The correspondence program is designed for those who cannot attend either the day or night classes of the Seminary. It is especially good as an introduction to Seminary work, and will help Christian workers to grow spiritually, and be better equipped for service.
The Seminary will issue a One Year Diploma to those students who meet the admission requirements and successfully complete a total of 30 semester hours.
For inquiries about CORRESPONDENCE please write correspondence@tbs.edu Our co-ordinator, who is also a current student will be in touch with you within a few days.
Tuition Fees
All fees are in Canadian currency. The tuition fee is $180 per semester hour credit. Therefore, the fee is $360 for two hours; $540 for three hours; and $720 for four hours. This fee will cover the syllabus, the tutorial service and the certificate which successful students obtain at the completion of the course. Textbooks are extra and may be ordered from the Correspondence Course Department. Postage fees for syllabus and texts are as follows: Canadian students $15; US students $25; Overseas students $35. Overseas students fees are to be paid by bank draft in Canadian currency. There is no refund of any of the above fees. All fees must be paid before any material will be shipped to the student.
Commencement and Duration
Each course starts when the student enrols for the course. The courses are organized into anywhere from four to twenty lessons, depending on the course selection. The one and two semester hour courses are to be completed in 12 months. The three and four semester hour courses are to be completedin 18 months. Correspondence course professors and/or the correspondence department may grant extensions of time at their discretion to a maximum of 6 months beyond the normal time.
Because of the nature of language study we strongly recommend that each of the Greek courses be completed within twelve months. Students may accelerate their program. Students wishing to resume a course after the cut-off time will have to reenrol and pay full tuition. Then the correspondence professor, at his/her discretion, may give permission to resume studies from the point at which they dropped out.
Assignments
Each month, or more frequently if desired, assignments have to be completed and returned on the assigned readings. Lessons should be returned more fre- quently in the Greek Grammar i & ii courses. The tutor will correct, grade and comment on this work. The final mark typically consists of 67% Class Mark and 33% Examination Mark.
Examination
The final examination must be supervised by a responsible person (minister, teacher, etc.) under proper examination conditions. The one supervising will receive the examination paper directly from us and must mail the completed exam directly to the tutor.
Credits
Successful students will earn credits which may be applied, if full admission requirements have been met, toward residential degree programs. Pass mark is 50 percent and Honour Standing is 80 percent.
The Seminary will issue a One Year Diploma to those students who successfully complete a total of 30 semester hour credits and meet the full admission require- ments of the diploma program.
Correspondence Courses Offered
Bible Survey
A study of the Old and New Testaments, considering the theme, contents, background, authenticity of each book. This is combined with a study of inspiration, canonicity, modern criticism, etc.
2 hour credit each
Bible Survey A (BibSv 102c) Genesis to Esther
Bible Survey B (BibSv 202c) Job to Malachi
Bible Survey C (BibSv 302c) Matthew to Revelation
Bible Study Skills
This course includes a consideration of the unique characteristics of the Bible and the consequent principles of interpretation which need to be applied when seeking to understand its meaning. It is presented in three modules. It is expected that the modules will be taken in order since Modules 2 and 3 build on the foundation that has been laid in Module 1.
1 hour credit for each module
Module 1 (BibSt 101c)
The nature of Scripture, the significance of the historical, geographical and cultural setting of a passage, guidelines for interpreting Old and New Testament narrative, a method for word study.
Module 2 (BibSt 201c)
Determining the thought structure of a passage, studying a book of the Bible, the Gospels, the Epistles, the Psalms, the Law, figurative language.
Module 3 (BibSt 301c)
Typology, symbols, the prophets, parables, application and response.
Biblical Theology
A study of the 1500 year process of the self-revelation of God given in the Scriptures, showing the organic and progressive nature of that revelation.
3 hour credit each
Prerequisite: One other correspondence course successfully completed.
Biblical Theology A (BibTh 103c)
Theology of Moses
Biblical Theology B (BibTh 203c)
Theology of the Prophets
Biblical Theology C (BibTh 303c)
Theology of the New Testament
Christian Foundations (Found102C)
This survey of Systematic Theology emphasizes the practical rather than the speculative and includes an exposition of the Doctrines of Grace. This course is under revision.
2 hour credit
Greek Grammar I & II (Grk123C, 223C)
A study of New Testament Greek grammar, forms and syntax. Simple passages from the Greek New Testament are read, such as portions of the Gospel of John and the entire Epistle of First John. Greek II can only be taken immediately following successful completion of Greek I.
3 hour credit for each part
Life Of Christ (LoC103C)
A chronological study of the four gospels assisted by a review of the social, religious and political background and a knowledge of the geography of Palestine.
3 hour credit
The Pastoral Epistles (PasEp103C, 123C)
In this verse-by-verse study of these letters, special attention is paid to: the historical setting of the letters, the nature of the gospel, the role of women, pastoral qualifications, heresy, the Trinity and Scripture.
3 hour credit
Western Civilization: Its History And Heritage I & II
3 hour credit for each part
Part I
(WHist 103c,123c) Western Civilization up to the Middle Ages including topics in: Greek culture and philosophy; Rome and its clash with the church, Constantine and the “Christian Roman Empire”; the Barbarians; the Celtic Church, Early Islam; Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance.
Part II (WHist 203c, 223c)
A study from the Renaissance to today, examining the impact of the Renaissance, the causes and significance of the Reformation, the Puritan movement, the world-view of the Enlightenment, eighteenth and nineteenth century evangelical revivals, revolutions: industrial, American and French, the impact of our two world wars, the 1960’s and their culture shaping influence.
The Early Church (CHist 103C, 123C)
This in-depth study of the history of the church goes back to the end of the Apostolic era (100 A.D.) and takes the student up to the Synod of Whitby (664 A.D.)
3 hour credit
Evangelicalism In The Modern World, 1500–1990s (CHist 303C, 323C)
In this course we will undertake a detailed study, through the analysis of translated texts, of the theological and literary history of Evangelicalism from the Reformation to the present day. The time line mirrors “The History of Western Civilization,” Part II, and places the history in a Christian perspective.
3 hour credit
Baptist History And Spirituality (BHist 103C, 123C)
This study focuses on the English Calvinistic Baptists from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries and the Canadian Baptist experience in Ontario from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries.
3 hour credit
