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ELTHECO OUTSIDE MINISTRY


Each student enrolled in the Bible will be required to complete twenty four 924) hours of outside ministry per trimester. The student must contact the regional office for the school by the end of the second week and inform us of the ministry he has chosen.

Each student is required to choose from the following list and must continue with that ministry for the remainder of the trimester. At the end of each trimester each student may be required to turn in a brief summary of his or her ministry and the hours served.

If a student is currently involved in or would like to be involved in a ministry not listed about he or she may contact the regional office of the school for approval.

It is also possible to receive up to 10 hours of credit for your degree program while serving in one of the above ministry programs. An internship assessment agreement form must be completed by your supervisor at the conclusion of nine months active service in the ministry of your choice.

CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION
The following are the minimum credit hours for graduation from the seminary:

UNDERGRADUTE MAJORS:
Bible certificate…………………………………………………….30 credit hours
Associate of arts degree…………………………………………90 credit hours
College of Biblical studies and theology
(25% or 17 credit hours can be gleaned from life experiences portfolio assessment)

BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE……………………………………140 Credit hours
College of Biblical studies and theology
College of pastoral care and ministry
(25% or 30 credit hours can be gleaned from life experiences portfolio assessement)

GRADUATE MAJORS:
MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE……………………………………………75 Credit hours
College of Biblical studies and theology
College of pastoral care and ministry
College of clinical pastoral counseling
(25% or 23 credit hours can be gleaned from life experience portfolio assessement).

POSTGRADUATE MAJORS:
DOCTOR DEGREE…………………………………………………………65 Credit Hours
College of Biblical studies and theology (Th.D)
College of pastoral care and ministry (D.M) (D.D)
College of clinical pastoral counseling (D.CC)

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE
College of clinical pastoral counseling (PhD)
College of Biblical studies and theology (PhD)
College of pastoral care and ministry (PhD)
(Generally, life experience credit isn’t given for doctorate level programs).

NOTE: All graduate level programs will require the following: master level programs, a directed research thesis or project, doctor level programs, a directed study research dissertation or project. Subject and title of these programs have to be presented by the student to the regional office for approval before the student starts the research thesis, dissertation project.

SPEICAL NOTE: There may be exceptions made to those requirements. Special consideration can be given on an individual basis for students to complete this phase of their education.

OTHER DEGREE MAJORS
Our designed studies and external research program department offer additional degree majors, which include missions, christiann education, church administration, music, and more at bachelors, masters, doctoral and post doctoral levels.

APPLICATION PROCESS FOR ALL EXTERNAL STUDIES PROGRAMS
STEP ONE:
Complete the application for admission form enclose your application fee (include 2 recent pictures) send both to:
El Theological College
P.O. Box 4251 Aba, Abia State Nigeria
Or
Email to: elthecocouncil@gmail.com, wopminigeria@live.com, ujuintergospel@live.com

Upon the receipt of the application and the fee, a student file will then be established, and the prospective student notified concerning acceptance into the seminary program they have applied for.

STEP TWO:
An appointment should be made with the dean of admissions or the president director for out-of-town applicants, correspondence will be sent for instruction.

STEP THREE:
The student must request transcripts from other schools attended to be sent to our admission office for review if you want to transfer those credits into your program with our school.

STEP FOUR:
If the student wants to include life experience for consideration in their program, they must request the portfolio assessment guide form, and complete the portfolio and submit it for review to establish and glean credit value that can be used for their degree program. A fee must accompany the completed portfolio when it is submitted to the college for review. After the portfolio has been reviewed for credit value the student will be contacted in writing to explain how many credits, were gleaned from portfolio assessment, and how many credits will be required to complete a program. At this time tuition costs, registration and other related fees will also be explained to the prospective student.

STEP FIVE:
If the student having received information concerning the completion of a degree program now decides to follow through on the program, they would then meet the financial requirement set forth in the letter of explanation and instruction. Registration would be sent in, fees for any book or study programs, and a decision/commitment to a payment program explained before in this catalog, along with completed payment contract from returned with first payment.

APPLICATION PROCESS FOR EXTENSION CLASS RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
STEP ONE:
If there is no one scheduled to represent the college administer during the first night of class, the class instructor will explain programs and field questions as well.

STEP TWO:
Complete the application form and return it to your instructor along with application fee and the advert for your program of study. (include recent pictures).

STEP THREE:
If your class instructor is using materials of study supplied by the seminary directly, payment in full for books and study guides must also  accompany the application and registration fees.

STEP FOUR:
Request college transcripts representing credits you wish to transfer into our school to be sent directly to our seminary office. (We will accept your photocopied transcript for review, but must request official transcripts from other schools before you graduate from any of our programs).

STEP FIVE:
If you want your life experience to be viewed for possible credit, you must complete the portfolio evaluation from which you can obtain from your class instructor. You must complete this portfolio and either mail or hand deliver to our seminary office. Your portfolio will reviewed and you will be informed in writing how many credits can be gleaned in the evaluation for your degree program.

STEP SIX:
All tuition payments must be made to the Bursar directly as he is responsible for collection of all tuition payments. Tuition and credit value for each class will be explained by your class instructor.

CREDIT EQUIVALENCY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Portfolio assessment is the method used by our school to allow a student to challenge a course or subject area for credit. Assessing the student portfolio allows documentation of college level knowledge gained through life experience and or job experience as well as other non-standard learning experiences.

This “experiential knowledge” documentation is kept on file for accreditation purposes. This process allows the consolidation of past credits and to provide credit for college level knowledge gained through various nonstandard learning experiences.

The portfolio preparation must be specific. It is necessary to compile, categorize and document all information pertaining to course or subject areas the student wishes to be considered for credit.

1. EVIDENCE

Evidence is the physical documentation that is included in the portfolio to justify the awarding of credit. The faculty assessor will be evaluating the directness of the evidence, the authenticity of the evidence, as well as breadth and quality of the non-standard learning experienced presented.

1. DIRECTINESS

An example of direct evidence would be a letter from an employer or supervisor stating the facts of specific area of experience, involvement or participation in the “experiential knowledge area being considered.

1. AUTHENTICITY

The issue of authenticity is critical to earning credit through portfolio assessment. Does the evidence document that the student actually did what is stated?
BREATH
Breath is the scope of the knowledge obtained. Is the experiential knowledge broad enough to be equated to college level credit?

QUALITY
The issue of quality relates specifically to the documentation of how good the work of experiential knowledge actually is.

Examples of acceptance evidence include: license, ministrial credentials, certifications, newspaper/magazine articles, transcripts, diplomas, letters confirmation, performance evaluation forms, lists of books read or taught, programs listing speaker’s names, course taught, seminars or projects originated with students names on them.

When evidence alone seems to be insufficient, credit is not automatically denied. If the faculty assessor has questions about evidence provided, an interview by telephone or in person may be required to further substantiate and validate the evidence. additional documentation may be requested.

REQUIRED INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED
Possible items of documentation for Non-standard learning activities: submit information in the following categories, which would furnish evidence for possible course or subject areas being challenged. (Include any additional categories not listed, which could be considered for credit).

1. EVENING STUDIES: Evening studies are studies mapped out for businessmen and women in the markets and other areas who have spare time only in the evenings. The programme starts by 4pm to end 8pm. Equal courses are offered to equip the students and make them be what God wants them to be. They are also regarded as students; they will matriculate and graduate with our regular students.
2. WEEKEND STUDIES: Our weekend studies are fully scheduled for those busier than others, who have no single time unless on Saturdays and Sundays, especially those employed by companies and ministries (civil servants). We mapped out Saturday s 10am till 4pm for their studies. The students of this categories are regarded as our students, they will matriculate and graduate with our regular students if they cover all credit hours and do all things necessary for graduation.
3. CHURCH EXTENSION STUDIES: Every local church is our extension campus; therefore, we organize lectures and full time studies in the local churches. We have it as full duty to equip and train church workers by the request of such local church. We are out to reach churches in regular theological studies which will also be regarded as our students who have equal right to matriculate and graduate with others after completing the necessary things for such rights. We organize and use churches as our extension campus, through the mutual agreement between our college and the church in question.
4. EXECUTIVE HOME STUDIES: The executive home studies are studies carried to  homes of the big and the rich men who are too occupied in the government, in the churches or in the offices, who may sponsor the cost of items necessary to give them such quality education they (the people) need. In executive home studies, the programme is carried to the house of the students while the college organize the system and method to effect great impartation on the person. This is only done to those who can meet up with the charges involved in such studies.

COST OF THE STUDIES:
The cost of studies in regular schooling is not the same with evening studies, weekend studies, neither with those of church extension studies nor with the executive home studies. The cost studies in these four are higher than the regular studies. The most expensive one among all, is the executive home studies, that are basically carried to the homes of those who can cater the bills.

HOW TO APPLY IN ELTHECO
We have in several occasions explained how to apply in our college, but for the benefit of doubt, we have to express that the initial step to be admitted in our college is to come first to our office and obtain the form or come for enquiries if in doubt. Our office is always open from 8am to 6pm (Monday through Friday). Come in person unless you are apply for part time, correspondent studies for internet studies, then, you can write to us.

THE EVITABLE AND NON REFUNDABLE FEES IN THE SCHOOL
There are different fees paid in our college but few of them, which you are inevitable and unrefundable, will be mentioned below.

1. Registration/application fee
2. I.D Card, catalogue, and student’s handbook

These fees are inevitable because they are paid during registration and the initial evidences of admission before the total confirmation by matriculation.