Curriculum Design

Instead of the traditional curriculum design, we researched what Christians at both leadership and non-leadership levels need to know and be able to do (See Outcomes Based Education) We then used this analysis to develop a series of learning outcomes and from this we developed the curriculum In other words, the subjects you study all yield essential knowledge and skills – there is no redundant or superfluous material in your study programme.

Since then we have consistently listened to the needs of the church and to the feedback from our students and have refined the courses accordingly. As part of the process, during 2008 we completely redesigned our curricula.

Our aim is to make studying as pleasant as possible for you without compromising standards. Most courses in the Certificate curriculum are completely self- contained and, as such, have no prescribed textbooks. In addition, each of these subjects is presented to you in easy to handle units. The Bachelors programme is produced in a different format. Instead of an interactive self-contained format, these subjects require you to consult our Readers (or textbooks) and to complete a series of assessment tasks based on a range of books or other resources.