Course Formats
Week-Long Intensive Courses |
Semester Courses | Correspondence Courses
Online Courses | Independent Study Courses| Community Learning and Continuing Education
St. Stephen’s College offers credit courses in a variety of formats. Although the courses are normally held in Edmonton, we facilitate learning for persons who are geographically situated throughout the world.
To request a course outline for a particular course please contact Kelly Parson, Assistant Registrar via email or telephone at (780) 439-7311 or toll free at 1-800-661-4956.
Week-Long Intensive Courses
Week-long intensive courses usually run Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm (35 classroom hours). Intensive courses involve extensive preparation, including readings and assignments. To maximize learning in these courses students are expected to arrive on the course dates well prepared as per the course outline specifications. Students are expected to keep their day and evening schedule free during these courses in order to carry out the expected classroom work assigned as the course unfolds. Because of the extensive amount of preparation, all participants must register one month in advance.
Semester Courses
Semester courses run once or twice a week (3 hours/week) for twelve (12) weeks, and students must attend at St. Stephen’s College in Edmonton. Semesters run from September to December and from January to April. Some semester courses are St. Stephen’s College credit, and some are University of Alberta credit. Course Descriptions offered by St. Stephen's College are by subject category.
St. Stephen's University of Alberta credit courses are available for university students, students enrolled in degree programs at St. Stephen's College, programs at other institutions or persons interested in theology. Students should consult with their faculty advisor as to know how these courses fulfil their degree requirements. Students register with and pay fees directly to the University of Alberta. For more information visit the University of Alberta's Open Studies web page. Strict registration deadlines apply.
Correspondence Courses
Correspondence courses are designed for students studying at a distance. Courses include a variety of learning assignments. Online teacher/peer group participation may become a part of the learning process. These paced courses are offered in six-month sessions twice a year: March 1st and September 1st. Students are advised to register in advance to allow for time needed to acquire reading material. Students are expected to purchase the required textbooks for these courses, and rely on library resources only for additional bibliographies.
Online Courses
We offer a number of credit courses online. Courses follow a uniform model that embodies recommended distance education principles.
Independent Study Courses
St. Stephen’s independent study courses (MS Word) are offered in such a way that the student is able to gain a basic understanding, appropriate to the degree, of the general principles of the subject matter being studied, as well as providing an opportunity for an in-depth reflection on one/several aspects that support the student’s chosen research topic or area of interest. It is the student’s responsibility to obtain the agreement of the instructor and their Program Chair before starting a course. The student and instructor negotiate a work plan; the plan is formally approved by either the Program Chair or the Dean; and finally the student registers and pays for the independent study course. Independent Study courses may be arranged at the Graduate or Doctoral levels.
Guidelines and application forms for St. Stephen’s independent study courses are available from St. Stephen’s Registrar’s Office. A binder is maintained which contains course outlines from past independent study courses which may be viewed by students on-site.
Some independent study courses arranged in the past are listed below:
| Course Title |
| Adult Learning/Pastoral Supervision |
| Ancient Near Eastern Literature I |
| Canadian Law and the Church |
| Canadian Military Ethos |
| Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Eschatology |
| Hebrew Scriptures |
| Iconography |
| Integrated Clinical Theory Study |
| Intro to Jungian Psychology |
| Meaning of Death/Eschatology |
| Narrative and Story in Research |
| Narratives of Faith Development |
| Pastoral Counselling and Care |
| Rdgs/Contemporary Psychotherapy |
| Self Psychology and Spirituality |
| The Rural Prairie Community |
| Women in Celtic Christian Church |
