Registration

Students are expected to register on the appointed day. Those who are late without prior approval by the College will be charged a late registration fee of S$25.

Registration is to be completed on the prescribed forms. Students are allowed up to 2 weeks after the first day of each semester to register any additional course(s) and make any course withdrawal(s). After the deadline, no registration is allowed. Students are then expected to fulfil all the requirements (class attendance, assignments, examinations) of the course(s) registered for, failing which, an 'F' will be registered.

There will not be any refund of fees if the student withdraws from a course after the stipulated deadline (the second Friday of a new semester). If a student withdraws from a course no later than four weeks before the end of the semester, a 'W' will be registered to indicate the withdrawal. If he withdraws from a course after this deadline, an 'F' will be registered instead.

Class attendance is compulsory. Students are granted leave of absence by the office of the Dean of Studies/Dean of SPS on medical or compassionate grounds only. Students who cannot satisfactorily explain their absence from class may be dropped from the course pertaining to it.

Students are required to complete all requirements between three to seven years for the BD/MDiv programme, and between two to six years for the MTS. Normally the BD/MDiv programme is designed to be completed in three years and that of the MTS, in two years. A student can take between two to five 3-credit hour courses each semester. Students may apply to the Dean of Studies for extension beyond the maximum years of study. In any case, only a one-year extension will be granted.

Validation Tests and Credit Transfer

Validation tests may be given to the following categories of students:

1. Those seeking credit transfer of work of unknown quality.

2. Those seeking advanced credit standing for learning done in informal learning situations.

3. Occasional students who have accumulated credits beyond 3 years at the time of matriculation.

A validation test fee of $100 is charged for each course.

Transferred credits may not exceed 50% of Trinity's  curriculum.

Guided Study Project

The following rules apply to students wishing to undertake a guided study project:

a. Students must submit their proposal in writing to the Academic Affairs Committee.

b. The proposal will be submitted to the relevant lecturer to be evaluated.

c. The lecturer appointed to guide the student will work out the assessment criteria and value of the course.
In any case, it should not be more than 3 credit hours.

d. The project must be completed in one semester.Only students from the second year onwards may do guided studies.
Preferably, they should be done before the final semester of the final year in case of the need to make up for any shortfall.

Grading System

Grades are recorded at the end of each semester and serve to indicate the quality of work done by the students in that course. The grading system is as follows:

GPA
The minimum grade point average (GPA) required for graduation is 2.3.

Failures/ Re-sit / Repeat
a) A student is allowed to re-sit the examination for failed courses (F) within two weeks after the start of the new semester.

b) If an F is registered again after the re-sit examination, and if it is a required course, the student is to repeat the course.
A student is not allowed to redo a failed course more than once.

c) A student who fails in an elective course may make it up by retaking the final examination or redoing the course or registering for another elective course to meet the credit requirement.

d) Computation of grade points and credit: In the case of a first failure, an F will be registered with 0 grade point. If the re-sit examination is successful, an F/D will be registered with 1.0 grade point given replacing the former grade. If an F is registered again after the re-sit examination a 0 grade point will be given and computed. The course must be repeated. If a pass is registered in the second attempt, the final grade point will be the average between the two scores. For example, if a student failed a 3 credit-hour course the first time and scored a C (2.0) in the repeat, the final grade point will be computed as follows:

First attempt: 3 cr. x 0 pts = 0 pts
Second attempt: 3 cr. x 2 pts = 6 pts
Final grade point: 6 pts divide by 6 cr. = 1 pt)

e) A student cannot graduate if he/she fails (in the first instance) in more than six non-elective courses.

f) A student is allowed to proceed to the next level of study if his/her cumulative GPA for the previous year is not below 1.7.

Submission of Assignments

The following guidelines apply to the grading of written assignments:
a) Submissions later than two weeks after the deadline will not be accepted. It will be considered as failed and the student will be required to repeat the whole course.

b) If the submission is late but within two weeks after the deadline, the assignment will be marked down by 0.1 grade point per day late.

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