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FIRST LEVEL COURSES
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These are all required Core Courses except
Practical Christian Ministry.
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GENERAL
INSTRUCTIONS
The following
general instructions are
applicable to all courses unless
superceded by instructions in
a
particular course.
Variances will be plainly marked
on the course main page.
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MONITORING ONLY (not for credit toward a degree)
If you are Monitoring Only, that is, not for credit toward a degree, then DO NOT
submit any further forms on this page or any other. The only exception is
when you need Passwords for tests. You may submit the forms to retrieve
them. However, when you take those tests enter no credit instead of
your name in the User Name field of the tests. Ignore the rest of
the instructions on this page and continue scrolling down the page until you
reach the list of courses. You may pick and choose any courses that you
want to study.
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TAKING COURSES FOR CREDIT TOWARD A DEGREE -
Please read and follow ALL of the instructions on this page. Failure to follow instructions may result in
disallowance of coursework and disallowance of tests resulting in a loss of credits.
Make sure that your Administrative/Production Fee is
up to date before taking courses for credit toward a degree. The link to
that form is on the website HOME
page.
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Email address -
You
must use the email address submitted on your Application form on all forms and tests. If you change your email or want to use
a second email address, then please submit a Change Of Email form.
Link to form, EMAIL ADDRESS CHANGE FORM.
ATTENDANCE:
If you are taking classes for
credit, please submit Begin Sign In form when you begin each
course and then submit a Finish Sign In form when you finish the
entire course. Without
those forms you cannot receive credit for the course.
COURSE
RECORD FORM
1. This link is to a COURSE RECORD FORM
that you can download in your preferred format. Close that
window to return here when you are finished downloading the form. Download and keep a copy of that form for every course that you are going to
take. Record all pertinent course information in the appropriate
blanks provided on that form. You will need that information when
you submit future forms and password requests and it will also help you stay on schedule. You can print a copy to use externally or you can download the copy in one of the word-processor formats and use it internally in your computer. Either way, make sure you keep it up-to-date with all information as you progress through the course.
2.
Students are also required to report their grades for verification to
the Administrative Office every 6 months. This is accomplished by means of the
Transcript and Grades Form.
To access the form click this link,
TRANSCRIPT
and GRADES FORM
Your computer will ask you to specify where the form download is to be saved.
Specify somewhere you will be able to easily find it.
To access an instruction video explaining use of the form, click HERE
and scroll down to the video entitled How
to Use the Transcript and Grades Template.
Update that form every time you start a course and every time you pass a
quiz/test.
ATTENTION: Be
sure to submit a copy of the form to the college every six (6) months to
keep your Academic File current. Keep updating the same form
and add the new information to it and send a copy of it to the college. Do
not use a different form each time.
CREDITS
In
general, credits are figured according to the following
schedule. One credit being awarded per one-quarter course, two
per semester, six per year. This general schedule of one credit per quarter course may be
superceded by specific credit awards stated on individual course pages.
GENERAL
STUDY INSTRUCTIONS
These may be superceded by specific instructions
given on the course main page.
Each section generally requires 1 class-hour of attendance per lesson. (A class-hour video may vary from 30 minutes to 55 minutes in length.)
Look up every scripture referenced in the textbook and/or workbook and in the video lecture.
Homework:
With some courses you will fill in the workbook
while viewing the lecture.
In some courses you will complete the homework before logging in to view the lesson
lecture.
Some courses will be a combination of those two
processes. There will be instructions given in
the individual course or in the lectures.
Stop and take
any tests indicated.
Open Book Tests:
Any tests that are "open book"
means that you may use all study materials (workbook, textbook,
downloaded video lessons, Bible, etc.) while taking the tests.
EXACT ANSWERS: Those tests that are open book often require the exact answer from the
lecture, textbook, workbook, or Bible, whichever of the study materials are appropriate for the question. Incorrect answers, spelling, punctuation, extra spaces before or
after or anywhere in the answer, will cause the answer to be scored as "Incorrect." Along with the privilege of using your study materials and taking an "open book" test comes the responsibility of giving
the answers to questions verbatim from those study materials, including
the lectures, wherever required.
Closed Book Tests:
If a test is "closed book" it will be plainly indicated as such. "Closed book" means you cannot use any study materials,
including the video lecture, while taking the test. Nor can you be assisted by anyone. Those tests must be taken completely from memory and you will be required to sign a Closed Book Test Contract form binding you to a legal agreement that you will take that test in that manner.
You
may NOT go on to the next section until you have passed the test
for the current section of
the course and found all of the answers in the textbook,
workbook, or lecture, to
any questions missed on the current test, whether you passed it or not.
The attendance for the next Lesson begins on the
next day after passing the test and finding the correct answers to any questions missed.
TESTING
- ATTENTION -
Flash has been discontinued across the Internet.
Our tests (utilizing Flash) will no longer work.
Therefore, all tests for our video courses
have been changed to a new format.
Instructions for downloading and
opening the tests in the new
format can be found just
before the links for
opening those
tests.
Be sure you have submitted the Finish
form for the Course and, if one is
required, the Closed Book Test
form for any closed book Final
Tests so you can receive the
password for the Final Test.
If the Final Test is Open
Book then you do not
need a password.
Make sure you read and submit the TESTING INSTRUCTION AGREEMENT if you have not already done so. Only one (1) Testing Instruction form is required per student. If you do not submit a Testing Instructions form you will not be able to correctly fill out the information page of the tests. And without a Testing Instructions form in your file your tests will be disallowed and they will not be credited to you.
You may NOT take more than one test in any one subject on one day except on the rare occasion when you are specifically instructed to do so. If you fail a test, you MAY NOT attempt that test again on the same day. You must restudy the textbook, the workbook, the video lecture, and your Bible (whichever is appropriate) and find all of the correct answers to the questions missed. A copy of each test is automatically sent to you and you may use the correct answers listed on it to verify that you have found the correct answers in the appropriate study materials. This is required before you retake the test, which you can do no sooner than the next day.
When you receive a passing score on a test you are required to find all of the correct answers in your textbook, workbook, or Bible, whichever is appropriate, for every question missed on the
test even though you received a passing score. A copy of each test is automatically sent to you and you may use the correct answers listed on it to verify that you have found the
correct answers in the appropriate study materials. This is required before you go on to the next lesson.
Attention:
Attendance/study/testing
requirements.
Most courses require 1 session of class attendance per lesson and some may require 2 or more per lesson. The course main page will always list the attendance requirement for the entire course and also will give the attendance requirement per lesson. Make a note of that attendance information on your COURSE RECORD FORM for the course because you will need it later.
If you proceed faster than the required pace, then you will not retain the information in the text.
Minimum attendance for each course must be met. Tests must be spaced at least the minimum required weekly attendance apart. No course has less than 4 weeks minimum attendance required overall.
If a course is marked "not yet available" then proceed to the next course in the list.
All courses require use of the King James Bible. If you do not have one (or even if you do) then you can download a free Bible program from our study helps page. Click this link Study Helps Page to go to that page to download your free King James Bible and bible study program. Once you are done with that page you may close that window to return here to proceed with your courses.
COURSE LIST
Practical Christian Ministry 
If you are actively involved in a ministry in your local Church on a regular basis, then you are eligible for 1 credit per quarter
(6 credits per
year) for practical Christian ministry. This course is a Local Church course and can only be taken if you are member serving in a local Church. If you are not an active member of a local Church then obviously you cannot be actively involved in a ministry of a local Church and, therefore, you are not eligible to take this course and you are exempted from taking it.
There are no textbooks or videos for this course. It is a
practical service course for which you can receive up to 6 credits per
year.
The requirement is that you submit quarterly report forms.
Critical
Thinking 
To carry out the command given to us in the Great
Commission we must teach the students/members to critically analyze
their beliefs using the Bible as the standard of judgment of right and
wrong, truth and falsity. We will begin carrying out that responsibility
by teaching Critical Thinking methods so the disciples can
learn the truths that God has given to them, their reasons from the
Bible for believing
each of those truths, and how to logically defend those truths against
falsity and the purveyors of false teachings. (3 credits)
This class is designed to teach the basics, the essential starting point, for the Christian life. (1 credit)
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY COURSE WITHOUT VIDEO LECTURES (1 credit)
What is baptism? Where did it come from? Who was it given to? Who has the authority to administer it? What does it accomplish? These and other questions will be addressed in this course.
A bare-bones survey of the Old Testament. (4 credits)
A bare-bones survey of the New Testament. (4 credits)
Addresses the question, "Why do the righteous suffer?" (5 credits)
Basic
Typing and Sentence Formatting
In this course you will learn the basics of touch-typing and sentence formatting. In order to do this you will learn and practice typing skills on a free downloadable program named
TypeFaster. As you progress you will practice speed and accuracy. First while looking at the keyboard and then, later, without looking at the keyboard. You will also learn some
basic sentence formatting such as capitalization, proper use of case, and punctuation.
(4 credits)
NOTE: There are no video lectures in this
course.
Discipleship
- Personal Growth Seminar
This course will cover the basics of Discipleship as commanded in the Great Commission beginning in Matthew 28:18. (1 credit)
