A Comparison of Baccalaureate Degree Credit Hour Requirements at Selected Bible Colleges. Emergence of Higher Education in America.

Autor/inn/en	Kroll, Ronald C.; Cooper, Phyllis S.
Titel	A Comparison of Baccalaureate Degree Credit Hour Requirements at Selected Bible Colleges. Emergence of Higher Education in America.
Quelle	(1988), (81 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Praktikumsbericht; Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Academic Standards; Accreditation (Institutions); Bachelors Degrees; Church Related Colleges; College Credits; Comparative Analysis; Degree Requirements; Degrees (Academic); General Education; Higher Education; National Surveys; Questionnaires; Required Courses; Theological Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Kirchliche Hochschule; College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung; Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Allgemeinbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Fragebogen; Pflichtkurs
Abstract	A practicum comparing the baccalaureate degrees and credit hour requirements for degrees offered by institutions accredited by the American Association of Bible Colleges (AABC) to identify appropriate norms at colleges like Practical Bible Training School (PBTS) is presented. A questionnaire was sent to chief academic officers at the 96 AABC member and candidate schools to gather data on the degrees offered and the number of credit hours needed for the total program, Bible and theology, general education, the major, and the minor (and 80% responded). Results include the following: six degrees were offered by over 10% of the AABC institutions (Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Theology, Bachelor of Religious Education, Bachelor of Music, and Bachelor of Sacred Music); Bachelor of Arts and of Science were the only ones offered by over half of the colleges; Bachelor of Theology and of Religious Education were found to have regional significance in the Midwest and Canada, as was Bachelor of Music in the Midwest and of Science in the Northeast; and average credit hours for the degrees ranged from 123 to 154 for total credits, 37 to 46 for credits in Bible and theology, 34 to 46 for general education, and 33 to 72 for the major. The six common AABC degrees were recommended for the initial degree offered by PBTS. Five appendices offer the following: the number of different academic degrees in use in 1960 listed by academic discipline, baccalaureate degrees offered by 106 Christian colleges in 1987-88, Bible colleges participating in the study, the questionnaire, and credit hour requirements by region, enrollment, and accreditation category for each degree. Tables are included. Contains 36 references. (SM)
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