Ecclesia College Online Courses

Study online when and where you want...  While keeping more of your money in your pocket!

Click here to view all online courses available at Ecclesia College.

How To Take Ecclesia's Online Courses, Step-by-Step.

1. How do I enroll in an online course at Ecclesia?

a. APPLY NOW by filling out our quick and easy Online Application! (Click here to pay your application fee.)

b. Have a mentor, pastor or someone you lean into regularly fill out a Reference Form and send to:

Attn: Admissions
Ecclesia College
9653 Nations Drive
Springdale, AR  72762

c. Have your ACT or SAT scores (http://testprep.about.com/od/act/ht/Old_Scores.htm) sent to:

Attn: Admissions
Ecclesia College
9653 Nations Drive
Springdale, AR  72762

d. Have your transcripts sent from all other colleges and universities to:

Attn: Registrar
Ecclesia College
9653 Nations Drive
Springdale, AR  72762

Once your application has been approved and you have paid for your courses (and your one-time $35 Application Fee and one-time $150 Matriculation Fee), you may then be registered for online courses. (Scroll down to the bottom of this page for all online cohort listings.)  An active email account and regular access to email/internet is a requirement for EC Online courses.

2. How much does a course cost?
We want a private, Christian education to be as affordable to you as possible. So we offer deep scholarships. The gifts of generous donors make it possible for us to bring our $475 online credit hour down to the very palatable rate of $233 per credit hour. Therefore, a 3-hour online course at EC costs you, the student, only $699.00.  See item number 4 (below) to discover how you can pay even less, out-of-pocket, for your online education.  Or click here to view our Financial Aid Guide.

If this is your first class with Ecclesia, there is a one-time Application Fee of $35 and a one-time Matriculation Fee of $150. (Instead of paying separate fees for things like new student orientation, transcripts degree applications, re-enrollment, and changes in course schedules, EC students pay a matriculation fee and receive these and other services at no charge.)

Are you an Arkansas resident?  Up to $5,000 per year has recently been made available for your higher education!

(Prices subject to change.)

3. When and how should I pay for the course?
a. Payment must be made before your official enrollment at least one week prior to the commencement of your courses in order for you to have time to order and receive your textbooks.  (Scroll down to see scheduled study periods.)
b. A check or credit card for the total amount must be processed by the EC Business Office prior to our Online Academic Office officially activating your course enrollment.   Any Pell and/or Loan money you are granted will be reimbursed to you once the College has received it.
c. For check or credit card payments by phone call: 479-248-7236, Ext. 232   Click here to pay online.

4. Is Financial Aid available?
Yes. Maximum Pell grants for each semester now total $2,675/semester for those students with the most need .
a. FAFSA information may be completed online at www.fafsa.ed.gov
b. For Financial Aid assistance, contact: Connie Fletcher, 479-248-7236, Ext. 204

5. How do I obtain course textbooks and how do I pay for them?
The student will receive information on textbooks once he/she has been officially enrolled by the EC Academic office. Textbooks may be purchased from our online provider and will be shipped to the student in a timely manner.

6. When do the next courses begin? How long does one course take?
All courses have set beginning dates. (Scroll down to the end of the page to see all scheduled study periods through Dec. 2010).  You may complete any particular course as quickly or as slowly as you like within your chosen study period's starting and ending dates.
Upcoming beginning dates:
a. August 26 2010 (ends November 5)
b. September 9, 2010 (ends December 10)

(Don't forget!  Plan ahead to make sure you are enrolled in your online courses at least one week before the start date so you will have time to receive your books!)

7. What courses are available?
Scroll down for the current list of available courses.

Would these courses apply to any current degrees?  Yes.  We do not offer any degrees online in their entirety.   However, a number of online courses are applicable to the following degrees, with the most courses applicable to the Bachelor of Christian Leadership degree:

Bachelor of Christian Leadership
Bachelor of Biblical Studies
Associate of Biblical Studies

ECCLESIA ONLINE COURSES

All of our online courses are three credit-hours, unless otherwise indicated. 

Click here for all online course descriptions.

Business:
Accounting for Managers
Cutting Issues for Management
Economics for the Manager
Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Legal Implications for Business
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Organizational Marketing and Sales

Communications:
Communication Concepts
Essentials of Speech

English:
College Level TESL
Comp and Grammar
Comp and Reading I
Comp and Reading II
Language Program and Curriculum Design
Linguistics
Structure of the English Language
Theories of Second Language Acquisition

Ethics:
Case Studies in Ethics
Christian Ethics
Ethical Decisions in the Workplace

General:
Christianity in the 21st Century
Thinking Like Jesus: Foundations for Biblical Worldview
Understand and Apply the Bible

History:
Church History I
Church History II
History of Civilization
History of the Restoration Movement 
U.S. Government
Western Civilization I
Western Civilization II

Humanities:
Cultural Anthropology
History of Music in Worship: Survey of Attitudes and Practice
Music Appreciation

Leadership:
Biblical Concepts of Leadership
Case Studies in Leadership

Literature:
English Literature I
Literature of C.S. Lewis
Survey of American Literature-Beginnings to 1700

Management:
Essentials of Management
Management of Human Resources
Organizational Behavior
Teams and Work Process

Math:
Applied College Algebra
Basic College Mathematics

Ministry:
Purpose Driven Church
Small Groups in the Church

Missions:
Evangelism Discipleship
Foundations of Christian Missions 
Theology of Missions

New Testament:
Acts
General Epistles and Revelation
Life of Christ
New Testament Survey 
Paul 's New Testament Letters

Old Testament:
Ethics of Hebrew Wisdom Literature
History of the Israelite Kingdom
Old Testament Pentateuch
Old Testament Survey

Personal Development:
Biblical Financial Planning
Biblical Financial Planning-High School
Faith and Money
Goals, Priorities, Attitudes
Skills for College Success
Understanding Teaching

Science:
Earth Science Introduction
Earth Science Lab  (1 credit hour)
Introduction to Life Science
Introduction to Health Science

Social Science:
General Psychology
Introduction to Counseling
Introduction to Sociology
Social History of the 20th Century U.S.
Urban Social Issues: People, Problems and Policy

Theology:
Biblical Worldview
Christian Theology

Worship:
Worship in the Old Testament
Worship: Early Christian Church to Present

For "Biblical Worldview" courses, you may choose from the following:
Literature of C.S. Lewis
Thinking Like Jesus: Foundations for Biblical Worldview

ONLINE COURSE SCHEDULE: Choose your preferred study period from the options below. There are twelve start dates during the year, beginning approximately once a month. 

✓ Consider your lifestyle, and be sure to take the number of courses you believe you can handle within a particular study period.

✓ Consider the speed at which you normally work.  You might want to take an accelerated course if you tend to work quickly or an extended course if you work a bit more slowly.

✓ If you work full-time or have children, consider "staggering" your courses (enroll in some courses that begin on one "start date," and a couple more that begin on the following "start date").

✓ You may complete any of your courses early if you like.