Registration and Housing

Requests for official transcripts must be made to GBHEM (by emailing  cos@gbhem.org).  Include your PID# (if you don't know your PID, you can find it listed on the right side Student tab of your profile in Populi as your Student ID), date of birth and annual conference with your request. 

Contact the COS office at COS@mtso.edu. You can also generate your own unofficial transcript in Populi. Log in at https://cosohio.populiweb.com/, click My Profile, then the Student tab. On the drop down menu titled Transcript Actions, chose Export Transcript, then click OK. A PDF of your unofficial transcript will pop up Click the download icon to download the transcript, or the printer icon to print it. The Populi transcript shows your classes in chronological order. To get a record of your classes ordered by class number, click the Degree Audit tab in the Student section of your Populi profile, then click "Export Degree Audit."

Registration fees are nonrefundable, nondeductible, and nontransferable.  

See the GBHEM Course of Study Administrative Policies Transcript Evaluation Policy. 

At the request of your Bishop, District Superintendent, District Committee of Ordained Ministry, or an officer of the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, materials should be sent to:  cos@gbhem.org

     General Board of Higher Education and Ministry  

     PO Box 340007, 1001 Nineteenth Ave. South 

     Nashville, TN  37203-0007

     Phone: 615-340-7400

MTSO offers a certificate in the Advanced Course of Study. To request more information, contact the Admissions Office at MTSO.

 Syllabi are sent to the COS office by faculty two to three months prior to the beginning of the term.  It will be posted to the Schedule webpage and Populi course page as soon as it has been processed and is ready for use.  We will email those who are already registered for a class to let them know when the syllabus is posted.

 Required reading is described in each course syllabus. 

 Print, complete, and return the MTSO COS Request to Withhold Directory Information form.