Students who have earned a significant number of credits in religious studies from approved colleges and universities may request exemption from certain required courses in the M.A.T.S. degree program, thus granting them Advanced Standing. Life experience does not qualify for advanced standing. (See registrar for further details.)
The following rules apply to M.A.T.S. Advanced Standing:
- Advanced Standing cannot exceed nine credits.
- Advanced Standing is considered for undergraduate courses with satisfactory parallel content, provided the equivalent collegiate courses are double the credit value of the seminary’s courses. A minimum grade of B is required and the student must be able to demonstrate competency in subject matter by presentation of an Advanced Standing Portfolio for each course for which advanced standing is desired. A fee of $50 per course will be charged for each portfolio that is evaluated, regardless of whether or not the advanced standing is granted.
- Advanced Standing must be requested prior to enrollment but no later than the end of the student’s first semester of study at AGTS. Requests should be submitted to the Registrar’s Office.
- Partial course advanced standing will not be granted.
- If the student later takes a course where advanced standing has been granted, the advanced standing would be nullified.
- Advanced Standing may be granted for courses listed in the categories “Mission of God and World Christianity” and “Bible and Theology.”
- In an area where a student demonstrates competency but the criteria preclude Advanced Standing, a substitute course may be allowed if approved by the faculty adviser and the Academic Dean.
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