Online courses

Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary is in its third semester of offering fully-online courses in an online learning environment delivering Calvary's quality, regionally-accredited graduate education worldwide.

Online classes at Calvary offer students...

• Content taught within the framework of Calvary's distinctive, exegetically-based ministry perspective
• Fresh insights that will enrich your personal walk with Christ and refine your philosophy of ministry
• A virtual classroom experience through real time video interaction
• Online delivery of the video from each week's residential session
• The ability to access class content anywhere you can access a web browser
• The convenience of submitting all work electronically (no more printers!)
• Access to Calvary's library resources, including its online databases
• An e-mail-integrated classroom

Flexible video format

Student's in Calvary's online program can participate in Calvary's residential classes through live video interaction (provided by Elluminate).  In addition, student's not able to participate in real time can receive the weekly lectures made available in a video podcast format viewable on computers or portable video devices.

Quality educational experience

Students interact with their professors and colleagues and enjoy borrowing privileges at the seminary's physical library and access to its online subscription databases (including full-text access to over 1,200 current periodicals and journals via OCLC and EBSCO). Online classes require the same level of rigor and depth required in the residential classroom.

A robust learning platform

Courses are hosted in the Sakai collaborate learning environment, a learning system developed and used by many of the world's largest universities, including schools such as Michigan State University, University of Cambridge, Indiana University, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, and many others.

Affordable tuition

The $475 per-credit rate charged for online courses includes the standard tuition rate of $400 plus an additional online fee of $75. Courses are two credits each ($950 total per course, including tuition and fees).

Contact the seminary office today to apply or request more information:

Phone: (215) 368-7538, ext. 101
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Course descriptions (Fall 2010)

OT501/502 Elementary Hebrew (Peter Radford)

This course offers an intensive, semester-long introduction to Biblical (Classical) Hebrew. The course will begin with the basics of Hebrew grammar including the alphabet and vowel pointing and continue through constructs, the verbal system, and waw-conjunctions. The class will culminate with the translation of several Hebrew texts. (4 credits)

TH505 Ecclesiology

A study concerned with the definition, purpose, organization, ministry, government, relation, and ordinances of the church. (2 credits)

TH512 God, Revelation, & Creation (George Coon)

In this course, the student is introduced to the task of theology and theological methodology. The student then begins working through the biblical narrative with a doctrinal focus on the Triune God and his attributes, general and special revelation with an emphasis on Scripture, and the created order, including particular attention to spirit beings and man.(2 credits)

CH501 Church History 1 (George Coon)

This course will provide an introductory survey of the events, writings, and individuals of Church history from the post-New Testament era to the Reformation. (2 credits)

PT511 Church Administration (Jeff Tuttle)

A study of the pastor's task as overseer in the administration of local church ministry. The importance of organizing the church around a central purpose is stressed, and instruction is given as to the development of creative leadership skills. (2 credits)

PC505 Marriage & Family Counseling (Sam Harbin)

A study of the biblical institution of the Christian marriage and family, PC505 Marriage and Family Counseling is focused on equipping students to help others who are struggling in their home. Special consideration will be given to the unique pressures and stresses experienced by families in vocational ministry. (2 credits)

NT527 Revelation (Al Huss)

This course offers an exposition of the concluding book of the NT following a futuristic, premillenial, and pretribulational interpretation. Other prominent schools of thought concerning the second coming of Christ are also treated. Attention will be given to the book’s structure, interpretive keys, and issues relevant to Bible prophecy. Background issues of authorship, date, and historical setting will also be considered as well as the crucial interpretive aspects of genre, interpreting symbols, and John’s use of the Old Testament. (2 credits)