Advanced Standing: Advanced Standing is credit awarded at the graduate level for work completed at the undergraduate level when completed at an accredited institution and when the course objectives align with BHU undergraduate course requirements for similar courses.
Catalog Entry Year: Degree requirements are to be met based upon the catalog in effect at the time of the student’s first semester. The program outlined in that catalog is to be followed unless the student misses one full year. In such cases, the student is required to complete requirements as outlined in the most current catalog.
Credit Hour: A measurement of time equivalent to one class of 50 minutes per week (plus preparation) or two laboratory hours per week plus preparation for 15 weeks.
Cumulative Grade Point Average: Measurement of the average grade earned by a student over the course of the complete program.
Curriculum: The pattern of courses leading to an accepted educational objective or degree program.
Degree: A rank given upon completion of a course of study.
Electives: Courses chosen voluntarily by a student contributing to a balanced program of education with the chosen curriculum.
Family Education Rights and Privacy Acts (FERPA): FERPA is the federal regulation body that governs the rights of students and institutional responsibilities with respect to student records.
Full time / Half Time Equivalent: Undergraduate full-time, twelve semester credit hours, half time, 6 semester credit hours. For financial aid purposes classifications will be reported as listed below:
- Undergraduate Enrollment Status:
- Full Time = 12 or more semester credit hours
- Three Quarter Time = 9-11 semester credit hours
- Half-time = 6-8 semester credit hours
- Less Than Half-time = 1-5 semester credit hours
- Graduate Enrollment Full-Time/Half-Time Equivalent:
- Certificate for Chaplaincy – Graduate full-time, nine semester credit hours / half-time, six semester credit hours.
- Certificate for Nonprofit Development and Management – Graduate full-time, nine semester credit hours / half-time, six semester credit hours.
- Master of Arts degree in Religious Studies – Graduate full-time, nine semester credit hours / half-time, six semester credit hours.
- Master of Arts degree in Leadership Studies – Graduate full-time, nine semester credit hours / half-time, six semester credit hours.
- Master of Divinity – Graduate full-time, nine semester credit hours / half-time, six semester credit hours.
- Master of Divinity with concentration in Chaplaincy – Graduate full-time, nine semester credit hours / half-time, six semester credit hours.
- Master of Divinity with concentration in Leadership Studies – Graduate full-time, nine semester credit hours / half-time, six semester credit hours.
- Master of Business Administration – Graduate full-time, six or more semester credit hours / half-time, three semester credit hours.
- Doctorate Enrollment Full-Time/Half-Time Equivalent
- Doctor of Ministry – Graduate full-time, six or more semester credit hours / half-time, three semester credit hours.
- Doctor of Philosophy – Graduate full-time, six or more semester credit hours / half-time, three semester credit hours.
General Catalog: The General Catalog is an official document. Comprehensive in nature, it outlines the curricula of all program and major requirements and contains detailed course descriptions, definitions, financial information, and policies and procedures of the university that relate directly to academic functions and student concerns. The student is required to adhere to the contents of the catalog.
Grade Point Average cumulative: Measurement of the average grade earned by a student including all semesters.
Grade Point Average current: Measurement of the average grade earned by a student for a given semester.
Hold: A flag that is placed on a student’s record or account due to incomplete file, outstanding balance, or drop in GPA.
Home School Student: Students who have been educated through a home school program approved by the State of Georgia or an accredited public school system.
Learning Support Courses: College courses designed to improve a student’s skill level in a particular subject, enabling the student to raise their level of performance in that subject to an acceptable college entry level.
Major: A specialized field of study whereby a degree is issued upon completion of requirements as outlined in this catalog.
Matriculation: Enrolling at a college or university for the first time.
Minor: A secondary field of study pursued in conjunction with a Bachelor of Arts degree, whereby recognition is awarded upon receipt of a Bachelor of Arts degree and appears on the academic transcript.
Prerequisite: A course which must be completed prior to admission into another course.