Academic Advising

Academic advising is a service provided to students in all of Moody's venues. The Academic Advisors are located on the Chicago campus and are assigned based on last name.

Academic Advisors can help students with...

• Processing transfer credit (including CLEP, AP, and FLATS exam credit)
• Making sure your credits apply correctly to your program
• Helping you understand your Program Plan and academic requirements
• Processing a change of program/major or change to your expected graduation term
• Checking your graduation eligibility

Questions about any of the above? Email your Academic Advisor or book a meeting using the link on the right side of this page.

Student Last Name	Advisor	Advisor Email
A-D	John Bartlett	john.bartlett@moody.edu
E-K	Bailee Hayenga	bailee.hayenga@moody.edu
L-Q	Ariel Fernandez Jr.	ariel.fernandez@moody.edu
R-Z	Joshua Fried	joshua.fried@moody.edu

Click here for an in-depth academic advising session with a member of our team!

Looking for another kind of academic advice? You may want to talk to your Faculty Advisor!

What classes do I have to take?

Every student has two main tools at their disposal for keeping track of their academic progress and remaining requirements, and they are best used together. They are:

1. Program Plan

The Program Plan is a list of all the courses you need to take to complete your program, laid out in a suggested sequence that will help you choose courses each semester. You can find your Program Plan at www.moody.edu/catalog. All students should to save a copy throughout their time at Moody and annotate it in a way that helps them keep track of their academic progress. To help with that, all students should also review their Academic Requirements Report at least once per semester.

2. Academic Requirements Report (ARR)

The Academic Requirements Report (ARR) is the definitive way of tracking your academic progress. It's what your Academic Advisor uses to see what courses you still have left. You, the student, should do so as well.

Like your Program Plan, your ARR lists all the courses you need to take to graduate. But as an online tool connected to your academic record, the ARR updates every time you enroll in, drop, fail, or complete a course. By doing so, it is always up to date on what you still need to take.

To access your Academic Requirements Report:

1. Log in to my.moody.edu using your Moody username and password
2. Click on Student Center (located under the Academic Self-Service bar)
3. Click on the dropdown menu labeled "Other Academic Information."
4. Click on Academic Requirements.

Or watch this video:

Step-by-step Instructions

 

Change of Program or Major

Starting fall 2024, all program changes must be requested within the designated program change period for a given semester. The period lasts the first two months of the fall and spring semesters, and the first month of the summer semester.

Term	Program Change Request Period
Fall	Aug 1 - Sep 30
Spring	Jan 1 - Feb 28 (29)
Summer	May 1 - 31

 

Click here for more information (mobile). Full details and policies regarding program changes may be found under Academic Policies in the academic catalog.

Interested in changing your major or program? Your next opportunity to do so will begin January 1, 2025. In the meantime, you can start the conversation by emailing your faculty advisor and academic advisor.

If approved, your program requirements will change to the requirements of the new program according to the most recent academic catalog. If any previously completed credits are not required in the new program, they may not carry over.

What-If Report

Considering a switch, but have questions first? A What-If Report is a mock Academic Requirements Report that shows you what it would look like (credits completed; credits remaining) if you were to change to a new program. To run a What-If Report:

1) Log in to my.moody.edu using your Moody username and password
2) Click on Student Center (located under the Academic Self-Service bar)
3) Click on the dropdown menu labeled "Other Academic Information."
4) Scroll all the way down and click on “What-If Report”

From there you will need to create a new report and choose the correct prospective program and area of study (if applicable, choose the desired concentration).

Click on “Submit Request.” This will generate an Academic Requirements Report for the new program based on the credits you have already taken.

 

Graduation Application & Process

In addition to completing all required coursework, every student must apply to graduate before the start of their final semester, undergo the faculty and Student Life vetting process, and pay the graduation fee. All of these items apply regardless of whether the student intends to participate in commencement (i.e. "walk"). 

Click here to find out what steps YOU need to take to graduate. A complete list of graduation requirements can be found under "Graduation and Commencement" in the Academic Policies section of the academic catalog. 

Expected Graduation Term (EGT)

Academic Advisors assign each student an expected graduation term (EGT) at the outset of their Moody career based on the average completion time for their program and taking into account any transfer credit received. The closer one gets to finishing a program, the more important it is to make sure the EGT is consistent with the student's plans. Students may request a new EGT by clicking "Forms" at the top/left side of this page, and then selecting "EGT Update."

Transfer Credit Guidelines

Credits earned outside Moody will be considered for transfer credit as long as they meet the following criteria:

• They were earned within the last 15 years
• They are college-level (usually numbered 100/1000 or higher)
• A grade of C or better was earned (B- for graduate students)
• The school at which they were earned was accredited at the time they were earned

Moody Bible Institute graduates may receive a limited number of advanced standing credit toward requirements in select programs at Moody Theological Seminary. Click here for more information.

MTS students hoping to receive transfer or advanced standing credit from other schools must request an evaluation by completing this form and submitting it to their academic advisor within their first semester.

Other restrictions apply. Find complete transfer credit requirements and accepted accreditors in the Academic Policies section of the current academic catalog.

Academic Advisor vs. Faculty Advisor

Every student is assigned one of each the whole time they're at Moody. What's the difference?

Your Academic Advisor is a non-faculty staff member who is an academic catalog and policy professional. Go back to the top to see what they do.

Your Faculty Advisor is a Moody professor who is an expert in their field you're studying. They teach your classes, and they're also available for conversations about:

• Your career and ministry goals
• Adjustments to coursework (including a possible change of major) to meet those goals
• Filling degree-specific electives, open electives, and interdisciplinary electives
• Internship expectations and placement

To find out who your Faculty Advisor is, go to your Student Center, select “My Academics” from the top right corner, then click “View my advisors”.