Monday, June 14, 2010

Update—College Credit for CBS Students

On June 17, 2010, BJ Daly Horell will go before the Connecticut Department of Higher Education's Advisory Committee on Accreditation to move the Catholic Biblical School towards accreditation with the State of Connecticut.

If our application is approved at this meeting, the Connecticut Board of Governors will review the program in September and decide whether St. Thomas Seminary can begin admitting CBS students on a for credit basis. If our application is ultimately approved, the Catholic Biblical School will be empowered, through St. Thomas Seminary, to grant 4.5 undergraduate credits to students who complete the requirements for the seminary's new Certificate in Biblical Studies.

Students will continue to have the option of enrolling in the Catholic Biblical School on a not for credit basis. The credit option merely adds a third "track" for moving through the Catholic Biblical School program.

Currently, students may enroll in an "Enrichment Track" and a "Certificate Track." If our application is approved, students will be able to enroll as part of St. Thomas Seminary and receive college credit for their work.

If you, or someone you know, might be interested in enrolling in the Biblical School—whether for credit or on the standard, non-credit basis—kindly contact BJ Daly Horell for more information. Or check out our website at www.orehartford.org/cbs.htm.