Distance Programs
Printer-friendly versionConnections
Our distance education program, Connections, allows all but 27 credits of a Master of Arts or a Master of Divinity degree to be earned either online, or at other locations than Bethany's campus, following the current Association of Theological Schools (ATS) accrediting guidelines.
This means that our rigorous and fully-accredited graduate-level education track does not require you to relocate to earn your Master's degree. The curriculum combines online learning with Bethany's close-knit learning community during intensive sessions on campus.
Connections courses are offered in the following formats:
- online courses
- weekend intensives
- two-week intensives
- hybrid courses - weekend intensive and online (count as half online)
In addition, traditional and block face-to-face courses can be taken at Bethany, at Bethany's Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center (PA) campus, via cross-registration with our sister schools, or even transferred from other seminaries.
For more information about Bethany's online programs, refer to the Bethany Catalog, or contact:
Tracy Primozich, Director of Admissions
primotr@bethanyseminary.edu 765-983-1832
Steven Schweitzer, Academic Dean and Associate Professor
deansoffice@bethanyseminary.edu 765-983-1815
As I enter my first year of study in the MA Connections program at Bethany, I find myself drawn to these two sets of words by Brian McLaren and Frederick Buechner. Being a woman who finds "deep gladness" in the combination of searching, struggling, and "questing" around the subject of the divine, I have...