12 months
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About

The Contemporary Studies program from Agora University provides students customizable training through a set of interdisciplinary course offerings in Eastern Christian studies appropriate to educators, church or parachurch ministries, and personal enrichment.

Overview

Outcomes

The Contemporary Studies program from Agora University outcomes are intended to prepare students to:
  • Recall a basic knowledge and matters important to the history, culture, and theology of early and Eastern Christianity by engaging in interdisciplinary coursework.
  • Explain ideas and concepts pertinent to Orthodox Christianity in a contemporary setting.
  • Utilize research methods and theoretical frameworks rooted in Eastern Christian Studies for engaging contemporary paradigms.
  • Think theologically and critically about the Orthodox Christian tradition both historically and within contemporary church and society.
  • Construct and defend a position rooted in Orthodox Christian tradition as it intersects with contemporary issues.
  • Produce new and original work articulating a holistic understanding of Orthodox Christian theology as it pertains to the contemporary world.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

  • Human Will and Divine Will
  • The Christian Doctrine of God and Diversity
  • Theology and Encounter: Navigating the Christian Reality
  • Suffering and the Scriptures
  • An Orthodox Approach to Theology and The Arts

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
More details
  • Open enrollment

Credits

12 SCH

Delivered

Online

Academic requirements

GPA admission requirements GPA
3

Other requirements

General requirements

  • Each applicant must be at least 18 years of age at the time of registration.
  • Each applicant must submit their undergraduate degree transcript and diploma in the English Language. Non-English language Transcripts must be translated and submitted for evaluation by the World Education Services (WES).  Average GPA of 3.0 in USA and the equivalent of 85% or a “B” worldwide.
  • Evidence of passing English language proficiency requirements
  • Submit two professional or academic letters of recommendation.
  • Complete Admission application and financial declaration forms.
  • All applicants must submit a 2000-word writing sample.
  • All applicants must submit a Government issued Photo ID.
  • All applicants must submit a passport sized photograph (in JPEG format, recent color photo, plain/white background, bright, centered/front view of full face, eyes open and visible and cropped from just above the top of the head to the collarbone
  • Submit an updated Resume/CV 

Tuition Fee

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  • International

    2664 USD/year
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 222 USD per credit during 12 months.
  • National

    2664 USD/year
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 222 USD per credit during 12 months.
  • In-State

    2664 USD/year
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 222 USD per credit during 12 months.

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