How to Apply?
Application / Enrollment Form Application Process:
Candidates can apply for admission at any time by submitting the Application / Enrollment Form. A high school diploma/GED is required for admission.
The following steps make up the application process:
- Applicant submits an Application / Enrollment Form.
- Applicant arranges to have official transcripts (if applicable) sent to Genesis College & Seminary from every post-secondary institution applicant has attended.
- If requesting Adjusted Tuition or applying for the H.C. Johnson Scholarship (see Financial Information), applicant submits Adjusted Tuition Application and/or H. C. Johnson Scholarship Application, along with his/her Application / Enrollment Form.
- Applicant will receive a letter indicating whether or not he/she has been accepted as a student. This letter should arrive within two weeks of application receipt. When applicants are accepted, the letter will include pertinent information regarding 1) payment for tuition, 2) textbooks needed for their coursework, and 3) degree program requirements.
Transfer Credits:
Genesis College & Seminary honors credit from accredited theological institutions. Genesis also accepts credits from non-accredited theological institutions with which it has established partnerships. Credits from non-Christian colleges will be evaluated, but there is no guarantee those credits will be accepted and applied to a student’s degree program. Genesis does not accept transfer credits with a grade of “D” or below.
Students can transfer a maximum of 28 credits into an undergraduate program and 16 credits into a Master’s program. No credits can be transferred into Doctoral programs.
Transcript Request Process:
If you would like your transcript from another institution evaluated for credit, contact the institution you attended to obtain its Transcript Request Form, the Registrar’s address, and the cost of the official transcript. You can also use the “College Transcript Request Form” in this handbook to request official transcripts from institutions you attended.
Note: Genesis College & Seminary does not make transcript requests on behalf of applicants/students.
Experiential Learning Credits:
Genesis recognizes that knowledge gained outside of a classroom through life or ministry experience may be relevant to a student’s degree program. Undergraduate students may be eligible to receive up to 16 credits from non-collegiate education and/or work/ministry experience by completing experiential learning portfolios.
An experiential learning portfolio allows undergraduate students to demonstrate how non-collegiate education and/or work/ministry experience helped them gain knowledge that matches objectives taught in a particular Genesis course. For example, non-collegiate education might include attending seminars, workshops, conferences, and taking certificate-based correspondence Bible courses; work/ministry experience might include the skills developed in positions such as store manager, board member, worship leader, prayer ministry volunteer, Sunday school teacher, etc.
To petition for up to 16 Experiential Learning Portfolio credits, undergraduate students must enroll in ELP 200 (Associate level) and/or ELP 400 (Bachelor level) upon advisement from an enrollment counselor. Individuals can indicate whether or not they would like to receive credits for life or ministry experience on the Genesis Application / Enrollment Form.
Any combination of transfer and experiential learning credits can be accepted. Total experiential learning credits cannot exceed 16. Total combined credits cannot exceed 28 for undergraduate students.
Note: Graduate students are ineligible to receive experiential learning credits.