The Extended Campus Program (ECP) provides you a means to be busy with careers and families and pursue part-time graduate study in our Master of Arts in Christian Education (MACE) degree program without relocating to Richmond or Charlotte.

As an ECP Student you:

• Pursue a MACE degree while continuing to live and work in your community.
• Enhance your vocational skills and knowledge in educational ministry.
• Fulfill the course requirements for Presbyterian Church (USA) educator certification.

The ECP Format:

• You complete nine weeks of off-campus study.
• A course syllabus guides your readings and assignments.
• You interact via email and virtual classrooms with professors and other students.
• During the on-campus session, you attend three hours of class per course per day, for six days.
• You join in worship, meals, informal interaction with the seminary community, and use the library.
• Following the on-campus session, you complete assigned summary projects or papers.
• Course work is linked to your home congregation work or specific areas of ministry.

Educator Certification Initiative

The Educator Certification Initiative (ECI) provides Christian educators with access to in-depth, graduate-level courses that satisfy PC(USA) certification course requirements in all knowledge and skill areas: Biblical interpretation; Reformed theology; faith and human development; religious education theory and practice; worship and sacraments; and Presbyterian polity, program, and mission. 

Union Presbyterian Seminary’s ECI Courses:
• Are available via all three “campus” experiences.
• Are graduate level and eligible for transfer into the Master of Arts in Christian Education (MACE) degree program.
• Will enhance your ministry in Christian education!

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