A. Entrance Requirements

Any person applying to study at CCU must meet the requirements as given below for each program.

1. Any applicant, who is taking theology courses, must be a baptized Christian and recommended by a responsible church and Association
2. Any applicant as a transfer student must submit a transcript from his or her previous school(s) and letter of recommendation from the head of the former
3. Any person who has a Basic Education High School pass certificate or the equivalent is eligible for BTh, BAE and BBA
4. Any person who has a degree from any government university or university, or a BTh degree from any recognized Bible School, or a BAE or BBA degree from CCU is eligible for BRE and MDiv
5. Any person who has a degree from a government college or university, or a BTh degree from any recognized Bible School, or a BAE degree from CCU may be admitted to BBA second
6. Any person who has passed grade 9 (eight standard passed) is eligible for the DipTh
7. Any person who has at least a DipTh or the equivalent is eligible for the BMin program.
8. There shall be entrance examinations for BTh, and MDiv candidates, and only those who pass may be allowed to attend.
9. A student who has completed the DipTh program and passed the 10^th standard may be admitted to the third-year BTh course as a mature student, and he or she shall be required to sit for first and second years BTh

B. Period of Study and Course Credits Required

1. No consideration is extended to the student who fails to complete his/her study within the duration of study fixed.
2. Durations of studies for BTh, BAE, BBA, and DipTh programs are four years, and in case of a student failing to complete within four years he/she must complete in eight years.
3. Durations of studies for MDiv program shall be three years and in case of a student failing to complete in three years he or she must complete within six
4. Duration of studies for BMin, BRE and MACS program are two years, and in case of a student failing to complete in two years he/ she must complete within four
5. Duration of DipBA and DipEng programs are one year, and in case of a student failing to complete in one year, he or she must complete within two
6. At present, the number of course credits and time required for graduation are as follows.

1. BTh, DipTh, BAE, BBA: 160 credit hours, 4 years
2. MDiv: 96 credit hours, 3 years
3. MACS: 64 credit hours, 2 years (Part-time)
4. BRE: 50 credit hours, 2 years (Part-time)
5. BMin: 80 credit hours, 2 years (Full-time)
6. DipEng: 36 credit hours, 1 year (part-time)
7. DipBA: 36 credit hours, 1 year (part-time)
8. CCM: 15 credit hours, half year (part-time)

C.Registration and Admission Procedure

1. The academic year of the University, divided into two semesters, is from June to The first (from June to September) and second (from November to March) semesters each have 16 weeks including examination periods.
2. Only those submitting application forms in full may be admitted to the University (Form in full means attached recommendations from mother church and association along with other requirements mentioned in the form).

D. Examination

1. Examination plays an important role in a student’s academic standing. However, a student’s achievement is not based only on examination. A student’s character development, spiritual life, attitude in learning and spirit of service are all taken into
2. The school uses the alphabetic grading system. Each alphabet letter grade is equivalent to a certain grade point and percentage.

1. The equivalent in grade points for MDiv & BTh is as follows:

No degree will be conferred if a student total grade point average falls below 1.7.   

b.The equivalent in grade points for BMin & DipTh is as follows:

No degree and certificate will be conferred if a student total grade point average falls below 1.1.

c. The equivalent in grade points for BAE, DipEng & BBA is as follows:

No degree and certificate will be conferred if a student total grade point average falls below 1.

d. Student Grade Point Average: The Grade Point Average indicates a student academic standing and is calculated as follows:

 i. Total Points

A+ =     4.00 x Course credit hours = Total Points

A   =     3.7 x Course credit hours = Total Points

A- =     3.3 x Course credit hours = Total Points

B+ =     3.0 x Course credit hours = Total Points

B  =     2.7 x Course credit hours = Total Points

B-  =     2.3 x Course credit hours = Total Points

C+ =     2.00 x Course credit hours=Total Points    

C  =     1.7 x Course credit hours = Total Points

C-  =     1.3 x Course credit hours = Total Points

ii. Grade Point Average (GPA)

The grade point average is obtained by dividing the total points by the total number of credit hours.

Total Points ÷ Credit hours = GPA

Example:

Course                       Grade Pts.         Course Credit Total

                                       Total                       8 =  26.4

Grading Point Average (GPA) = 26.4 ÷ 8 = 3

1. Pass mark is 70% for BTh, MDiv, MACS and BRE programs, and only if the cumulative average for each subject is 80% (or B-), the student shall be conferred a degree.

   2. Pass mark is 60% for DipTh and BMin programs, and only if the cumulative average for each subject is 70% the student shall be conferred a certificate.
   3. Pass mark for BAE, BBA and DipEng programs is 50%.
   4. Pass mark in English subject for BTh, MDiv, DipTh, and BMin programs, which shall not be included in accumulated marks, is 50%.
   5. If the student fails in two subjects, he or she is to sit for supplementary examinations, and if he or she fails again, he or she shall write academic paper assigned by the subject teachers within the duration of candidacy.
   6. Failure in three or more subjects is deemed failure of the course.

   E. Thesis and Viva Voce
   1. A final year BTh student shall write a research paper, and MDiv, MACS and BRE students shall write a thesis in English.
   2. A final year DipTh student shall write a research paper in
   Burmese, or in English, or in Chin (Lai).
   3. A final year BAE and BBA student shall write a project paper
   in English.
   4. Any BTh research paper or MDiv thesis shall be an academic one.
   5. Any research paper and thesis shall be graded as a subject.
   6. A BAE or BBA research shall contain 2500 at least and 3000 words at most.
   7. A BTh or DipTh research paper shall contain 5000 words at least and 8000 words at most.

   8. Any MDiv or BRE or MACS thesis shall contain 8000 words at least and 12000 words at most.
   9. A final year BMin student shall write an academic term paper in Burmese, or in English, or in Chin (Lai) containing 3000 words at least and 5000 words at most.
   10. Submission of a draft or final copy of a research paper or thesis shall be as fixed in the University calendar.
   11. A student failing to submit a research paper or thesis in accordance with the University calendar shall not be conferred a degree.
   12. The CCU manual for Thesis, Research and Term papers must
   be consulted in writing a research paper or a thesis.
   13. There shall be a viva-voce test on research paper and thesis.

   F. Field Education and Internship
   1. In order to be able to put learning to practice as necessary in the church every student from second year BTh, second year DipTh and second year MDiv classes is given field work assignments to churches throughout the academic year, which is graded as a subject.
   2. In order to become acquainted with the nature of the church as a job-training, every student from third year BTh, third year DipTh and second year MDiv classes is required to undergo an internship program at a church chosen by the University for one and a half months, which is graded as a subject.
   3. In order to be able to put learning to practice, every student from third year BAE and third year BBA classes is to undergo Service Learning Program in a community chosen by the University for one and a half months, which is graded as a subject.