Faculty of Divinity Standing Deferred Policy

MASTER OF THEOLOGICAL STUDIES (MTS), MASTER OF DIVINITY (MDIV), AND CERTIFICATE IN THEOLOGICAL STUDIES (CTS)

MTS, MDiv, and CTS students at Trinity College are expected to complete all TST courses by the end of the term in which they were registered (with the exception of internship papers, and papers in Principles and Practice of Liturgy). Where there is good cause, and with the permission of the instructor, students may request an extension (SDF) beyond the last day of classes.

To receive an SDF (Standing Deferred) the student must:

1. Obtain the petition form TST Basic Degree Request for Extension of Course Work Completion from the Faculty of Divinity Office or click here to download the form;
2. Take above-mentioned form to course professor for approval; if approved, obtain professor’s signature and deadline date for completion of course work;
3. Submit the petition form to the Dean as appropriate by the next-to-last class meeting of the course. The petition is then brought before the Committee of the Teaching Staff for its consideration. SDFs convert automatically to INCs on November 1 each year.

Students are asked to take special note of section c), which states that students are to “submit the (SDF) petition form to the Dean as appropriate by the next-to-last class meeting of the course.” After the penultimate week of classes, SDF request forms for Trinity courses will no longer be available to students. Grades will be based on work completed.

Please Note: All SDFs have to be completed by the last day of the following term. For courses taken in the spring term, SDFs have to be completed by August 31.

(As per Committee of the Teaching Staff, June 5, 2002)