Our Certificate in Classical Protestantism provides students with a basic grounding in the theological, biblical, historical, philosophical, and linguistic foundations of the Protestant faith.
Our Certificate program is a one-year, 36-credit course of study that could serve as a post-college gap year program, a qualification for Christian secondary-school or adult education teachers, or a strong launch-pad into graduate study. Most courses are online-only, meeting 2 hrs./wk. for 10 wks, but our Foundations module includes recorded lectures and an optional residential course.
If you’re looking to dig deeper and lay a broader foundation in your grasp and application of classical Protestantism, consider enrolling in our M.Litt. program instead.
For full-time students, the total cost of our program is just $4,999, including full room and board at a 2-week Residential Intensive course. Part-time students pay somewhat more, but still much less than any comparable programs.
Degree-seeking students can, like non-degree seeking students, register for individual courses on a term-by-term basis and apply these credits to their degree, so long as they fulfill all certificate requirements within three years of matriculation (exemptions for longer periods of completion may be granted on a case-by-case basis by appeal to the Provost). The standard rate for such classes is $399 for most 1.5-credit classes, and $623 for 2-credit language classes. However, full-time students (those taking at least four and ideally five classes per term) pay at a lower rate: $275 for 1.5-credit classes and $436 for 2-credit language classes.
Full-time students also have the option to pay tuition for the full year in advance at the rate of $4,999, which represents an additional 18% discount off of the regular full-time discount, and a steal compared to comparable graduate and seminary programs!
All Certificate students take these three courses, which constitute the heart of the unique Davenant approach to retrieving the legacy of classical Protestantism, with an emphasis on reformed catholicity and the integration of God’s “two books” — Scripture and nature.
An introduction to the shared Catholic-Protestant natural law tradition and how Scripture both presupposes it and illuminates it.
An introduction to the basic philosophical grammar necessary to understand the tradition of Western theology.
Why was the Reformation necessary? Was it all for the good? And how has it shaped our world today?
Would you like to join us? We’d love to hear from you. If you have any further questions about the Certificate program or the application process, don’t hesitate to reach out.