Third-year DMin students must apply for graduation for their records to be activated for certification. Students must apply for program completion no later than 30 days prior to the expected commencement date. During the final term, the associate dean of academic affairs and the registrar will examine each candidate’s transcript. All requirements, except those satisfied by courses in progress, must be completed no later than 30 days prior to the expected commencement date. All requirements must be completed and certified, and the student must have applied for hooding or graduation before a student may participate in the commencement exercises. No further entries or alterations may be made toward the Doctor of Ministry degree once the student has graduated.

For a December graduation, a final draft of the DMin project must be submitted and defended no later than November 1, and for May graduation, no later than April 1. Submissions beyond those dates will delay graduation until the following May or December. 

Students not enrolled in classes but using University facilities or faculty time for such projects as the completion of a thesis/dissertation must pay a graduate student fee of $150 per semester.