Associate of Christian Education

Description
The Associate of Christian Education program is a postsecondary professional degree intended for persons who are at least twenty-two years old, who hold a high school diploma or equivalency certificate, but who have not completed a baccalaureate degree. The Associate of Christian Education program is designed to equip students for effective ministry as (1) a minister of education, minister of youth, minister to children, or administrator in the local church;  (2) a missionary in the area of Christian education;  or (3) a teacher or administrator in a church related school. This is a two-year program, requiring fifty-eight semester hours of academic credit for graduation.

Objectives
In addition to the Seminary’s general educational objectives, the Associate of Christian Education program is designed to promote in students growth toward personal maturity and professional ministry competence. The objectives of the program are accomplished through classroom instruction, the modeling of professors, the practice of ministry through the Practical Missions program, chapel services, and student organizations.

 

The Associate of Christian Education program seeks to guide students to understand and interpret the Christian faith in the light of its biblical, theological, and historical dimensions and to utilize insights gained from these disciplines for the effective practice of ministry in the church, community, and world.

 

Admission Requirements
All applicants to the Associate of Christian Education program must be at least twenty-two years old by the time of their first registration. Those younger should attend college before entering Seminary.  All applicants must have graduated from high school or received a GED (Graduate Equivalence Diploma). Students who have graduated from college with a baccalaureate degree will not be admitted to the Associate of Christian Education program.

 

Exceptions to these published requirements must by approved by the faculty upon recommendation of the Admissions Committee. In such cases, students will be granted conditional admission. During this period, the student is subject to the same limitations as students under academic probation, described under “Disciplinary Regulations” in the Catalog. Conditional admission will be removed after a student completes one semester at the Seminary and keeps a grade point average of at least “C” (2.0 on a 4.0 scale).

 

Completion Requirements
In order to qualify for graduation from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, each student in the Associate of Christian Education program must satisfy the "General Requirements for Graduation" as set forth in the Catalog.  In addition, each student in the Associate of Christian Education  program must complete the fifty-eight semester hours of courses specified in the course listing.

 

Each student in the Associate of Christian Education program is required to complete a minimum of twenty-one semester hours of general education courses, with at least one course in each of three areas: the humanities or fine arts, the social or behavioral sciences, and the natural sciences or mathematics. The general education courses may be transferred from another postsecondary institution, or they may be completed within the required course structure of the Associate of Christian Education.