Denver Seminary

51 HONORS PROGRAM (MASTER'S LEVEL) The honors program at Denver Seminary enables outstanding students to specialize more intensely in their fields of interest, to pursue alternative options in meeting the requirements of prescribed courses, and to develop research skills and attitudes that will enhance their ministries. As a value-added option, the program encourages students to go beyond some requirements of specific courses or to substitute courses in place of prescribed ones, to enhance their educational experience—not to increase the students' workload but to accomplish curricular objectives through alternative avenues mutually developed by student and faculty. Admission to the honors program requires a cumulative GPA of at least 3.7. Students must have been enrolled at Denver Seminary for at least forty-five semester hours (MDiv) or thirty semester hours (MA), but no more than sixty-five semester hours (MDiv) or forty-five semester hours (MA). To remain in the program, a student must also maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.7 each semester. If the cumulative GPA drops below that threshold, the student will be dropped permanently from the program. An application for admission to the honors program may be secured from the forms link on MyDenSem. EARNING MORE THAN ONE DEGREE When students enroll in a Master of Arts program after graduating with the Master of Divinity or other graduate degree, one half of the hours required for the MA must be unique to that program. When students enroll for the MDiv degree after receiving an MA or other graduate degree, they are required to earn a minimum of fifty-three semester hours that are unique to the MDiv degree (actual hours needed will depend on the number of hours earned in the previous master's degree). Two MA degrees require a minimum of seventy-five (eighty-five hours if one of the degrees is the MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling). For students who are simultaneously enrolled in more than one degree, all degree requirements for both degrees must be met in order to be eligible for graduation. Students pursuing a ThM after graduating with a previously earned Master of Divinity can share a maximum of 6 hours between degrees. F-1 students who wish to immediately pursue a ThM or DMin after the completion of an MDiv must start the ThM or DMin application process with the admissions office no later than the graduation application deadline in the semester they intend to finish their MDiv. DEGREE RELINQUISHING POLICY Graduates who wish to avoid completing any more hours than necessary to earn a second Denver Seminary degree may apply to relinquish the first degree immediately prior to conferral of the second degree. Contact the Registrar's Office for more information. GRADUATION An application for graduation is required before students may graduate. For those anticipating a fall graduation, the application is due in the Registrar's Office no later than October 1. For those anticipating a spring graduation, the application is due no later than February 1. Those wishing to graduate in the summer must submit an application for graduation no later than May 1. The due date is the following Monday if the first falls on a weekend. Summer graduates who meet eligibility requirements may participate in the May ceremony preceding their degree completion as long as their application is received by February 1. Eligibility criteria can be downloaded from the commencement participation request located on the forms link of the MyDenSem student portal.

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