University Foundation Requirements

SPU认为 大学基金会 requirements to be at the heart of our approach to higher education. Therefore, each transfer student is expected to complete these requirements at SPU.

• Each student who enters SPU with freshman or sophomore standing will complete the full 15-credit Foundations sequence, which includes UFDN 1000 Christian 信仰, UFDN 2000基督教经文, and UFDN 3100 基督教神学.
• Transfer students with junior or senior standing upon admission will fulfill the 大学基金会 requirement by completing 10 credits total, including 5 credits in UFDN 3001 “Christian Scriptures” followed by 5 credits in UFDN 3100 “基督教神学.”
• If you have just completed the DTA associate degree through the Running Start Program, and entered SPU with junior standing, you are encouraged to complete at least one quarter at SPU before enrolling in UFDN 3001.
• If you have taken Bible or theology courses at a member institution of the Christian College Consortium, up to 10 credits may be accepted toward the fulfillment of the 大学基金会 requirement.*
• Transfer of credit toward Foundations requirements may be granted only by petition process from an ABHE-accredited Bible school, or from a school not in the Christian College Consortium but accredited by one of the following accrediting agencies: Accrediting Commission for 社区 and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) Western Association of 学校 and Colleges; Higher Learning Commission (HLC); Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE); New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE); Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU); Southern Association of Colleges and 学校 Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC); WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC).
• 其他院校的学分 may not fulfill 大学基金会 requirements.

*在所有情况下, students must complete at least five credits of coursework in the 神学院 (UFDN or THEO disciplines) 好的赌博软件推荐. THEO 3100 “社区 Bible Study” may not be used to fulfill this requirement.