Certificate in
Educational Ministries

Required courses (3-4 semester hours) generally completed at the beginning of enrollment

Select additional semester hours of courses prefixed EM or ES are available at the master’s level (8999 or below). Courses from other departments or the ES 8000 Current Issues Seminar may be applied when such substitutions are approved in advance by the EM Department.

Other departmental courses offered regularly may apply.

• All 12 hours must be completed through Trinity with a cumulative GPA of at least a 2.0, with no course work graded below “C-” applicable to the Certificate.
• All coursework applicable to the Certificate must be completed within a five-year period.
• When the Certificate is taken in combination with a TIU degree, all 12 hours must be in addition to program degree coursework.
• Completion of Certificate requirements required by the catalog curricula in effect at the time of initial enrollment.
• Settlement of all financial obligations to Trinity and any other ACTS seminaries with Student Financial Services.

Advanced Standing of not more than three semester hours in the Certificates may be granted on the basis of prior academic work in a formal or non-formal context. Such work shall be assessed by the Educational Ministries Department in light of the stated Certificate objectives with evidence of knowledge, competence, and skills aligned with the degree program. Advanced standing with credit is not granted on the basis of ministerial or life experience. After consultation with the EM program advisor, petitions for advanced standing should be submitted to the department chair subsequent to completion of the first program course and prior to enrollment in the seventh credit hour. See the EM Department for details.