College Credit Course Information
Enrollment:
Please read through the information below to find the course credit, cost and requirements for receiving (3) hours of college credit from Anchorsaway. After reviewing the information you will be able to click the apply online button at the bottom of the page to sign up today.
Teaching Requirements
Every student requesting college credit must be enrolled at a study site formally approved by Anchorsaway. The Teaching Leader(s) for that particular site must complete the teacher training requirements either at a teaching seminar or through our website in order to lead/teach these sessions. The course syllabus with the specifics for each paper will be sent to the student upon enrollment.
Each Anchorsawy site authorized to accept students who have signed up for college credit must meet the following requirements:
1. The main teacher, at their particular site, must hold a Masters Degree in some area of study.
2. We ask the teacher to review (weekly) the student's devotions that are printed at the end of each lesson in their Student book, to verify that they have been completed. We require that at least 15 lessons be taught as a minimum. If you teach more than 15 weeks then the devotions for those additional lessons will also need to be completed.
3. We ask you to verify that the student attend at least 90% of the classes.
4. The student is required to teach one of the first eight lessons to one of the following: a group of their peers, their parents and friends, or a Sunday school class. We require you to be present at this session and to critique the student and his/her presentation.
5. Upon the students completion of the coursework, you will need to send an email to Brian and Cindy Delk at bdelk@castinecob.org to get the college credit process started.
If you are having troubling enrolling online, please feel free to contact our offices at (317)844-0382 or anchors@anchorsawayministries.org
Course Credit:
At the Present time, three (3) credit hours as a philosophy elective will be provided through Crossroads Bible College in Indianapolis, IN. Crossroads is accredited through ABHE (The Association for Biblical Higher Education) and CHEA (Council for Higher Education Accredidation). Accreditation with the North central Association will be completed within the next two to three years. Registration and payment for course credit must be requested online through anchorsawayministrires.org. Once registered, the student will be contacted by the person who will be grading their papers. This person is called a grader. The student will send all required papers to the grader who will read and assign a grade for each particular paper. Grades for each project will then be recorded and sent to the student.
Course Cost:
The cost to receive (3) hours college credit through Crossroads Bible College is $540 plus a onetime $38 application fee. Payment is to be made in full to Anchorsaway at the time of online registration.
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Course Requirements:
Attendance
A minimum of 90% attendance at a formally recognized Anchorsaway study site is required to receive course credit. The site coordinator must provide verification of attendance at the completion of the course for credit to be approved.
If there is illness or sickness the student must provide a doctor’s note and they will need to meet with the Teacher and watch the DVD for the lessons that were missed.
Assignments
All papers are to be written using MLA format. See each paper for details on length. Pages are to be single-spaced, with 1” margins all around. The students name, Anchorsaway site, and assignment title must be on the first page in the upper left hand corner, with the student name and assignment title appearing on the remaining pages along with page numbering in the upper right corner.
- Devotionals
Complete all devotionals for classes taught (minimum 15) and have them checked on a week by week basis by the Anchorsaway teaching leader/Administrator/Small Group Leader.
- Paper #1 - Movie review (3 pages)
Select one movie from the movie list in the Anchorsaway Course Syllabus. Identify the underlying worldview, the basis for making your determination and how this worldview conflicts with the Christian worldview. When asked by a friend who embraces the worldview reflected in the film as to why the Christian does not agree with the principles taught in the movie, what would be your response? Taking into account your friend’s background, experiences (religiously and worldly) and general personality, what questions would you pose to your friend and what answers would you provide to those questions as related to the movie?
- Paper #2 - Is the Christian worldview Judgmental and Intolerant? (3 pages)
A scenario will be given presenting the idea that the Christian worldview is judgmental and intolerant. Write a paper based on the scenario that provides answers to this allegation. The paper should provide a scriptural understanding of the difference between this concept of “judgment” and the discernment that Christians are called upon to implement in every day life. It should also show that the student understands the concept of “hating the sin and loving the sinner.”
- Paper #3 - Book review (5 pages)
Read “Total Truth” by Nancy Pearcey. Write a paper summarizing the four sections of the book, with the focus on the fourth section and how you are going to live it out. This paper should be written from the perspective of your current or intended area of study. More specifics will be given in the course requirements for this particular paper. This is a sizeable book and it should not be put off until the end of the Anchorsaway semester. It would be suggested that the student begin to read this book after the second week of class. This will allow for the Five Major Worldviews presented in the Anchorsaway material to be laid out clearly and provide somewhat of a foundation for the book.
- Paper #4 - Practical application
Identify a group of high school or college students, set up a meeting time and teach one of the subjects from the first eight lessons. The student will write a personal assessment of what was learned from the teaching session, and why it was selected. This teaching and paper can be done at any time during the Anchorsaway semester. However, it should be done after the specific lesson has been taught. The session must also be critiqued (graded) by either the teaching leader or administrator using the assessment sheet provided. (The teaching leader or administrator must be present)
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