Accepted Students

Next Steps:

1) Set-up your Southern Profile & Review your Acceptance Letter

Upon your acceptance, you should have received an e-mail from Admissions with your Student ID and Student Username. Using that information, you will need to set-up your Southern Profile at the link below. In addition, make sure you review your acceptance letter (if you haven’t already) for important information about your admission.

If you cannot locate the email with your ID and username, or if you have yet to view your acceptance letter, you can find this information on your application portal.

2) Check your student e-mail (gmail.com)

**Please allow up to 24 hours for your e-mail account to be created from the time you are accepted. Included in your initial student login e-mail from Admissions will be your student e-mail address (jdoe###@students.sbts.edu). It will be important to check this e-mail often as it is the institution’s primary means of communicating with students. Click here for a PDF help guide on accessing your student e-mail. You will login to this email using the password you set-up in step #1.

3) Fill out the Student Information Form

Before you can register for classes, you must fill out the student information form. Below is a link to this form that is on My.sbts.edu. While you are there go ahead and familiarize yourself with MySBTS and what is available. The form asks for your anticipated graduation date – simply put your best estimate as to when you will graduate. For new students, this date may be flexible.

4) Complete Required Student Trainings

The following must be completed before you register for courses:

• MinistrySafe: This training was created specifically to assist organizations with developing practices and policies that help to protect children from sexual abuse. View FAQs here. Training is accessed through community.sbts.edu/trainings.
• Campus Safety Training (residential and modular students only): A series of videos about campus safety and resources. You may access this training through community.sbts.edu/trainings.

5) Register for Classes

Registration opens for Fall/Winter classes on March 31st and for Spring/Summer classes on October 31st each year.

Class registration is completed through your my.sbts account. Click here to access our registration help page. You will only be able to register for courses that match the location for which you applied (ex: Main Campus or Internet).

Wondering what classes you should take?

Our programs at SBTS do not have a set course track. Instead, you are able to take whatever courses you prefer at any time, pending pre-requisite requirements (Ex: You must take Beginning Greek before Greek Syntax). Some good classes to begin with include: Intro to New Testament, Intro to Old Testament, and Systematic Theology.

Master’s and Diploma Students: If you would like to receive guidance on course selection, contact the Center for Student Success.

Doctoral students should contact their program’s administrative office for advising.

6) Familiarize yourself with Canvas and My.SBTS

As a student, you will utilize your My.SBTS account. You will also have access to your “Canvas” account, which is the portal through which you will interact with your courses. You will only be able to access Canvas once you have registered for classes through my.sbts.  Below is a brief description of what each portal provides:

7) Register for New Student Orientation (main campus) or complete Online Orientation (online/distance students).

Main campus students should register for New Student Orientation (see “Orientation” tab) . Online students should complete Online Orientation as soon as they have registered for courses.

Online students are also invited to one of our incoming student webinars, designed as a supplement for orientation specifically for incoming online students to Southern Seminary and hosted by staff of our Global Campus.

Scroll up to view tabs including FAQs and Orientation Information.

8) Complete the Cooperative Program Course

The Cooperative Program Course is a self-paced, no-cost class that consists primarily of lectures covering a brief history of the Southern Baptist Convention and an explanation of the Southern Baptist Convention’s work through The Cooperative Program. Click here to learn more. This course must be completed within your first year of study.