susanah4 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 (edited) My daughter has attended a local co-op and has had Bible for 3 years now. We need the credits and she has done the work, but would it look strange to a secular college? Is there any reason you would not use all three? She is planning on attending a junior college and then a local state college and is probably going to major in Elementary Education or something similar. Edited September 21, 2017 by susanah4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 (edited) I would use the credits as an elective, but not to pad the transcript because the student does not otherwise fulfill the minimum entrance requirements. If my student had four years of math, science, English, foreign language, and social science with perhaps one Bible credit counting towards the latter, I would have no qualms listing the additional two credits. I would, however, not list them to fill in a lack of English or social sciences instruction. ETA: But if she is planning to attend Community College, the transcript does not really matter anyway. Edited September 21, 2017 by regentrude 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Students attending private high schools frequently have Bible or Religion classes on their transcripts. They count as electives and do not replace core academic courses. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Sure, I'd put them on. They would go under electives. I might leave them off (or at least not put all three on) if my student already had plenty of electives. My STEM student, math geek, had Old Testament history as one of his electives. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootsie Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I would try to have names for the courses that depict a particular focus. Students in many of the private schools in my area have four years of religion/Theology/Bible on their high school transcripts. I would look and see what the norm in your area for those students is, especially if you are just looking at local colleges. Course names might be Literature of the Old Testament, New Testament, Church History, The Synoptic Gospels,... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Put them on the transcript. It is supposed to accurately represent what your dc studied. Some colleges limit how many Bible credits are counted toward the number required for admission, but that doesn't mean the courses shouldn't be on the high school transcript. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 I put four years of religious studies on our transcripts (Intro to Biblical Greek, Issues in American Christianity, Intro to the Bible, Christian Apologetics). Under the heading "Religious Studies". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Yell Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Yes. One of my daughters had a full Bible credit each year, but I also named the course according to its focus, such as Biblical Studies with Apologetics, or Hermeneutics, and also noted which courses were taken entirely or in part with outside expert instructors. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telluridemom Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 I'm bringing back this old topic with a few additional questions. My daughter will be reading the New Testament this year with a Foundations reading guide book and she'll also be reading World of the New Testament for historical context. Would this be ok as an elective on her transcript? 0.5 maybe? Do I need to add things like essays or presentations to make it into an elective? Her plan as of right now is attending a Christian University in the future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 I think you'll get the same answer as above. Credits in religious studies are always fine. For the right student/college they can be a plus - such as for a Christian college. For others, they're certainly not a drawback. In terms of what makes a credit... this is always discussed around here. But I think it's fine to have some credits be low output. Just specify what you did in the course descriptions. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 4 hours ago, telluridemom said: I'm bringing back this old topic with a few additional questions. My daughter will be reading the New Testament this year with a Foundations reading guide book and she'll also be reading World of the New Testament for historical context. Would this be ok as an elective on her transcript? 0.5 maybe? Do I need to add things like essays or presentations to make it into an elective? Her plan as of right now is attending a Christian University in the future. Are you doing the RC Sproul book by chance? I think we are going to do Dust to Glory and I was contemplating making it for credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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