A Unique Opportunity

You have the unique opportunity to receive graduate credit for any of the eleven IBS core courses through one of our seminary partners. (One week elective courses cannot be taken for graduate credit.)

We currently have partnerships with these five seminaries:

• Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
  Chicago plus multiple extension sites
• Reformed Theological Seminary
  Orlando, Jackson & Charlotte
• Bethel Seminary
  San Diego, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Boston, New York & Washington D.C.
• Dallas Theological Seminary
  Dallas, Texas plus multiple extension sites
• Talbot School of Theology
  Metro Los Angeles

Information on receiving Graduate Credit

Through one of our partner seminaries you can receive graduate credit for your courses that can later be applied toward a graduate degree program at one of these seminaries or at another seminary. You can learn more about these partnerships on the Seminary Partnerships page of this site.

Steps To Receiving Your Graduate Credit

In order to take these courses for graduate credit from one these seminaries you DO NOT need to be enrolled at a degree program.

*If this is your first time receiving graduate credit...

1. Pick the seminary from which you wish to receive credit.
2. Complete a one page visiting student application for the institution from which you wish to receive credit during on-site registration. We will provide these forms. Please do not contact the our seminary partners. (Note: In order to be eligible to receive credit you must have earned a bachelors degree from an accredited school.)
3. Have an official copy of your undergraduate transcript sent to that seminary. Most universities will charge several dollars for this service. Your university will need to send the transcript directly to RTS, Trinity, Bethel, Talbot, and DTS—not to you. (Please send your transcript immediately--preferably before IBS starts.)

Have Your Undergraduate Institution Send A Copy Of
Your Transcript To The Appropriate School or Seminary:

For credit from Trinity have your transcript sent to:

Records Office
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
2065 Half Day Rd.
Deerfield, IL 60015
(847) 317-805

For credit from RTS have your transcript sent to:

Registrar
Reformed Theological Seminary
1231 Reformation Dr.
Orlando, FL 32765
(407) 366-9493

For credit from Bethel have your transcript sent to:

Registrar
Bethel Seminary
3949 Bethel Dr.
St. Paul, Minnesota 55112
(651) 638-6181

For credit from Dallas have your transcript sent to:

Registrar
Dallas Theological Seminary
3909 Swiss Ave.
Dallas, Texas 75204
(800) 992-0998

*If you have received graduate credit previously from one of our seminary partners previously and want credit from that same school again, there is only one step:

1. Complete a one page course registration form for the institution from which you wish to receive credit during on-site registration. We will provide these forms.