Students who wanted to earn a second professional degree in an area other than Bible or ministry had to earn over 150 credit hours, which often took four and a half or five years to complete. The October 2011 board decision also reduced the minimum of 36 credits in Bible and Theology in the core curriculum to 30 credits.
=== Name change and continued growth (2012–present) ===
On Wednesday April 18, 2012, Williams announced to the student body during chapel that he and the board of trustees were considering changing the name of the school to Cairn University. The name, it was explained, adopts the concept of memorials and trail markers, "Bearing witness [to God's faithfulness] and pointing the way" (see Cairn). The announcement and the proposed new name garnered mixed responses from alumni, students, faculty, and the public. By June 8, 2012, the university had filed official document(s) with the Department of Education of the State of Pennsylvania to change its name to Cairn University. The request was approved …
