Graduation Requirements

The graduation requirements for the conferring of diplomas and Christian degrees are as follows:

Each student must have completed all required course work in a chosen program prior to graduation. All students must have taken or transferred credits overing Program #1 subjects and completed a minimum of thirty (30) credit-hours in one of LCU’s programs.
Undergraduate students must have maintained a 2.0 or greater cumulative grade point average (GPA). Graduate students must have maintained a 3.0 or greater cumulative GPA while attending at the graduate level.
Each student must download, complete, and submit a Ministry Practicum Activity Log documenting their volunteer work for their local church. Please see the Ministry Practicum page for policies and procedures.
Each student must have paid all tuition and fees before certificates or diplomas and transcripts can be issued.
Many students choose to walk in their graduation ceremony when receiving their Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral degrees. Graduating students are invited to attend the annual commencement at LCU Main Campus in Tampa, Florida which typically takes place in early June. Those wishing to do so must download and complete a Gown Request Form and pay a $40 gown rental fee. This form and payment must be submitted to your Student Advisor at least 8 weeks prior to the scheduled graduation exercise.

What our students are saying…

Using the authority of the believer

My mother suddenly suffered a seizure and collapsed. She was diagnosed with a large brain tumor. I laid hands on her and prayed. I then went about comforting my father who was understandably beside himself. He quietly said, “We’re going to go down fighting.”

I replied, “Dad, we're not going down.” In that moment, this man who had so viciously rejected my Christian beliefs over the years latched onto my faith and was encouraged.

In the rehab hospital, my mother’s recovery moved at a phenomenal pace. Instead of two weeks of "acute rehab," she was discharged to go home in three days!

The icing on the cake: my father received the Lord the night before my mother went in for surgery!!! The principles I learned in the “Authority of the Believer” course adjusted my mindset towards life in Christ. I've needed a deeper understanding of the fact that I could appropriate and truly walk out God's authority in the earth. Thank you so much for making the course available!

– Student testimony from our Miami, FL, campus

I saw how much I did not know

Although it was challenging at times, and I wanted to quit, the grace of God kept me going. At times I did not even know if would have enough funds to pay for the classes each month, but God always provided.

During my studies here, I have grown so much in God's Word. I thought I knew the Word until taking these classes. I saw how much I did not know.

During this time, God also revealed and confirmed to me the ministry He has called me to ministering and counseling people. I was so overwhelmed when He revealed my calling that I wanted to run around the classroom!

My life has changed tremendously through the teachings I received at LCU.

F. H., Miramar, FL

God graciously allows me to learn His Word in such great magnitude

I have accomplished more than I would ever imagine! If you had told me in 1990 that by 2017 I would be studying to receive my doctorate degree, I would have probably said, "I don't think so!"

I find that my ability to speak to God's people has increased over the last 5 years and I believe my best testimony is that lives that are being set free and changed because of the gift God put in my life to share His Word that I have learned at LCU.

God graciously allows me to learn His Word in such great magnitude it is just so amazing. I have been so wonderfully blessed. And I know that greater things are yet to come.

Pastor T. S., Lakeland, FL

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