TTHEOLOGICALHEOLOGICAL SSEMINARYEMINARY WHITEFIELD WHITEFIELD AADMINISTRATIVEDMINISTRATIVE BBULLETINULLETIN gxÇà{ Xw|à|ÉÇ WHITEFIELD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Reverend George Whitefield GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL WHITEFIELD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Graduate School of Theology / Graduate School of Education Graduate School of Counseling / Graduate School of Church & State P. O. Box 6321 Lakeland, Florida 33813 Copyright 2011 ADMINISTRATIVE BULLETIN WHITEFIELD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY WELCOME TO WHITEFIELD The following information is subject to periodic change and is therefore not incorporated into the academic catalog. As we seek to improve the curriculum, course changes will be reflected in this bulletin and consequently, the Administrative Bulletin may differ from the catalog. This is important information and should be read carefully as each enrolled student will be required to sign a statement on the application agreeing to abide by the guidelines and agreements contained herein. For the convenience of students, certain changes will also be posted on the WHITEFIELD WEEKLY at www.whitefield.edu under the ‘Student and Faculty Portal.’ CONTACT INFORMATION Students can contact the seminary by one of the following means: Contact Person Dr. Kenneth Talbot, President Seminary Phone 863-683-7899 Seminary E-mail [email protected] Seminary Mailing Address: Whitefield Theological Seminary P. O. Box 6321 Lakeland, Florida 33807 GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE BULLETIN WHITEFIELD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY TUITION FEES AND SCHEDULE Tuition can be paid in one of three ways: (1) Prepay and receive a 15% discount; (2) Make a $1,000.00 down payment (non-refundable) and pay only $50.00 per month; or (3) Make monthly payments at $80.00 or $100.00 per month. The degrees are listed and the regular tuition rate, the discount rate or the monthly payment rates. Degree Regular Tuition Prepaid Tuition (15%) Monthly Payments Th.Dip. $2,950.00 $2,518.00 $50 $80 $100 M.M.T.S. $5,950.00 $5,068.00 $50 $80 $100 M.M.P.S. $3,995.00 $3,395.00 $50 $80 $100 M.A./S.T. M.$3,995.00 $3,395.00 $50 $80 $100 M.S./M.Ed. $3,995.00 $3,395.00 $50 $80 $100 M.A.R. $7,990.00 $6,792.00 $50 $80 $100 M.Div./B.D. $11,895.00 $10,111.00 $50 $80 $100 Th.M. $11,895.00 $10,111.00 $50 $80 $100 D.A.R. $7,995.00 $6,766.00 $50 $80 $100 Ph.D. $7,995.00 $6,796.00 $50 $80 $100 Th.D. $7,995.00 $6,796.00 $50 $80 $100 (Pastoral Theology) Th.D. $15,890.00 $13,507.00 $50 $80 $100 (Pastoral Ministry; This degree includes M.A., M.A.R., & M.Div. degrees) Ed.D. $7,995.00 $6,796.00 $50 $80 $100 Litt.D. $7,995.00 $6,796.00 $50 $80 $100 Application Fee Non-refundable (per student): $100 GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL Matriculation Fee Non-refundable (per student): $75.00 Doctoral Fee Master and Doctorate Degrees per diploma: $175 Maintenance Fee Students who have not graduated but have paid their tuition in full will be required a $20.00 per monthly maintenance fee to cover additional costs until the student graduates. Student’s who prepay in advance will be given 6 years coverage without being charged the fee. ADMINISTRATIVE BULLETIN WHITEFIELD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Mentoring Fee Student’s who cannot find a mentor can opt to pay a $20.00 month mentoring fee to the Seminary and be mentored by the staff. Payments All payments to Whitefield Theological Seminary shall be made in U.S. dollars either by certified check, money order, or on-line at the Whitefield website’s credit card payment site. Students will be charged $50.00 for any checks returned for insufficient funds. Be sure that tuition checks are made separate from any other payment of fees. Make all checks out to ‘WTS’ (do not spell out the whole name of the seminary). All payments by check must include the student’s name and student ID number. Transcripts There is a $10.00 fee for each official transcript that is requested. Please make all requests in writing (not by e-mail or phone) to the Seminary. Include in that request a check for payment. Make the check payable to ‘WTS’ (do not spell out the whole name of the seminary) and write ‘Transcript Fee’ in the memo line. Refund Policy: Application Fee of $100.00 (non-refundable) Matriculation Fee of $75.00 (non-refundable) Graduation Fee of $175.00 (non-refundable) Maintenance Fee of $20.00 per month (non-refundable) Mentoring Fee of $20.00 per month (non-refundable) Prepaid tuition with the 15% discount will not be refunded after thirty (30) business days. Prepaid tuition will be refunded prior to the thirty (30) business days under the following process, which includes tuitions paid: 80% refund within seven (7) business days after enrollment according to the date on the application form. 50% refund within fourteen (14) business days after enrollment according to the date on the application form. GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL 30% refund within twenty-one (21) business days after enrollment according to the date on the application form. 0% refund after thirty (30) days. Please note this includes prepaid tuition. All refunds must be requested in writing within the time limits noted above and will be determined according to the U.S.P.S. date stamped on the envelope that is mailed to the Seminary. ADMINISTRATIVE BULLETIN WHITEFIELD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Advanced Masters and Doctoral Degrees Advanced Masters and Doctorate degrees are offered only on reading-researched mentored basis. All advanced programs will have the oversight of Dr. Kenneth Talbot, and some program will have Directors working with the students in particular areas wherein they specialize. Mentors All students taking courses from the Seminary must have a WTS approved mentor to supervise their study program. If the student cannot find a suitable mentor, the Seminary will mentor the student for a monthly fee. Any cost related to a mentor other than the Seminary is between the student and the mentor and is not the responsibility of the Seminary. Students must have their mentor fill out the mentor form and submit it to the Seminary for approval. Required Course Lectures All course lectures (CDs) [DVDs Greek and Hebrew only] can be purchased on-line at the Whitefield website. The Seminary no longer carries audio tapes except for students who are incarcerated. Student’s can order a CD by mail by stating the name of the course, the course number, and including a check. Check the Whitefield website for proper fees. The student, under license agreement, owns the CD for the courses of study and cannot sell or lend the CDs to any other individual without written permission of the Seminary. Required Books The student will be responsible to purchase the text books required for the courses he is taking. WTS has provided a list of on-line resources at the Whitefield website for students to purchase books. If a book cannot be found please contact the Seminary for instructions. Sequence of Courses After a student has registered and is accepted into a degree program, the Seminary will e-mail an acceptance letter and a degree program guide to the student. The Degree Program Guide lists all the required courses and work to be completed for the degree program. All courses are listed on GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL one page and should be completed in the order that they are listed. If the student desires to take a course out of sequence, the student must call the Seminary for approval. It is highly recommended that a student take only one course at a time. New Testament Greek will be taken after the student completes the first five courses of study (Hermeneutics, Systematic Theology I, II, III, IV), and once completed they shall proceed to Old Testament Hebrew. New Testament Greek and Hebrew New Testament Greek and Hebrew courses are on DVD and when purchased a set of CDs will be sent along for the student to have for audio review. See the Whitefield website for the costs of the DVDs. ADMINISTRATIVE BULLETIN WHITEFIELD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Shipping Policies All order are shipped by U.S. Mail within the continental United States. All CDs and DVDs are shipped air mail outside of the continental United States. The student will be charged $10.00 for shipping within the United States (per order) and $25.00 for shipping outside of the United States (per order). Changes in Catalog and Administrative Bulletin The catalog, administrative bulletin, fees, and program guides are subject to change without notice. Students already enrolled in a degree program will be grandfathered in the tuition amounts when they entered the program, with no additional tuition fees being added to their financial requirements and will not be required to up-grade to newer program guides. Inquiries Please direct all inquires to: Phone (863) 683-7899 or E-mail: [email protected] Mailing Address Whitefield Theological Seminary P. O. Box 6321 Lakeland, Florida 33807 ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY, STAFF, AND DOCTORAL COMMITTEE Whitefield Seminary does not necessarily endorse every theological position espoused by the lecturers or authors used in our various courses, nor does the use of their lectures or books imply an unequivocal endorsement of Whitefield Seminary by the lecturers or authors. However, we believe that each is an acknowledged scholar in the field in which we make use of their lectures or material. It is our intention to offer our students a wide, yet uniformly orthodox, array of Christian thought and learning in order to equip the student to understand and contend with the many voices, trends, and movements in each academic sphere.