General Admission Requirements
Students seeking admission to TSOR must:
1. Complete an application for admission to TSOR
2. Include a $25 non-refundable application fee (not required of readmitted students)
3. Submit a high school transcript or equivalent
4. Submit college transcript (where applicable) from all previously attended institutions of higher learning
5. Proof of satisfactory health examination
Admission of first-time freshmen
Applicants for admission as first-time freshmen shall be admitted using the following criteria:
1. High School graduation
Applicants for degree admission must provide an official transcript showing graduation from high school. OR
2. General educational development (GED)
Note: GED courses available upon request
Applicants for degree admission as first-time freshmen must provide a GED Certificate in lieu of a high school diploma provided that their score is passing as indicated by the administering agency.
3. High school courses requirements for students who graduated high school in 1989 and thereafter
The Tennessee School of Religion requires the 14 high school unit requirements designated by the Tennessee Board of Regents be met.
Handicapped applicants will be assessed on an individual basis when information is volunteered with application. Any warranted exceptions will be made by the President.
Applicants for admission as transfer students shall be admitted using the following criteria:
1. Official Transcripts
Applicants must provide official transcripts from all institutions of higher education previously attended. These transcripts must list all credits attempted. Only courses equivalent to TSOR courses with an earned grade of “C” or higher will be accepted in the student’s major. No more than two-thirds of the applicant’s required academic program may be supplemented with transferred credit hours. For example: if the total credit hours for graduation is 96, then a transfer applicant may not apply more than 64 applicable hours (2/3 of 96, or 64 credit hours) toward his/her degree at TSOR.
Course cards from the National Baptist Congress and Sunday School Publishing Board classes are not applicable for transfer credit at TSOR.
2. Grade Point Average of Transferable Courses
The applicant’s grade point average on transferable courses must be at least 2.0 (equivalent to “C”).
3. Seminars and Workshops are not applicable for transfer credits.
4. Students without a high school diploma or GED
Students without a high school diploma or GED may be admitted as an Ability to Benefit student into a non-degree program that is customarily not accepted for college credit. Courses may be transferred after a GED is obtained.
5. Applicants with less than 60 college transferable credits who graduated in 1989 or thereafter
General Educational Development (GED)
Note: GED courses available upon request
Applicants for degree admission as first-time freshmen must provide a GED Certificate in lieu of a high school diploma provided that their score is passing as indicated by the administering agency.
6. High school courses requirements for students who graduated high school in 1989 and thereafter
Handicapped applicants will be assessed on an individual basis w hen information is volunteered with application. Any warranted exceptions will be made by the President.