Criswell College is an educational institution that has been offering Bible-based academic and recreational programs for students since 1969. It provides certificate programs in music, systematic theology and New Testament studies. The institution is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools t to award associate, bachelor s and master s degrees in arts.Criswell College is an affiliated college of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention. Its faculty members hold memberships with a variety of professional and scholarly societies. Additionally, the institution s graduates serve as biblical counselors and foreign mission service organizers at various pastoral positions in evangelistic and Jewish ministries. Criswell College is located in Dallas.