Institute Course Transfer to Church Schools

 

The Institute of Religion courses listed below will transfer to BYU, BYU—Idaho, BYU—Hawaii, and Ensign College. If equivalent courses are not offered at these Church schools, institute credit will transfer as elective credit only.

Because each Church school has Cornerstone requirements, BYU—Pathway Worldwide students should consider taking Cornerstone courses first, before scripture and other elective courses.

Institute Courses that Transfer to Church Schools

Cornerstone Courses

• The Eternal Family (Rel 200)
• Foundations of the Restoration (Rel 225)
• Jesus Christ and the Everlasting Gospel (Rel 250)
• Teachings and Doctrine of the Book of Mormon (Rel 275)

All Cornerstone institute courses will transfer to Church schools as Cornerstone religion credit. However, they will not satisfy the residency religious course requirement at BYU or BYU—Hawaii.

Elective Courses

• Choir (Rel 110)
• Book of Mormon I & II (Rel 121–122)
• Missionary Preparation (Rel 130)
• The Gospel and the Productive Life (Rel 150)
• Principles of Leadership (Rel 180)
• New Testament I & II (Rel 211–212)
• Scripture Study—The Power of the Word (Rel 215)
• Preparing for an Eternal Marriage (Rel 234-235)
• Introduction to Family History (Rel 261)
• Answering My Gospel Questions (Rel 280)
• The Divine Gift of Forgiveness (Rel 290)
• Old Testament I & II (Rel 301–302)
• Doctrine and Covenants I & II (Rel 324–325)
• Pearl of Great Price (Rel 327)
• Teachings of the Living Prophets (Rel 333)
• Latter-day Saint History (Rel 341-343)
• Presidents of the Church (Rel 345)
• The Restored Gospel and Christian History (Rel 351)
• The Restored Gospel and World Religions (Rel 352)
• Latter-day Hymns (Rel 380)
• Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith (Rel 381)
• The Book of Isaiah (Rel 383)
• The Parables of Jesus (Rel 384)
• The Writings of John the Beloved (Rel 387)
• Women in the Scriptures (Rel 388)
• Locally Designed Institute Course (Rel 390R)
• Doctrines of the Gospel (Rel 430-431)
• Methods for Teaching Seminary (Rel 471)
• Seminary Teacher Seminar (Rel 475)

Note: Students who have taken one-credit versions of an institute course will need to complete both one-credit parts of a course to transfer credit.

Religion Requirements by School

The following links provide information about religion class requirements for the individual schools:

• Brigham Young University (BYU)
• Brigham Young University–Hawaii (BYU–H)
• Brigham Young University–Idaho (BYU–I)
• Ensign College

Note:  Institute students interested in attending a Church school should transfer institute credit after they have been accepted. Students may continue to take Institute of Religion courses as long as they meet the religious education requirements of the individual Church school.

 

 

Requesting a Credit Transfer in myInstitute

1. Go to myinstitute.ChurchofJesusChrist.org

2. Choose Graduation in the menu.

• This will show what Institute Classes are taken for credit.
• There is a specific link: Request credit transfer.
  • When you click this, you choose the school you want to transfer the credit to.