Bob Jones University

===Rules of conduct===
Strict rules govern student life at BJU.<ref name=Handbook>[http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf Student Handbook (pdf)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712022601/http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf |date=2015-07-12 }} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120504235242/http://www.bju.edu/student-life/2011-student-handbook.pdf Archive])</ref> Some of these are based directly on the university's interpretation of the Bible. For instance, the 2015–16 Student Handbook states, "Students are to avoid any types of entertainment that could be considered immodest or that contain profanity, scatological realism, sexual perversion, erotic realism, lurid violence, occultism and false philosophical or religious assumptions." Grounds for immediate dismissal include stealing, immorality (including sexual relations between unmarried students), possession of hard-core pornography, use of alcohol or drugs, and participating in a public demonstration for a cause the university opposes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf|title=BJU Student Handbook, 2014–15, 33,52.|website=bju.edu|access-date=2015-06-26|archive-date=2015-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712022601/http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Similar "moral failures" are grounds for terminating the employment of faculty and staff. In 1998, a homosexual alumnus was threatened with arrest if he visited the campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ctlibrary.com/1504|title=In Brief - Christianity Today magazine - ChristianityTodayLibrary.com|work=ctlibrary.com|access-date=June 14, 2015|archive-date=June 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627071110/http://www.ctlibrary.com/1504|url-status=dead}}</ref>

For years, male students were required to wear slacks, dress shirts, and ties on campus during the day. This requirement has since been loosened;{{when|date=October 2018}} men are allowed to wear polo shirts or dress shirts on weekdays until 17:00 and are no longer required to wear ties. Effective in 2018, women are no longer required to wear skirts or dresses and can now wear pants. They are also required to attend chapel four days a week, as well as at least two services per week at an approved "local fundamental church".<ref name=Handbook/>

Other rules are not based on a specific biblical passage. For instance, the Handbook notes that "there is no specific Bible command that says, 'Thou shalt not be late to class', but a student who wishes to display orderliness and concern for others will not come in late to the distraction of the teacher and other students."<ref>''BJU Day Student Handbook'', 2007–08, 7.</ref> In 2008 a campus spokesperson also said that one goal of the dress code was "to teach our young people to dress professionally" on campus while giving them "the ability to...choose within the biblically accepted options of dress" when they were off campus.<ref>"BJU Changes Dress Code", ''Greenville Journal'', May 2, 2008, 18.</ref>

Additional rules include requiring resident hall students to abide by a campus curfew of 11:00 pm, with lights out at midnight.<ref>[http://www.bju.edu/become-a-student/accepted-students/expectations/residence.php "Student Expectations", BJU website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125043737/http://www.bju.edu/become-a-student/accepted-students/expectations/residence.php |date=January 25, 2012 }}</ref> Students are forbidden to go to movie theaters while in residence, however, they may watch movies rated G or PG while in the residence halls. Students may not listen to popular contemporary music.<ref>[http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf BJU Student Handbook, 2014–15, 34–35.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712022601/http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf |date=2015-07-12 }}: "The following music conflicts with our mission and is therefore excluded from performance, personal listening on and off campus, or use in student organizations, societies, student productions or social media: Any music which, in whole or in part, derives from the following broadly defined genres or their subgenres: Rock, Pop, Country, Jazz, Electronic/Techno, Rap/Hip Hop or the fusion of any of these genres [or any] music in which Christian lyrics or biblical texts are set to music which is, in whole or in part, derived from any of these genres or their subgenres.</ref> Male students with upper-level privileges and graduate students may have facial hair that is fully grown before the start of the semester, neatly trimmed, and well maintained at approximately ½ inch or less.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf|title=BJU Student Handbook, 2015–16, 34.|website=bju.edu|access-date=2015-06-26|archive-date=2015-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712022601/http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Women are expected to dress modestly and wear dresses or skirts that come to the knee to class and religious services.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf|title=BJU Student Handbook, 2014–15, 38–40.|website=bju.edu|access-date=2015-06-26|archive-date=2015-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712022601/http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>