Academic Accountability
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A student who chooses to pursue the traditional General Theological Certificate (Certificate Program) with the desire to pursue a graduate seminary degree should plan on the following sequence:
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Normally degree candidacy is discerned when seminary students have successfully completed 20sh of course work. The general theological certificate student, in consultation with their adviser, may pursue degree candidacy at 20sh through a letter of request to the seminary associate dean. Assuming faculty approval of degree candidacy, the certificate will be awarded when the requisite number of courses are successfully completed.
A student admitted into an EMU AA degree program may ultimately pursue a pathway to the MACL. This is done by enrolling in the GTC upon completion of the AA, and in consultation with the adviser, pursuing degree candidacy as noted above. Up to 9 credits of seminary coursework (Formation in Spiritual Practices, Formation in Narrative Identity, and a seminary intercultural course) may be part of the AA for students intending to pursue the MACL.
The General Theological Certificate is not an endorsed educational path for United Methodist ministry credentialing.
A student admitted into the Graduate Certificate in Christian Studies (Certificate Program) may transfer all successfully completed courses toward a master's degree if requested within two years of the completion of the certificate. The student will proceed through degree candidacy at 20sh (Degree Candidacy).
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Inclusive Language
Statement of Commitment
We recognize that all human beings are persons of infinite worth created equally in the image of God. Accordingly, we recognize that the language which we use to speak about each other is no negligible matter but one of crucial importance. The words by which we name and address each other are no less than the means by which we can recognize each other mutually as persons created in God’s image, and the means by which we can empower each other mutually to live out the potential God has given each of us.
Eastern Mennonite Seminary is an institution dedicated to the task of “equipping persons for ministries in the service of the kingdom of God.” As teaching faculty, we recognize the centrality of language to our task. We are equipping persons to communicate the Good News of Jesus Christ to the churched and unchurched alike in our communities and around the world. And because our task is that of equipping communicators, we recognize the crucial importance of language, the words which we use, to proclaim the Good News which we wish to communicate.
We therefore commit ourselves:
- To work together and encourage our students toward greater inclusiveness in
our language within the classroom setting:
• in our syllabi
• in our lectures
• in our class discussions and student presentations
• in the papers which we write and the sermons which we prepare - To work together and encourage our students toward greater inclusiveness in
our language within the worship setting:
• in our public address to each other and in our prayers
• in our creation of litanies, worship responses, etc.
• in our reading of Scripture
• in our choice and in our use of hymns and other worship materials - To work together and encourage our students toward greater inclusiveness in
our language within the administrative setting:
• in our literature introducing and publicizing the seminary
• in our in-house communications to each other
• in our personal contacts with potential students - To work together and encourage our students toward greater inclusiveness in
our language within the community setting:
• in our personal contacts with each other in the EMS community
• in the public context of our social gatherings
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