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• Students enter through an official monthly Lion Start after admission and onboarding.
• Most courses are designed for approximately 8–12 weeks of responsible self-paced progress.
• Extended enrollment may require a documented completion plan.
• Learning is demonstrated through assignments, projects, assessments, faculty feedback, and culminating work—not by login time alone.
• Discussion spaces may support formative engagement; unless a syllabus states otherwise, discussion participation is not a graded requirement.

EMU defines academic credit by the amount and quality of student work required to achieve stated outcomes. As a planning benchmark, one semester credit represents approximately 45 hours of total academic engagement through instructional content, independent study, research, applied work, assessment, and faculty-guided feedback.

Courses are delivered in The Lion’s Den, EMU’s Moodle-powered learning environment. Students are responsible for reliable internet access, a suitable computing device, current contact information, and the ability to upload documents, participate in online communication, and access required media and research resources.

• High school diploma, GED, recognized equivalent, or approved completion pathway.
• Recommended minimum cumulative GPA: 2.0.
• Completed application, required transcripts, and personal statement.
• Standardized testing is not generally required.

• Normally requires a completed bachelor’s degree from an institution legally authorized to award that credential.
• Recommended minimum undergraduate GPA: 2.5.
• Application, transcripts, personal statement, current résumé/CV, and references when requested.
• Applicants with substantial unfinished undergraduate work may request review under the Degree Bridge policy.

• Normally requires a completed master’s degree from an institution legally authorized to award that credential.
• Recommended minimum graduate GPA: 3.0.
• Application, graduate transcripts, statement of purpose, résumé/CV, and references when requested.
• Programs may require a writing sample, research concept, interview, technology-readiness review, or prerequisites.

• Official or certified academic records and English translations when needed.
• Credentials are reviewed for legal recognition and academic comparability.
• English proficiency may be established through prior English-medium education or an accepted proficiency measure when required.
• Students remain responsible for credential-recognition, employment, licensing, and regulatory requirements in their country.

EMU may permit provisional enrollment while official records are pending. Required records must be received by the deadline established by Admissions or the Registrar. Failure to provide required documentation may result in registration hold, loss of provisional standing, or administrative withdrawal.

A Dean may recommend a documented exception based on prior learning, professional or ministry experience, academic potential, or unusual circumstances. Exceptions do not waive degree-completion, learning-outcome, residency, integrity, or graduation requirements.

The Degree Bridge pathway is a separately reviewed advanced-standing exception for qualified completion students.

Credit is evaluated based on level, content, learning outcomes, credit value, comparability, age of study when relevant, and applicability to the intended program. EMU may request syllabi, catalogs, credential evaluations, portfolios, or additional evidence.

When authorized by the college, prior learning may be evaluated through portfolio, documented professional or ministry learning, challenge assessment, certification evidence, or competency demonstration. Experience itself is not credit.

EMU does not participate in U.S. federal student-aid programs. Institutional, foundation, partner, ministry, employer, veteran, or private scholarship support may be available subject to eligibility, funding, verification, and published terms.

• Undergraduate good standing normally requires a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher.
• Graduate degree completion requires a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Doctoral students must earn at least B in doctoral coursework and maintain at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA.

Progress is evaluated through quality and pace. Students must maintain the GPA required for their level, complete coursework at a reasonable rate, demonstrate substantive academic activity, and respond to academic intervention. Students below expectations may receive warning, probation, a completion plan, reduced course activation, suspension, or dismissal after review.

Substantive engagement includes assignment submission, assessment activity, faculty-guided research, documented academic communication, or approved project work. Logging in without academic activity is not sufficient. Prolonged inactivity may trigger outreach, inactive status, academic hold, or administrative withdrawal after review.

Academic misconduct includes plagiarism, cheating, fabrication, falsification, unauthorized collaboration, contract cheating, identity misrepresentation, duplicate submission without permission, invented citations, manipulation of data, or presenting another person’s or system’s work as one’s own. Consequences may include assignment failure, course failure, remediation, warning, probation, suspension, or dismissal.

• AI may support brainstorming, outlining, language refinement, coding assistance, study support, or exploration when allowed.
• Students remain responsible for accuracy and must verify claims, calculations, quotations, and references.
• Fabricated citations or unverified AI output submitted as fact may constitute misconduct.
• Substantive AI assistance should be disclosed when required by the syllabus or assignment.
• Faculty may designate limited-AI or no-AI assessments.
• Doctoral and research students must preserve authentic human authorship, methodological accountability, participant protection, and research integrity.

An Incomplete may be approved when substantial progress has been made but documented exceptional circumstances prevent timely completion. The faculty member and student establish a written completion plan. The normal completion period is 30 calendar days, with a Dean-approved extension up to 60 days when justified.

A failed or academically deficient course may be repeated when required or approved. Both attempts remain on the academic record. For GPA purposes, the most recent graded attempt ordinarily controls unless Academic Affairs directs otherwise. A course may not be counted twice toward the same degree requirement.

Students seeking to leave a course or the University should submit written notice to the Registrar. Academic withdrawal does not automatically cancel financial obligations. EMU may administratively withdraw a student for prolonged inactivity, missing required records, serious conduct violations, noncompliance with an academic plan, or other documented institutional reasons after review.

Students below the academic standard may be placed on warning or probation and assigned a success plan. Failure to make satisfactory improvement may result in suspension or dismissal. Students may appeal according to the academic-appeal process.

Research involving human participants, identifiable private information, sensitive data, vulnerable populations, or elevated ethical risk must be submitted to EMU’s Internal Ethics Review process before recruitment or data collection. Students must follow informed-consent, confidentiality, data-security, conflict-of-interest, and accurate-reporting standards.

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Students are expected to demonstrate honesty, respect, dignity, responsible communication, lawful conduct, academic integrity, and conduct consistent with a Christian learning community. Harassment, threats, fraud, targeted abuse, falsification of records, misuse of University systems, or serious disruption may result in disciplinary action.

EMU encourages disciplined inquiry, thoughtful disagreement, responsible scholarship, and engagement with multiple perspectives. As a Christian religious institution, curriculum and teaching are intentionally interpreted within the University’s faith mission. Students may ask difficult questions while remaining respectful and academically honest.

1. Student first requests clarification from the faculty member, normally within 10 business days.
2. If unresolved, the student submits a written appeal to the academic Dean with evidence and a requested remedy.
3. The Dean reviews the syllabus, rubric, work, faculty rationale, and policy application.
4. A final academic appeal may be submitted to the Provost for procedural error, new evidence, bias, or policy violation.

Students may submit concerns regarding services, treatment, process, policy application, or institutional conduct through the appropriate office or Contact page. Good-faith complaints and participation in an appeal process should not result in retaliation.

Students needing an academic adjustment should contact Student Affairs and provide sufficient information to evaluate the request. Adjustments do not eliminate essential program outcomes but may reasonably change how a student accesses content, demonstrates learning, or manages timing.

EMU protects educational records and limits access to personnel with a legitimate institutional need. Students are responsible for keeping contact information current and using authorized channels for record requests.

Students must protect passwords, use University accounts lawfully, avoid credential sharing, respect intellectual property, and report suspected compromise. Unauthorized system access, malicious code, impersonation, interference with services, or misuse of student/faculty data is prohibited.

Enrollment does not guarantee that an EMU credential will be recognized for government employment, immigration, further study, professional licensing, salary placement, or regulated practice in a student’s country. Students are responsible for checking local requirements.

When EMU updates or retires curriculum, the University may offer an equivalent course, approved substitution, individualized completion plan, or teach-out arrangement. Substitutions must preserve the intent and learning outcomes of the original requirement.

• Complete all required courses, credits, bridge requirements, prerequisites, and culminating work.
• Meet the GPA and minimum course-grade standards for the academic level.
• Satisfy the required EMU residency/earned-credit requirement.
• Complete the required capstone, applied project, doctoral project/defense, practicum, portfolio, or exit assessment.
• Resolve academic, conduct, documentation, administrative, and financial holds.
• Submit the graduation application by the published deadline and complete Registrar clearance.

Students must be cleared by the Registrar to participate as a graduating candidate. Ceremony format may be virtual, hybrid, or otherwise designated by the University. The official transcript and degree record control conferral status.

Undergraduate Latin honors may be awarded to students completing at least 30 graded credits at EMU and meeting final EMU GPA thresholds: Cum Laude 3.50–3.69; Magna Cum Laude 3.70–3.89; Summa Cum Laude 3.90–4.00.

Diplomas are issued after final academic and administrative clearance. The official transcript is the definitive record of degree conferral, program title, credits, grades, and date awarded.

Advising supports degree planning, transfer review, Bridge plans, course sequencing, progress intervention, graduation review, and academic problem-solving.

Weekly Chapel is normally held Thursdays at 6:30 PM Central Time. Scripture study, prayer, reflection, and community experiences may also be offered through EMU’s virtual platforms.

The Virtual Library supports research guidance, Scripture resources, scholarly tools, writing, and research-integrity development. Students are expected to use credible sources appropriate to the academic level.

EMU uses Discord for selected Bible-study, prayer, inspiration, fellowship, and student-life activities. Discord does not replace official academic submissions or formal University notices.

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This digital catalog is the principal public statement of EMU’s academic programs and academic policies for the stated year. A course syllabus, program handbook, or official notice may establish a more specific requirement consistent with this catalog.

EMU may publish catalog amendments during the year. Material changes should identify an effective date, and Academic Affairs should retain a record of substantive amendments affecting program requirements, graduation, grading, transfer, Bridge pathways, or student rights and responsibilities.

Unless a program expressly states otherwise, EMU programs are faith-integrated academic and religious-vocational programs and are not represented as meeting state professional-licensure requirements. Students considering regulated professions should obtain guidance from the appropriate authority before enrollment.

Academic records and transfer questions: registrar@ebedmelech.ac
General University questions: info@ebedmelech.ac
Accreditation and authorization questions: accreditation@ebedmelech.ac

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