Oral Roberts University Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Academics == [[File:Christ's Chapel.jpg|thumb|right|Christ's Chapel as seen from the gardens surrounding the Prayer Tower]] ORU is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[The Higher Learning Commission|Higher Learning Commission]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Higher Learning Commission |url=https://www.hlcommission.org/component/directory/?Itemid=&Action=ShowBasic&instid=1634 |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=www.hlcommission.org}}</ref> Some colleges and programs are accredited by specialized accreditors, including the [[Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs|Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accredidation |url=https://oru.edu/academics/cob/graduate-program/accreditation.php |website=Oral Roberts University}}</ref> [[National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education]],<ref>{{Citation |title=COE Accredidations |url=https://oru.edu/academics/coe/accreditations.php |access-date=2024-02-18 |language=en}}</ref> [[ABET|Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Engineering (Bachelor of Science -Engineering) |url=https://oru.edu/academics/cose/undergraduate/bs-in-engineering.php |access-date=2024-02-18 |language=en}}</ref> [[Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=CCNE-Accredited Programs |url=https://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/rptAccreditedPrograms_New.asp?state=OK&sFullName=Oklahoma |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=directory.ccnecommunity.org}}</ref> and [[Council on Social Work Education]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Bachelor of Social Work |url=https://oru.edu/academics/cose/undergraduate/social-work.php |access-date=2024-02-18 |language=en}}</ref> In addition to its undergraduate programs, the university also has a graduate [[seminary]] and graduate programs in business, education, computer science,<ref name="MSCS">{{cite web|url=https://oru.edu/academics/cose/graduate/master-of-computer-science.php|title=Masters in Computer Science - Oral Roberts University|access-date=Oct 7, 2023}}</ref> and data science.<ref name="MSCS-DS">{{cite web|url=https://oru.edu/academics/cose/graduate/master-of-comp-sci-con-data-sci.php|title=Masters in Computer Science with a Concentration in Data Science - Oral Roberts University|access-date=Oct 7, 2023}}</ref> ORU has signed an early assurance program with the [[Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences]] in 2011, allowing high achieving students to receive conditional admission to OSU's [[Osteopathic medicine in the United States|osteopathic]] medical school program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oru.edu/news/oru_news/20110822_oru_osu_medical.php|title=ORU/OSU Center for Health Sciences help grads enter medical school - Oral Roberts University - A Christian College, based in Tulsa Oklahoma.|access-date=September 20, 2014}}</ref> From its founding, ORU has placed emphasis on Charismatic doctrines of [[Christianity]]; its initial presidential leadership, including Oral Roberts and his son Richard Roberts, also espoused the doctrine of [[Prosperity theology|seed faith]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vu |first1=Michelle |title=Oral Roberts Memorial a Stage for 'Seed Faith' Message |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/oral-roberts-memorial-a-stage-for-seed-faith-message.html |publisher=[[The Christian Post]] |date=December 22, 2009}}</ref> This belief was closely connected to fundraising efforts by both Oral and Richard.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mariness |first1=David |title=Reaping Faith's Rewards |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/02/15/reaping-faiths-rewards/7cae91fe-84b1-4137-afa8-f22e6a52e33c/?noredirect=on |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=February 15, 1987}}</ref> While the majority of ORU staff were happy with including other doctrines of faith, some such as [[Charles Farah]] have disagreed publicly, indirectly leading to the publishing of a PhD thesis from a student a number of years later about his opinions on [[Prosperity theology|seed faith]].<ref>D.R. McConnell, ''A Different Gospel'', updated edition, (Hendrickson, 1995).</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page