Students majoring and minoring in some program offered in the Schoolof Christian Ministries should declare their major and/or minor early in their collegeexperience in order to be able to enroll in the required courses when they are offered bythe college. Courses should be taken according to the suggested course sequence plan iftimely graduation is desired.

SCM majors must have a minimum 2.00 GPA on all course Work taken. Aminimum grade of "C" must be earned in TH 225 and/or PH 255, PH 237 and all 300and 400 courses. In the event a grade of "D" or lower is earned in any required SCM course, each course must be retaken until at least a "C" grade is earned. Any time a student's GPA falls below 2.0O, the student will be placed on probation withthe SCM. Failure to improve the GPA to 2.00 or higher within two semesters will result indismissal from the SCM degree program.

An SCM degree candidate at Emmanuel College must spend at leastthree sequential semesters (excluding summer) in residence, carrying a minimum of 12credits per semester. For two of these semesters, the student must be registered as asenior. These residential requirements reflect the SCM's emphasis on growth and development in personal character and ministry. SCM majors must take at least 30 hours oftheir major in residence. Included in these thirty hours must be TH 352, TH 451, and MN460.

Mere completion of a curricular program is not regarded as sufficient to meet graduation requirements. A student must be officially accepted by the SCM and fulfill additional SCM requirements before courses can be used in an SCM baccalaureate degree program.

During the junior or senior year, an SCM student must satisfy a public speaking requirement judged by an SCM faculty member in one of the following ways:(1) Speaking in an Emmanuel College or SCM Chapel; (2) Doing an oral presentation of tenminutes minimum in an approved junior or senior level course.

In addition to completing the requirements of chapel attendance,(SCM and EC Convocation), Christian service practicum, and internship, the student must be recommended for graduation by the dean of student development, the supervisor of the Christian service practicum, and an SCM faculty member. Other requirements for graduation are listed under Requirements for Graduation in this Catalog. Two final requirements for graduation are the successful passing of a comprehensive Bible/theology exit exam and participating in an SCM exit interview.