The Online Experience with Knox Theological Seminary

Today, biblical education is more accessible than ever before. Knox Theological Seminary and Logos Bible Software have teamed up to offer several enriching degree programs in a distance-education format: you can earn your Doctor of Ministry or master’s degree from a well-respected, accredited institution, regardless of where you are.

But starting a new educational endeavor can be daunting; you might not be sure what to expect. Here’s a taste of what it’s like to take a master’s-level online class from Knox.

A carefully chosen curriculum

Knox offers an exemplary faculty, with world-class scholars in every area of study. These experienced educators will lead you through all sorts of material in a video-lecture format. Each week (or module) will have a handful of lecture videos, often 30 minutes in length. The videos are helpfully edited so that you don’t have to sit through irrelevant course announcements or other material—instead, you’ll get the meat of the content, taught by leading scholars in the field.

The readings are carefully chosen and thoroughly relevant to the lectures and assignments. Assigned textbooks are, more often than not, available from Logos; your online professor will make note of it when they are. For readings that are not yet in Logos, you’ll usually get a PDF or online article of the assigned portion, making it easy to complete your assignments.

Interactive coursework

Assignments tend to fall into three categories: forum posts and responses, quizzes, and papers. All three categories are simple to turn in—with the upload submission format, you don’t have to worry about your paper getting lost in a professor’s junk-mail folder!

The forum discussion posts are short, engaging pieces, designed to both interact with the material and facilitate discussion with your classmates. You’ll post a couple such articles per eight-week class, as well as several graded responses to your fellow students’ articles.

The quizzes and tests tend to be predominantly multiple-choice—though essay questions are common in midterms and final tests—and are simple to accomplish, review, and submit.

A unified community

In each online class, there’s a thriving community of students seeking to glorify God through their studies. The discussions are lively, and students tend to connect deeply with one another, sharing life and ministry stories, praying for each other, and going far above and beyond the assignments to engage the material together.

Find the degree that suits you

Knox has teamed up with Logos to offer the Master of Arts in Biblical and Theological Studies (MABTS), the Master of Arts in  Classical and Christian Studies (MACCS), and a Doctor of Ministry (DMin) program, with three tracks available. These degrees will strengthen your ministry as well as your spiritual life; plus, with Logos forming the backbone of the curriculum, your studies will be connected directly to the world of biblical scholarship.

Learn more about the MABTS, the MACCS, or the DMin, and start furthering your education and ministry today!