Professional Directed Studies

Students will be able to:

• Articulate how the biblical worldview informs their vocational competency, values, and attitudes in their chosen profession.
• Demonstrate the ability to conduct research and disseminate knowledge within their chosen profession.
• Develop and apply critical reading, thinking, and writing skills.
• Fulfill the program learning outcomes for their respective academic programs at the partner institutions.

*The full meal plan is required for all freshmen (29 or fewer credits). Students with 30 or more credits recorded on their Calvary transcript may select from other meal plan options.

• The student must complete two qualifying semesters at Calvary before being admitted into the Professional Directed Studies Program. (A student transferring more than 30 hours into a Professionally Directed Studies Program and meeting the academic requirements may have this prerequisite waived and be allowed into the Professional Directed Studies program his/her first semester.)
• The student must have the academic credentials for acceptance to both institutions (e.g., high school transcripts and ACT scores corresponding to the entry requirements of Calvary and the other institution).
• Academic advising from both institutions is required, and the student must submit contact information from the other institution to the Professional Directed Studies Director.
• A cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher with no grade lower than 2.0 in all professional and content courses must be maintained.
• The student must annually submit official transcripts to the Calvary Registrar’s Office.
• The student must create and update a portfolio including (at a minimum) one assignment from each class within their major which addresses a course student learning outcome for that class. The portfolio will also include a ten -to-twelve-page summative paper to be added during the last semester addressing at least four key principles, concepts, constructs, or elements of their major discipline from a biblical worldview. Further, the paper will answer the question: “How do you articulate the ways the biblical worldview informs your vocational competency, values, and attitudes in your chosen discipline?” The PDS Director will empanel a review committee to interview the student and assess their portfolio during the last semester at Calvary. The portfolio process is a condition for graduation from this program. If the partner institution requires a portfolio process as part of their curricular requirement, the student may substitute that portfolio with the addition of the summative paper.