Bachelor of Arts in Ministry

Prerequisite: Associate of Arts or equivalent (60 semester hours). Each student will be evaluated upon entering the Bachelor degree program. Credit will be given for past studies, ministerial or church related experience, transfer credit and special training related to the BA degree program. The number of courses you will need will then be determined.

Requirements: A total of 120 credit hours are needed to receive a Bachelors degree. 60 credit hours from the Associate degree or transfer credits plus ministerial credits and 60 hours in the Bachelor program. Each course is 3 credit hours.

All students must complete at least 15 credit hours in the major in which they enroll. Courses in the major are indicated by course numbers (c.f. BTH = Theology, BM = Ministry, BCC = Christian Counseling, BCE = Christian Education).

A minimum of 15 credit hours must be earned from S.B.C.S. No degrees are granted solely upon transferred and life/work credit.

Tuition can be paid @ $50.00 per month. Books are paid for when ordered.(The first book must be ordered when entering the program.) The price of each textbook is listed next to each course.

Course#                 Course Name           Cost of Text
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BAC401          Old Testament Survey                40.00
BAC402          New Testament Survey              40.00
BAC403          Basic Christian Theology            40.00
BAC404          Doctrine                                     40.00
BAC405          Prayer                                        40.00                            
BSC401          Christian Sociology                     40.00
BM401           Church Administration                  40.00
BM402           Youth Ministry                             40.00
BM404           Effective Public Speaking             40.00
BCC405         Pastoral Counseling                      40.00
BCC 406        Dynamics of Family Life               40.00

BM406           Helping People Change                40.00
BM405           Eschatology                                 40.00 
BCE401         Developmental Education             40.00
BCC402         Excellence & Ethics                     40.00 
BIB420          Biblical Interpretation                   40.00
BIB425          Pentateuch                                   40.00
BIB410          Biblical Preaching                         40.00
BCC408        Care of Souls                               40.00

BTH 408        Church History                            40.00

 

Course Description Core Classes      Course Description Ministry