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Other exciting programs being
introduced this fall include:
Human Services
(Fully Online)
Associate of Arts and Bachelor of Science
These degrees train students for professional and
paraprofessional jobs in such diverse settings
as clinics, hospitals, group homes, correctional
centers, government agencies, day treatment
centers, extended care facilities, community-based
living homes and social service agencies. Graduates
will be equipped to help others overcome life
obstacles and provide guidance to those in distress.
Master of Arts in Human Services
Counseling
(Fully Online)
Adult ministering professionals employed in one of
the “helping” professions will greatly benefit from
this degree. It provides graduate-level knowledge
and skills in human behavior that promote the
spiritual and emotional well-being of those whom
they serve.
Doctor of Ministerial Leadership
(Available Fully Online)
This new degree replaces the Doctor of Ministry
degree in Columbia Biblical Seminary. It offers
professional ministers the opportunity to grow
in their own spiritual maturity, strengthen their
personal and professional ethic, and develop a
biblical approach to their practice of leadership.
Disaster Relief and Emergency
Management
(B.S. and Master’s)
When an emergency or disaster strikes, those
affected need personnel on the scene who can
provide for their physical, emotional and spiritual
well-being. That’s why CIU is now offering a
bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Disaster
Relief and Emergency Management. Students will
learn how to manage a disaster response, identify
trauma in those affected and how to build disaster
resilient communities while demonstrating Christian
compassion, service and witness.
Graduates will be prepared to work with
government and faith-based disaster relief
organizations, or to coordinator disaster relief
through a local church, denomination, or mission
organization. Many CIU students already have
hands-on experience through CIU’s minor in
Disaster Relief.
The bachelor’s degree is residential. The master’s
degree is fully online.
Unique fully online
Ph.D. in Biblical Studies
and
Theological Studies
coming to CIU
Plus other new undergraduate and graduate
degrees offered
Columbia International University is leading the way in North America with a
new and unique Ph.D. being offered in Columbia Biblical Seminary (CBS).
Beginning this fall, CBS will be the first seminary in the United States or
Canada to offer a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies and Theological Studies using
a fully-online modified European model that focuses on researching and
writing a scholarly dissertation apart from extensive course work.
The degree is designed so that students can complete their work in their
own context in three years of full-time study or five years of part-time study.
It is accredited nationally by the Association for Biblical Higher Education
(ABHE) and regionally by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).
Students will complete three initial semester-long seminars online as part
of a cohort during their first year. During the third seminar, each candidate
will be assigned to a qualified faculty mentor who will guide the candidate
through the dissertation proposal, research, and writing stages. When the
faculty mentor deems the dissertation to be ready for defense, the candidate
will defend his/her dissertation before a committee of at least three faculty
readers.
CBS Dean Dr. John Harvey says the program will emphasize CIU’s core values
of the Authority of Scripture and World Evangelization, aligning with CIU’s
mission.
“With its purpose of preparing graduates to teach nationally and
internationally, the program aligns with CIU’s emphasis on impacting the
nations,” Harvey said. “With its Old Testament and New Testament content
areas, the program aligns with CIU’s emphasis on the message of Christ.”
The CBS program is unique because most North American seminaries
and divinity schools — even those that offer the degree in online or hybrid
modality — follow a model that includes at least two years of course work,
followed by comprehensive exams and the dissertation process. The CBS
program, therefore, will be more time- and cost-efficient than other U.S. or
Canadian programs.
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