For entering seminary students who have completed a minimum of one year of Greek and/or Hebrew language studies at the undergraduate level and wish to enroll in exegetical courses, they must demonstrate language competency through satisfactory completion of the Greek and/or Hebrew competency exam.Students who successfully complete the relevant competency exam will be granted permission to enroll in exegetical courses and will receive advanced standing credit.

 Cornerstone University graduates who successfully complete the entire undergraduate Greek and/or Hebrew language curriculum (with a grade of B or better in each course) and proceed directly to CTS are exempt from the competency exam requirement but must complete and submit the advanced standing application.

The Greek and/or Hebrew competency exam is also required for entering CTS students seeking transfer credits and authorization to enroll in exegetical courses in any of the following situations: when the source of the transfer credits is a non-ATS accredited institution, when the graduate courses are not comparable to BBL-510 GREEK I and BBL-511 GREEK II and/or BBL-516 HEBREW I and BBL-517 HEBREW II, when the grades achieved are below the required B grade, or when the graduate language courses were not completed within the previous two years. In such cases, the student must complete the appropriate CTS competency exam before transfer credits can be processed and authorization granted to enroll in the respective courses.

If a student does not satisfactorily complete the CTS competency exam, they will be required to take BBL-510 GREEK I/BBL-511 GREEK II and/or BBL-516 HEBREW I/BBL-517 HEBREW II at CTS, resulting in the denial of advanced standing or transfer credit.

Students who enroll in Greek or Hebrew language studies intending to proceed with exegetical courses (e.g., BBL-672 GREEK EXEGESIS I, BBL-677 GREEK EXEGESIS II, BBL-640 HEBREW EXEGESIS I, BBL-641 HEBREW EXEGESIS II) must achieve a grade of C or better in BBL-511 GREEK II and/or BBL-517 HEBREW II to proceed.

The Bible faculty reserves the right to make exceptions to this policy through the academic policy exception process, based on student competency demonstrated through the administration of the respective Greek or Hebrew competency exam.