Applicants should have a bachelor's degree in Biblical and/or Theological Studies or its equivalent from an accredited college or university. With regard to the United States, this means regional accreditation or that of the AABC (Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges). With regard to undergraduate degrees from other countries, each applicant will be considered on his/her own merits. However, it is expected that at least three years of college level work has been gained and that some form of accreditation is granted to the applicant's school within his/her country.

Applicants who meet these criteria must also have had at least one year of New Testament (koine) Greek before entry into the program. Many of the textual studies in this program require a working knowledge of Greek; therefore, students are encouraged to have two years of Greek before entering the program, but may be accepted with only one year of Greek with a grade of 80% (B) or better in their Greek work. (The first year of Greek may be taken during two summer semesters of the University's program before entering the program in the fall semester.)

Additional Application Requirements:

• Official undergraduate and graduate transcripts of credit earned at all institutions of higher education.
• GRE (Graduate Record Exam) or MAT (Miller Analogies Test) scores are required. Scores must be sent to the office of Graduate Studies in Religion and must be no more than five years old.
• Minimum G.P.A. of 3.0 in undergraduate studies
• Two letters of reference from professors familiar with your work and one personal reference from someone familiar with your character.
• A clean, unstapled, unbound copy of an essay or research paper that offers evidence of the applicant’s writing abilities. The paper should be between 5-25 pages in length.
  $25.00 non-refundable application fee

An interview, either by phone or in person, with the Director of Graduate Studies in Religion or a designated faculty member of the program.