Deerfield, IL 60015
(847) 317-8160

For credit from RTS have your transcript sent to:

Registrar
Reformed Theological Seminary
1231 Reformation Dr.
Oviedo, 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

*If you have received graduate credit previously from one of our seminary partners previously and want credit from that same school again, there is only one step:

1. Complete a one page course registration form for the institution from which you wish to receive credit during on-site registration. We will provide these forms.

Yes, the credit does expire.  Typically, schools will apply graduate credits you earned for at least seven years from when you finished.