This Professional Studies Degree is designed to meet the special demands of adult learners.
Inverted Option: Depending on the number of applicable transferred credit hours, a student may be able to use at least 24 technical/occupational credit hours or 24 credit hours in a specific field of study (e.g., credits earned from military transcripts and/or corporate training, etc.) as elective credits for an Inverted Degree. For accelerated students pursuing the inverted version of a program, 36 upper-level credit hours are not required. Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level. The final 6 undergraduate-level credit hours are fulfilled by the graduate-level "shared" courses. Students should coordinate with their academic advisor to determine if an inverted degree would be beneficial/applicable after all transcripts have been officially evaluated.
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.
Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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August 2025
College of Fine Arts
Joan and Andy Horner Hall,
DALLAS,
Texas,
75211, United States
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
June 2025
College of Fine Arts
Joan and Andy Horner Hall,
DALLAS,
Texas,
75211, United States
Students should submit official school records with a minimum 2.5 GPA on the US 4-point scale. Official school records not in English must be accompanied by a word-for-word translation to English. The translation is not required to be certified.
English Proficiency Test Scores (good for 2 years after test date)
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
The university's mission is to develop servant leaders through a Christ-centered education.