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Full Name:
Mailing Address:
City, Zip:
Telephones (Home, Work, Cell):
eMail address:
Your education history:
High School/City/Graduation Date:
College/City/Degree & Date
College/City/Degree & Date / Major
Graduate School/City/Degree & Date/ Major
(Please scan & attach or mail a copy of your college level coursework & Degrees.)
What is your goal in taking courses through the VTS?
Have you read the VTS August, 2008 Catalog that is posted at www.ecc-usa.org/VTS_Catalog.html? Yes No
Have you read the FAQ section at www.ecc-usa.org/VTS_FAQs.htm?
Courses you plan to complete at VTS:
Deacon Sequence (Indicate “all courses” or list specific courses.)
Priest Sequence (Indicate “all courses” or list specific courses.)
M.Div. Degree Sequence (Indicate “all courses” or list specific courses.)
D. Min. Degree Sequence (Indicate “all courses” or list specific courses.)
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If you are planning to take any of our complete sequence of courses for the Deaconate, Priesthood, or a degree program, would you like your previous coursework and/or previous church related experience to be applied toward transfer credit? (Note: we do not charge for transfer credit, but there is a fee of $25 for assessment on applicability and acceptability of prior coursework and ministry related experience.)
Yes, consider transfer credit.
No, do not consider transfer credit.
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Do you understand that all VTS coursework, except the Liturgical Practicum courses for Deacons and Priests, are Internet based courses where you work with one of our instructors at your own pace following a syllabus of readings, assignments, and testing? The Liturgical Practicum courses are each taught only once a year in St. Louis, Missouri and only may be completed through on-site attendance.
Yes, I understand how courses are conducted through VTS.
No, I do not understand how courses are conducted and I will ask questions to help clarify.
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Do you understand that the Vilatte Theological Seminary (VTS) is a denominational, theological seminary program that has been approved by the Missouri Department of Higher Education to operate in the State of Missouri as an exempt proprietary educational program pursuant to Subsection 173.616.2 RSMo, and that VTS does not have accreditation from the Missouri Department of Higher Education nor from any of the regional accreditation agencies for Higher Education?
Yes, I understand.
No, I have some questions about what this means.
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Do you understand that the Vilatte Theological Seminary (VTS) offers degrees at the Master and Doctoral level which are religious or church (or sometimes referred to as Bible degrees) and are not the same as academic degrees (for example, MA, MS, PhD, or EdD) which you could receive at an academically accredited school of theology such as, for example, Saint Louis University or Fuller Theological Seminary.
Yes, I understand.
No, I have some questions about what this means.
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Do you have any questions? If so, please send an email to vtsadmissions@ecc-usa.org. If you wish, give your telephone number and indicate the best time for you to receive a call.
God bless you for your interest in religious studies. We will respond to your application as soon as possible (usually within a week after receipt of the application and record of prior coursework and degrees).
Signature ___________________________________________ Date: ______________________
Please sign and send an original signature copy and your application fee check to:
Rev. Carl T. Swaringim, Ed.D.
ECC+USA VTS
Please request our mailing address by sending an email to:
vts-admissions@charter.net
Application updated February 22, 2008
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