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Please Click Here To Return To Homepage REGENTS VALIDATION DEGREE PROGRAM
CRITERIA FOR CREDIT BY EVALUATION
CRITERIA FOR CREDIT BY EVALUATION Return To Top The criteria used in the evaluation of your credentials is credit specific. That is, every item of your credentials is assessed and compared with
ITEMS CONSIDERED FOR EVALUATION The following items of evaluation are substantial but not exhaustive.
Please
Transfer Credit All course credit from universities, colleges, Bible schools and institutes,
Other Educational Experiences: Seminars, workshops, lectureships, professional education For the religious seminars, workshops, lectureships, please provide the overall theme of each, the location of each, the dates of each, and your level of participation. For professional education, please provide the name of your professional employment at the time, your professional duties and responsibilities at the time of the professional education, specific themes/titles of your professional education, the dates and locations. How long did you work in each of your professional employments? What was your last rank or position in each of your professional employments? Ministerial Experience: Preaching Topical Preaching: Credit is awarded for preaching on a topic four or more times within a year. For example, suppose you
preach on Baptism 12 times during a year.
Expository Preaching Credit is awarded for preaching directly from the scripture of a specific For example, suppose you
preached through the Book of Matthew for six months
of the year. The TUA will award you 6 credits for the expository
sermons you preached from a specific book of
the Bible. Additional expository sermons from the
specific book of the Bible result in additional credits awarded.
One credit is awarded for every 4 expository
sermons Please send only the following information
about the sermons: 1. the topic or book of the Bible; 2. the year the sermons were preached; 3. the number of sermons preached per
topic/per book of the Bible for the year. Initially, please send
only your topical and expository selections for two complete
years. Teaching Topical Teaching: Credit is awarded for teaching
on a topic four or more times within a year. For example, suppose you
taught on Baptism 12 times during a year. The
TUA will award you 3 credits for that particular series of
topical lessons, one credit for every
four lessons. Additional lessons on the same topic
result in additional credits awarded. One credit is awarded for
every 4 topical lessons. Often, booklets are used
in the class for Bible study. Many of these booklets
have 12 or 13 lessons to complete a quarter of a year’s study.
Studying through a booklet of this number
of lessons is awarded 3 credits. However, it is not
necessary that a booklet be used. Any legitimate guide, including a
guide developed by you, is acceptable. The only
stipulation is that the booklet is focused
one overall theme for the course. Expository teaching Credit is awarded for teaching
directly from the scripture of a specific book of the
Bible, one credit for every four expository lessons taken from a
specific book of the Bible.
For example, suppose you taught
through the Book of Matthew for six
months of the year. The TUA will award you 6 credits for the
expository lessons you taught from a specific book of
the Bible. Additional expository
lessons from the specific book of the Bible result in additional credits
awarded.
One credit is awarded for every 4 expository
lessons Please send only the following information
about the lessons: 1. the topic or book of the Bible; 2. the year the lessons were taught; 3. the number of lessons taught per
topic/per book of the Bible for the year. Initially, please send only your topical and expository selections
for two complete years.
Books and Other Literature You Have Read 1. Please list each book, journal, article by title; 2 please give the name(s) of the author(s) of each book and other
literature; 3. please give the approximate year in which the book and other
literature were read; 4. please give the approximate number of pages of the book and other
literature read; What study resources do you have available for your sermon and lesson
research? Please list them individually by title of monograph or by
title of reference set? What journal/magazines do you read regularly? Teaching in Academic Environments (Schools of Preaching;
Bible Institutes; Colleges, Universities, and other post secondary
educational activities) Counseling
Hospital Visitation and/or Hospital Ministry
Prison Visitation and/or Prison Ministry
Evangelism Preaching
Personal Evangelism
Literature Read
Campaigns
Mission Activities
Weddings
Funerals
Media
FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE please provide information
You may provide more years for additional significant learning and
Undergraduate Division
Return To Top The following undergraduate degrees are available through the
Bachelor's of Arts
120 credits
Bachelor's of Ministry 120 credits
To qualify for your undergraduate degree through the Regents
If you have 30 general education credits from prior college education
If you do not have 30 general education credits from prior college
MAJOR FIELDS CONFERRED
The content of your credentials and the results of the evaluation
The following major fields result most often from the evaluation of
Biblical Studies (New Testament, Old Testament)
Although these major fields are most frequently conferred, each major
Graduate Division
Return To Top The following graduate degrees are available through the
Master of Arts
36 credits beyond the bachelor's degree
Master of Ministry
36 credits beyond the bachelor's degree
Master of Religious Education 36 credits beyond the bachelor
degree
Master Divinity
90 credits beyond the bachelor's degree
Doctor of Ministry
36 credits beyond the master's
Doctor of Philosophy
36 credits beyond the master's
Doctor of Religious Education 36 credits beyond the master's
To qualify for your graduate(s) degree through the Regents Validation
Students who have or who qualify for and complete an undergraduate
Any master's degree listed above is qualification for enrolling in any
of the Regents
MAJOR FIELDS CONFERRED
The content of your credentials and the results of the evaluation
The following major fields result most often from the evaluation of
Biblical Studies (New Testament, Old Testament)
Although these major fields are most frequently conferred, each major
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