We believe that an educationally sound yet practical delivery system will provide the best mix of excellent educational training with the practical realities of life. The past thirty years has seen two major shifts in education delivery. First, institutions have been providing training through modules rather than residence based weekly classes. Second, more and more education has been available on the Internet. Our delivery system incorporates the best ideas from our changing educational environment. As a result, we have developed an online program that includes an Internet-enhanced modular delivery method for a few of the higher level courses. This allows students to remain in their location while only making a few trips to Lafayette to do their training. The following key phrases describe our delivery system (each of these aspects will be explained in more detail below):
§ Online Courses allow students to complete all the necessary course work from the convenience of their own home and on a flexible schedule through our eLearning program. Most of the classes offered through the MABC are online.
§ Module Courses still allow students to complete most of the course work online; however, each of these courses also include a week of concentrated lectures that are held on the campus of Faith Bible Seminary. Three, possibly four, of the MABC classes will be offered as module courses due to the content of these particular courses.
§ Two courses will be Independent Study allowing the student to complete the course from home while being supervised by a professor.
Internet Off-Campus Assignments
Since students will only spend roughly four weeks of time in Lafayette over the course of the entire program, most of the course work will be completed online. While much of this work will be done independently, there is also great benefit in student interaction. Depending on the particular professor, students will be expected to review the work of their fellow students and offer appropriate suggestions. This is to be done with kindness, but also with the intent of helping fellow classmates improve their work. This interaction will allow for tremendous learning opportunities off campus. FBS will develop a classroom interaction section on the website in order to facilitate course discussion during the external residency of each course. Since FBS will use a web-based delivery system we will not be able to provide individual technical support for computer problems. We will, of course, ensure the website is functioning properly. Therefore, potential students are strongly encouraged to have a computer not more than three years old with access to a reliable broadband Internet service.
Independent Study Courses
Two of the required twelve courses are independent studies. The first course BC802, is a counseling practicum that must be done within the student’s ministry context. We require at least 30 hours of counseling that can be evaluated by one of the FBS professors. Those students who desire to be NANC certified will find this class to be an ideal opportunity to complete NANC’s supervision requirements [note: any fees paid to NANC fellows for supervision are in addition to the costs associated with the course]. Second, BC901 is the Masters Culmination project. Each student will be assigned a series of counseling scenarios and the task is to develop a 6-week counseling plan associated with each scenario. The course is designed to help the student synthesize the truths learned in the classes and demonstrate counseling proficiency. There are no residency requirements for these independent study courses.
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