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All Dallas campus daytime students (full-time or part-time) who are enrolled in a degree or certificate program, except DMin and PhD students, are required to attend chapel based on the number of days they attend daytime classes (7:45 a.m.– 4:30 p.m.) Tuesday through Friday. (See Section 4.2.3 “Required Chapel Sessions” below.) The table is based on approximately sixty chapel sessions available each semester. Attendance implies more than “showing up and studying or reading” or “walking in and walking back out.” Attendance/participation in the DTS Music Ensembles counts for chapel credit on days of rehearsal.
| Days per week in class | Total chapel requirement per semester |
|---|---|
| 4 | 40 chapels |
| 3 | 30 chapels |
| 2 | 20 chapels |
| 1 | 10 chapels |
All students who are enrolled in Monday-only classes, evening-only classes (starting after 4:30 p.m.), weekend-only classes, online-only classes, or extension students have an online requirement of ten chapels per semester (see Section 4.2.5 of this handbook for acceptable media).
All students enrolled in daytime classes on the Dallas campus will attend chapel services in person and are not permitted to count online chapels toward their attendance requirement. Only students who attend Monday-only classes, evening-only classes, weekend-only classes, online-only classes, or extension-site classes are permitted to count online chapels toward their requirement. These chapels are posted on the Seminary’s website and can be viewed online in a streaming video format or downloaded in podcast format. Either the video format or the audio-only format is acceptable, but in order to count toward the chapel requirement, the chapel message must be from the current semester.
A special week in the spring semester is devoted to world missions. Attendance is required for the spring World Evangelization Conference for at least two full days involving all regular sessions scheduled between 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on the attended days or at least five individual sessions throughout the week. This is in addition to the regular chapel requirements for the semester.
All students enrolled in Monday-only classes, evening-only classes (starting after 4:30 p.m.), weekend-only classes, online-only classes, or extension-site classes have an online requirement of two WEC sessions. (See 4.2.5 for acceptable media.)
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