Degrees Offered
Certificate and Degree Programs
All certificate and degree programs, including graduate degree programs, at Kidron Christian College and Seminary are individually designed for each student. This individual approach to degree planning allows the College and the student to design a program that both interests the student and provides for a sound academic foundation. This individual approach to degree planning also allows for changes during the course of study to overcome areas of weakness and accentuate areas of strength. The key to successful academic study is flexibility to allow for growth and change. This also helps the student stay aware of progress with full knowledge of those areas of weakness that need to be addressed.
In all degree levels from Certificate through Doctoral, certain core classes must be taken. These core classes include but are not limited to:
Hebrew I and II
Hebrew Bible Study Methodology
Greek Bible Study Methodology
Hebrew Concepts of the New Testament I and II
Kidron strongly holds to the principle that the five elements of culture, language, history, archaeology, and geography are essential for interpretation of the biblical text.
Certificate Program
The Kidron Christian College and Seminary Certificate Program is an intensive (two) 16-week-semester academic program that prepares students for leadership in the local church. This program incorporates all necessary categories to develop students in the Word of God. These categories are history, language, culture, geography, and archaeology. Additionally, classes are presented to prepare students for future academic study.
These classes are taught by professors who have demonstrated both an understanding of and experience in the Jewish foundations of the faith as well as having successful ministries. Kidron Christian College and Seminary is dedicated to the success of those called to leadership in the local church as well as those who desire a deeper knowledge of the Word of God without pursuing a full academic degree.
Although the courses are laid out in a semester format, distance and correspondence students may enroll and begin at any time.
To view a sample list of suggested courses for the certificate program, click here.
Associate's Degrees
The associate's degree program at Kidron Christian College and Seminary is a distance learning/DVD program consisting of 120 episodes of a program entitled An Abundance of Grace plus assignments which will qualify a student for an associate's degree in Hebrew Concepts of the New Testament. Also available are associate's degrees in these seven areas of study:
Biblical Studies
Ministry
Christian Education
Ancient Near Eastern Biblical History
Christian Counseling
Jewish/Christian Studies
Christian Education
Messianic Jewish Biblical Theology and Rabbinic Thought
To view a sample list of suggested courses for the above areas of study, click here.
Bachelor's Degrees
Each bachelor's degree program is specifically designed with the goals and interests of the students in mind. The classes in each degree program will be arranged and structured with not only the goals and interests of the students in mind, but also their strengths and weaknesses.
Because each degree program is individually designed, the degree programs listed in the following links are examples only, and classes could be rearranged to meet the individual student’s needs. The bachelor's degrees offered by Kidron Christian College and Seminary are:
Bachelor of Christian Education
Bachelor of Ancient Near Eastern Biblical History
Bachelor of Christian Counseling
Bachelor of Jewish/Christian Studies
Bachelor of Messianic Jewish Biblical Theology and Rabbinic Thought
Note: Click on each link above to view the core course requirements for that specific bachelor's degree.
Master's Degrees and Doctorates
Students who have completed an accredited bachelor's degree may be interested in pursuing an upper-level graduate degree. We consider many factors when a person enrolls in a graduate degree program. The process is different for those who have earned an undergraduate degree from Kidron, because each of them has satisfied the core requirements of the school. For those who are transferring in at the graduate level, this is normally not the case, and these classes must be taken no matter the degree. These core classes include:
Hebrew I and II
Hebrew Bible Study Methodology
Hebrew Concepts of the New Testament I and II
Greek I and II
Greek Bible Study Methodology
Biblical Regional Studies
Culture at the Time of Jesus
Church History
Biblical Archaeology
Messianic Jewish Theology
Messianic Rabbinic Thought
If a student has taken some of these classes at other institutions, it may be that those hours can be transferred in.
At the time a student applies for admission for an upper-level degree, he/she has in mind an area of study to specialize in. It is for that reason that once core requirements are satisfied in the master's and doctoral degree fields, all credit hours will be conducted by directed research. In other words, at Kidron each graduate degree is a research degree in the student's field of interest. For that reason, all graduate degree criteria is developed on an individual basis. Kidron retains the right to change these research classes to overcome weaknesses in any particular area and to build on strengths.
For more specifics on the master's degree program, click here.
For more specifics on the doctoral program, click here.