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Bible Class Enrollment (UG): Students who enroll in more than eight hours in a semester (fall or spring) are required to take a Bible class, which must meet on-ground and be taken for at least two hours of credit. Graduate courses taken concurrently with undergraduate courses by a student pursuing an undergraduate degree are included in the total hours when determining if a Bible class is required, except in the last semester before the student earns a bachelor’s degree.
Attendance is compulsory in the required Bible class regardless of the grade being earned, and it cannot be dropped. A student who has excessive unexcused absences in Bible (“excessive” is defined as equal to or greater than 20% of the class meetings) will be placed on Bible Attendance Probation, will lose the privilege of priority registration, and will be required to sign a Bible attendance contract in the Provost Office prior to registering for the next semester. (Students who have already registered will not be able to register during the next priority registration.) A student who has excessive absences in Bible in more than one semester will be suspended from the University for a minimum of one term.
Bible Class Exemptions (UG): Students are exempt from Bible once they pass eight semesters of Bible and have fulfilled the Liberal Arts Scripture, Truth, and Ethics requirement. A Bible Class worth two or more credit hours in the summer equates to a semester of Bible. Successful completion of a second Bible course during a full semester International Program will permit a student to apply this course to the Bible requirement for a future semester, provided that the second Bible class is taught by a College of Bible and Ministry instructor. The student may apply this benefit in the future semester of their choice. Students have a one-semester exemption from Bible if they are participating in supervised teaching or social work field placement. Degree-seeking post-baccalaureate students who have met the graduation requirement for Bible are not required to take additional hours of Bible. Non-degree seeking post-baccalaureate students are exempt from Bible.
Bible Class Substitutes for Specific Majors (UG): The following courses are Bible substitutes only for specific majors (noted in the course description) and may be taken once to meet the Bible enrollment requirement by those who have already satisfied the 8-hour Liberal Arts requirement in textual Bible: ART 3750 , BUS 4350 , COMM 4550 , EDFD 4400 , ENG 4100 , NURS 4130 , and PHS 4100 .
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