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ACADEMIC INFO
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Academic Information OverviewAcademic policies of particular interest to those considering study at Regent are described below. For further academic information, see the Academic Catalogue. RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTSSome aspects of the educational experience offered by Regent College are available only when students share in the community at the Vancouver campus. For this reason, students must complete the following number of credits in residence:
Residency is defined as study pursued on the Vancouver campus in Fall, Winter or Summer Terms. Correspondence courses do not serve to fulfill the residency requirement; however, DipCS, MCS and MDiv students are permitted to complete up to one-third of their program through audio correspondence courses; students in the ThM program may complete up to one-third of their program by audio correspondence provided they fulfill the ThM residency requirement of 24 credits. (For further information on audio courses see Distance Education.) Students who intend to transfer credits from another institution and to take courses by audio correspondence must plan carefully so that they do meet the Residence Requirement. TIME LIMITS FOR COMPLETION OF PROGRAMSUpon acceptance to a program at Regent College students are permitted to postpone beginning their studies for up to one calendar year. After a postponement period of one year they must reapply should they want to study at Regent College (see Admissions / Application Requirements). Students are expected to satisfy all program requirements in effect at the time they are accepted into a program. Students who exceed the program time limits noted below may be required to complete new program requirements should the program be revised. The time limits for each program are:
Students are encouraged to complete their degree requirements while resident in Vancouver. Note that some required courses are offered only during Fall and Winter Terms. FULL-TIME STATUSFor external purposes (e.g., study permits) full-time study is defined as 18 credit (or audit) hours per academic year (September to August). For the minimum number of credits required to maintain eligibility for financial aid, see Financial Aid and Government Student Loans. CREDIT HOURS AND WORK LOADFall and Winter Term courses are normally offered for 3 credit hours and meet 3 hours per week. Evening and weekend courses may be offered for 2 or 3 credit hours at the discretion of the instructor. In cases where a 3-credit hour course spans over two terms (Fall and Winter), students will be charged for 1.5 credits in each term; however, they will not receive any academic credit until the full course has been completed. Spring and Summer School courses vary: one-week courses are normally 1 or 2 credit hours, two-week courses are 2 or 3 credit hours, three-week courses are 3 credit hours (6 credits of Hebrew or Greek may also be taken in the Summer). Students taking courses for academic credit may expect to invest, on average, 45 hours of work into a course for each credit hour. Where applicable this includes class lectures, assigned reading, papers, assignments and exams. In any given term, a full load of academic work is considered to be 12 credit hours. While some students do take more than 12 credits per term, this is a significant amount of academic work; therefore, students are encouraged, where possible, to spread their studies out over Regent’s academic year (Fall and Winter Terms, Spring and Summer Schools) particularly if they wish to earn 30 credit hours per year. Students for whom English is a second language are encouraged to take no more than 9 credit hours in their first term. TRANSFER CREDIT AND EXEMPTIONStudents who have already completed theological studies at an accredited graduate school may be granted transfer credit for that work. Such credit will be given only for courses considered relevant to Regent’s programs and of equivalent academic standard. Credit will not normally be granted for courses which are not theological in nature or have not been taught from a theological perspective. The maximum amount of transfer credit varies according to each program:
A minimum grade of B (or a Pass in a Pass/Fail course) is required for courses to be considered for transfer. Since credits may be defined differently at different institutions, transfer credits from some institutions will be subject to a ratio to make them equal to credits taken at Regent. Transfer credit from non-accredited institutions is not normally given. Under no circumstances will transfer credit be awarded for work or life experience. Where a particular undergraduate course from an accredited institution can be shown to have special relevance to one’s program at Regent, transfer credit may be granted at a 3:2 ratio. To be eligible, however, the course cannot have been used to satisfy the requirements for a bachelor’s degree. Furthermore, first- or second-year undergraduate courses will not be considered for transfer. An exception is made in the case of Greek and Hebrew which may be transferred at full credit value even though they were taken at an undergraduate level (as long as they are not part of the student’s bachelor’s degree). A minimum grade of B+ is required to be considered for transfer. Exemption from specific required courses at Regent may be requested on the basis of work done at an accredited undergraduate institution, whether as part of the student’s bachelor’s degree or not. A minimum grade of B+ is required for exemption consideration. Exemption, however, does not entail transfer of credit; therefore, alternative, normally more advanced courses in the same discipline must be taken to make up the total number of credit hours required for a diploma or degree. Application for transfer credit or exemption must be made to the Director of Admissions. In making such application, students are required to supply an official transcript from their college; they may also be asked to provide a college catalogue or course syllabus which describes the course(s) they have taken.
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