The Majors

CES offers majors in many topics, including but not limited to: Arminianism, Apologetics, Biblical Anthropology, Counseling, Biblical Languages, Biblical Studies, Calvinism, Christian Education, Christian Philosophy, Church Growth, Comparative Religions, Cults, Ecclesiology, Emergent Church, Eschatology, Ethics, Evangelism, Exegesis, History of Christianity, Historical Theology, Homiletics, Intelligent Design, Jewish Studies, Leadership, Men's Ministry, Ministry, Missions, New Testament, Old Testament, Pentecostal/Charismatic Studies, Philosophy, Postmodernism, Practical Theology, Reformation History, Religious Studies, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Gifts, Theology, Women's Ministries, Worldviews, Youth Ministry, and more.

Custom-design majors: Furthermore, students may custom-design majors (to be developed between the student and the seminary) to meet the student's specific needs.

At the time of matriculation, students must declare the degree program in which they intend to enroll. Students also must declare a major at enrollment or when they develop a Learning Contract (LC). The degree and major must be clearly stated in the student's LC. (Download Sample Learning Contract PDF)

Notes on Majors:
(1) The Major: To have a major, students need to complete at least 30 credits in a particular field, for example, Biblical Studies, or Ministry, or Theology, or some other discipline.

(2) The Interdisciplinary Major: Students may also elect to do an Interdisciplinary Major. To do that, students must complete at least 16 credits in each field they have selected to study. For example, a Biblical Studies and Ministry Interdisciplinary Major requires that the student complete at least 16 credits in Biblical Studies AND at least 16 in Ministry.  If students have enough credits in their degree programs, they can do three or  four or even five disciplines in the Interdisciplinary Major (each discipline must have at least 16 credits).

(3) The Diversified No Major: Students may elect to do no major per se because all of our degree titles have a built in major in their names. Thus, students may take classes in a diversified fashion. They may, for example, take classes in four or five (or more) different fields but never have enough credits in any one field to have a major. They could take classes in Bible, theology, counseling, and ministry. Thus, they would have no major—other than the title within the degree name. For example, a Bachelor of Religion would be an ipso facto major in Religion; the Master of Theological Studies would be an ipso facto major in Theological Studies, and so on.

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