FAQ: Residential Requirements for Grace's Online Seminary Program (Updated)

What are the residential requirements for online students?  

• Grace will require 3 in 3:
  Three visits in three years, with each visit lasting one week.  This is to meet the ATS Accreditation requirements.
• The first visit is the colloquial gathering at the end of August, followed by 3 1/2 days in residence for the first seminary course (Systematic Theology I).  For the fall 2008 the colloquial gathering is scheduled for Friday, August 29 at 10:00 a.m. to Sunday, August 31 at 8:30 p.m.  This will be followed by the residential portion of Systematic Theology I on Monday, Sept. 1 at 8:00 a.m. to Wednesday, September 3 at 5:00 p.m.
• The second visit will be the following March and will complete the residential requirements for two online courses, 3 1/2 days each.
• The third and final required visit, other than the optional visit to attend graduation in May of the third year, will be in March of the second year.  For 2010, this visit is tentatively scheduled for March 7 - 12, 2010.  This week will work the same way which it did for the second visit during the previous spring.  The first three days will complete the residential requirements for the first 8 week course, and the second will open the next 8 week course and complete the residential portion of that class.