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To be admitted, students must be certified candidates for ordained ministry, have completed the requirements for license as a local pastor, have been tested in language skills proficiency through a process determined by the annual conference, and received endorsement of the annual conference Board of Ordained Ministry.</p> <p>The Course of Study School at Emory is sponsored by The United Methodist Church, the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, the Southeastern Jurisdictional Administrative Council, and Candler School of Theology. For further information email <a href="mailto:amy.elizabeth.walker@emory.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amy Walker</a>, Associate Director, Methodist Studies, or call (404) 727-4587.</p> </div> </section><section class='p10-block cb07-intro-text'> <div class="mid-frame"> <div class="flex-wrapper cb07-flex left links space-between center"> <div class="image-wrapper "> <svg width="671" height="670" viewBox="0 0 671 670" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M195.59 581.55C184.536 575.185 173.797 568.036 163.664 560.281L165.372 558.062C175.415 565.75 186.042 572.832 196.983 579.129L195.59 581.55Z" fill="#B58500" /> <path d="M145.645 545.312C139.017 539.351 132.592 533.009 126.548 526.487L128.615 524.582C134.614 531.059 140.972 537.334 147.532 543.228L145.645 545.312Z" fill="#B58500" /> <path d="M112.685 510.373C70.9408 458.155 48.8553 395.179 48.8553 328.236C48.8553 167.054 180.312 35.9258 341.899 35.9258C347.223 35.9258 352.638 36.0827 357.985 36.3516L357.828 39.153C352.526 38.8617 347.156 38.7272 341.876 38.7272C181.84 38.7272 51.6413 168.601 51.6413 328.236C51.6413 394.529 73.5021 456.9 114.842 508.625L112.64 510.373H112.685Z" fill="#B58500" /> <path d="M341.899 620.547C308.152 620.547 275.058 614.877 243.558 603.671L244.502 601.026C275.709 612.12 308.467 617.723 341.899 617.723C501.934 617.723 632.133 487.849 632.133 328.213C632.133 258.469 606.925 191.079 561.114 138.479C515.774 86.3954 453.36 52.1061 385.351 41.9314L385.778 39.1523C454.438 49.4391 517.482 84.0646 563.248 136.642C609.486 189.756 634.942 257.775 634.942 328.213C634.942 489.396 503.485 620.524 341.899 620.524V620.547Z" fill="#B58500" /> <path d="M567.315 554.343L565.338 552.348C625.595 492.577 658.78 412.995 658.78 328.235C658.78 153.943 516.628 12.1686 341.921 12.1686C258.522 12.1686 179.773 44.2392 120.19 102.441L118.212 100.447C178.313 41.7067 257.758 9.36719 341.899 9.36719C518.178 9.36719 661.566 152.419 661.566 328.235C661.566 413.734 628.089 494.057 567.292 554.343H567.315Z" fill="#B58500" /> <path d="M113.539 95.8289L111.562 93.8343C125.447 80.2755 140.59 67.8596 156.632 56.9453L158.227 59.2537C142.342 70.0783 127.312 82.3821 113.539 95.8289Z" fill="#B58500" /> <path d="M175.325 48.3843L173.887 45.9863C182.447 40.8989 191.366 36.1477 200.353 31.8672L201.567 34.3997C192.647 38.6354 183.817 43.3642 175.325 48.4067V48.3843Z" fill="#B58500" /> <path d="M208.756 31.0626L207.611 28.5077C217.227 24.2047 227.18 20.3276 237.2 16.9883L238.099 19.6552C228.168 22.9721 218.305 26.8268 208.779 31.085L208.756 31.0626Z" fill="#B58500" /> <path d="M625.708 494.438L623.281 493.026C652.624 443.273 668.126 386.304 668.126 328.258C668.126 148.811 521.773 2.82382 341.899 2.82382C309.815 2.82382 278.136 7.46297 247.715 16.5844L246.906 13.895C277.597 4.68396 309.545 0 341.899 0C523.323 0 670.935 147.242 670.935 328.214C670.935 386.752 655.297 444.237 625.708 494.416V494.438Z" fill="#B58500" /> <path d="M575.201 559.676L573.201 557.704C587.491 543.383 600.499 527.651 611.868 510.977L614.182 512.545C602.724 529.376 589.603 545.221 575.178 559.676H575.201Z" fill="#B58500" /> <path d="M341.899 669.024C153.509 669.024 0.258148 516.156 0.258148 328.237C0.258148 236.866 36.0264 151.054 100.957 86.6211L102.935 88.6157C38.5427 152.533 3.06658 237.628 3.06658 328.237C3.06658 514.61 155.059 666.222 341.899 666.222C433.409 666.222 519.19 630.387 583.379 565.327L585.379 567.299C520.65 632.897 434.173 669.046 341.899 669.046V669.024Z" fill="#B58500" /> <path d="M114.303 336.393C114.078 311.023 118.28 285.541 126.997 260.889L127.402 259.746L124.75 258.805L124.324 259.97C115.561 284.779 111.292 310.44 111.472 335.989C112.416 336.124 113.359 336.258 114.281 336.415L114.303 336.393Z" fill="#B58500" /> <path d="M491.689 490.854C473.693 508.671 452.573 523.463 428.938 534.422C376.206 558.895 316.937 561.719 262.094 542.422C206.352 522.813 161.62 482.741 136.097 429.559C124.661 405.736 117.83 380.568 115.404 355.042C114.46 354.974 113.517 354.885 112.573 354.84C114.977 380.859 121.942 406.52 133.58 430.769C159.418 484.624 204.735 525.211 261.173 545.067C299.233 558.447 339.382 561.315 378.049 553.83C395.843 550.378 413.323 544.753 430.128 536.954C454.146 525.816 475.58 510.8 493.846 492.669C493.082 492.154 492.363 491.526 491.712 490.832L491.689 490.854Z" fill="#B58500" /> </svg> <div class="img-container relative "> <img src="https://150481185.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/emory-gate-cos.jpg" alt="Emory Gate" class="img-fill"> </div> </div> <div class="content-wrapper"> <h2>Class Opportunities</h2> <p><p>Emory’s United Methodist Course of Study holds classes in multiple locations, including online. Choose what works best for you.</p> </p> <div class="lower-content-container buttons"> <a href="https://candler.emory.edu/academic-programs/united-methodist-course-of-study/cos-classes-emory-campus/" class="button" target="">COS Classes: Emory Campus</a><a href="https://candler.emory.edu/academic-programs/united-methodist-course-of-study/extension-schools/" class="button" target="">Extension Schools</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section><section class='p10-block cb19-drawers '> <div class="mid-frame"> <div class="header-container flex-wrapper"> <div> <h2>Policies</h2> </div> <div> </div> </div> <div class="drawer-content-wrapper flex-wrapper "> <div class="drawers"> <div class="drawer-wrapper"> <div class="drawer-trigger-wrapper"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="drawer-trigger" >Attendance Policy</a> </div> <div class="drawer-content"> <ul> <li>Excused absences must be approved ahead of time by Candler’s associate director of Methodist studies.</li> <li>Students shall not miss more than 2 hours of a class. <ul> <li>If you miss 2 hours or less, you will have to watch the recording of the session you missed and write a short paper on its content.</li> <li>If you miss more than 2 hours, you will be dropped from the class.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ol> <li style="list-style-type: none;"></li> </ol> </div> </div> <div class="drawer-wrapper"> <div class="drawer-trigger-wrapper"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="drawer-trigger" >Grade Deduction Policy for Late Work</a> </div> <div class="drawer-content"> <p>Work that is not received by the deadline will receive a grade deduction of 1/3 letter-grade per day it is late. For example: If your “A” assignment is one day late, it will drop to an A-. If it’s two days late, it will drop to a B+ and so on.</p> </div> </div> <div class="drawer-wrapper"> <div class="drawer-trigger-wrapper"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="drawer-trigger" >Plagiarism Policy</a> </div> <div class="drawer-content"> <p>Plagiarism is a combination of stealing and lying. Emory Course of Study uses plagiarism-detection software on every paper you turn in. If you are caught plagiarizing, you will receive academic consequences and your district and annual conference will be notified.</p> </div> </div> <div class="drawer-wrapper"> <div class="drawer-trigger-wrapper"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="drawer-trigger" >Participation Policy</a> </div> <div class="drawer-content"> <p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Participation is not merely being physically in attendance. 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