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Get ready to work with young students after completing this online elementary education degree. Prepare to teach in Christian day schools and local churches through courses that integrate a Christian worldview. Learn about the Biblical and philosophical basis for Christian education as you gain teaching skills through methods courses, practicum experiences, and teaching students in the real world. Graduates can apply teaching methods concerning grade level (age) characteristics within a Christian school atmosphere.  

In addition to completing real classroom experiences in classroom settings in their locales, students survey such topics as:

• Materials & Methods
• Teaching the Bible
• Educational Psychology
• Special Education
• Teaching Reading

Enroll in this bachelor's in secondary education online degree and advance professional opportunities.  Prepare to teach in Christian day schools and local churches through courses that integrate a Christian worldview.  Learn about the Biblical and philosophical basis for Christian education as you gain teaching skills through methods courses, practicum experiences, and teaching students in the real world.  Graduates are able to apply teaching methods with respect to grade level (age) characteristics within a Christian school atmosphere.  

In addition to completing real classroom experiences in classroom settings in their own locales, students survey such topics as:

• Materials & Methods
• Teaching the Bible
• Educational Psychology
• Special Education

Advance your education and climb the career ladder with this online master’s in education administration. Prepare for leadership roles in Christian or public schools. Christian educators develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions in a variety of school administrative responsibilities. Learn about leadership theory, school law, financial principles, faculty supervision, data-informed decision-making, and more.  

Courses likely include:

• Educational Administration
• Institutional Advancement
• Law and Personnel
• Supervision of Instruction

Every child deserves a quality education and this online special education degree ensures you will be ready to help all students succeed. This program is designed for Christian educators, preparing them for educational leadership roles in Christian or public schools. Students develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions in instructional concepts, strategies, and content design. Prepare to enhance learning for students with exceptionalities.  

Courses will likely include:

• Educating Exceptional Learners
• Special Education Law
• Instructional Design in Exceptional Student Education
• Assessment in Exceptional Student Education

Advance your career and climb the career ladder with this online masters in curriculum and instruction. This program is designed for Christian educators, preparing them for educational leadership roles in Christian or public schools. Develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions in educational concepts. Learn about strategies of instruction and content design that enhance student learning.

Courses likely include:

• Supervision of Instruction
• Differentiated Instruction
• Designing Instruction for Understanding
• Instructional Models and Strategies

The Associate of Arts in Counseling is an online counseling degree available at Hobe Sound Bible College.  The primary objective of any degree at Hobe Sound is to promote spiritual development while preparing Christians for more effective service for the Lord.  This degree in counseling provides a basic foundation of counseling knowledge and skills so that students may enter graduate studies to prepare for careers in the counseling field while also gaining a deeper understanding of the Christian faith.  You will study the Bible and learn how to share the Word of God with others while also gaining the interpersonal skills needed to work with individuals in the field of counseling.  The program strives to help students understand the importance of a Christian concept of self and of leading others to Christ and then nurturing them as disciples in the Christian faith through counseling. 

Coursework covers such topics as:

• Marriage Counseling
• Old Testament
• New Testament
• Family Counseling
• Abnormal Psychology

The Bachelor of Arts in Counseling is an online counseling degree available at Hobe Sound Bible College.  The primary objective of any degree at Hobe Sound is to promote spiritual development while preparing Christians for more effective service for the Lord.  The counseling program is designed for students who wish to gain the knowledge and skills required to provide competent, Christian-based counseling.  The curriculum is designed with the whole person in mind, addressing the nature of human needs and the student’s ministry capabilities while also developing the student’s ability to integrate counseling and psychology’s core concepts with the Bible’s basic teachings.  You will learn counseling techniques that help with nurturing emotional well-being in the lives of others and learn how to handle losses and in-crises situations in other’s lives. 

Coursework covers such topics as:

• Marriage and Family Therapy
• Crisis Intervention
• Group Counseling
• Addiction
• Human Sexuality

Hobe Sound Bible College offers an online Associate of Arts in Bible degree. The Associate of Arts program provides a solid Biblical foundation and introduces students to particular areas of interest when the students do not want to gain a bachelor’s degree.  

The Associate of Arts in Bible program prepares students to study and share the Word of God which is the Bible. You will gain a working foundation in Biblical literature and a practical foundation for applying Biblical truth. 

Courses in this program include:

• Old Testament Survey
• New Testament Survey
• Gospels 
• Romans
• Foundations of Faith
• Theology of Holiness

Hobe Sound Bible College offers an online Associate of Arts in Intercultural Studies degree. The Associate of Arts program provides a solid Biblical foundation and introduces students to particular areas of interest when the students do not want to gain a bachelor’s degree.  

The Intercultural Studies program is designed for those interested in working with individuals of other cultures. The curriculum provides interpersonal skills to help students work with others and the tools needed to witness and share the Christian faith with non-believers. Graduates understand the importance of leading others to Christ and nurturing them as disciples in the faith and are also prepared to study and share the Word of God.

Hobe Sound Bible College offers an online Bachelor of Arts in General Christian Studies. This program provides students with the equivalent of a 4-year degree with a Bible major. The curriculum consists of a broad survey of general education courses and a minor focusing on particular ministry areas suitable for the student. Minors include Pastoral Ministries, Christian Counseling, Christian Education, Ministerial Studies, Biblical Literature, and other choices. You will learn about essential Christian theology, gain a solid Biblical foundation for Christian living, and learn to effectively serve in a chosen field of ministry.

The online Bachelor of Arts in Intercultural Studies is available from Hobe Sound Bible College. This program is designed for those interested in missions and other religions around the world. The curriculum introduces students to the historical mandate of missions and the earliest mission efforts and methods. You will also learn about various kinds of missionary service, methods, and forms of strategy training that are needed to “disciple all nations.” Courses explain the missionary’s role in relation to the national church, the home church, local government, and the mission board. 

Intercultural Studies courses include:

• History of Missions 
• Principles of Missions 
• Church Planting 
• Cultural Communications
• Perspectives on World Evangelism 
• World Religious Systems

The online Bachelor of Arts in Ministerial Studies from Hobe Sound Bible College is a more directed study of Christian ministries than the General Christian Studies degree. These degrees are very similar with similar requirements except there are more required Christian Studies credits with this degree. The additional courses cover additional theology and sermon preparation and are geared toward students seeking a pulpit ministry. You will also gain maturity in Christ through a life controlled and directed by the Holy Spirit while you gain a working knowledge of the Bible and learn to apply it to your life. Students learn about the great doctrines of the Bible and Biblical theology, philosophy, religious ideas, and spiritually effective pastoral ministry.

Prepare for a career advancing Christ’s cause with this online theology degree. Courses build on key Wesleyan principles, covering such topics as the history of the Christian church, the Old and New Testaments, and spiritual disciplines. Choose between two areas of concentration to meet your interests and career goals:

• Pastoral Care and Counseling
• Pastoral Ministry

The Pastoral Care and Counseling concentration includes the study of pastoral caregivers, ethics and legal issues in pastoral counseling and the integration of psychology and theology.  

The Pastoral Ministry concentration includes the study of pastoral worship, worship in the church, and expository preaching.