Distributed Learning combines online coursework (through either live video interaction in the classroom or through video streaming and online forums) and on-campus intensive classes (one intensive per semester) where students and faculty participate in community both online and face to face throughout the course of study. Distributed Learners may work with the seminary toward fieldwork/internship placement close to home and are free to choose clinical pastoral education (CPE) sites that will work best for their situation.
Distributed: Online Learning
Program Benefits
- Dynamic online learning that engages residential, distributed learning, and collaborative learning communities.
- Engage an innovative learning model based in the context of the real world.
- Dedicated financial aid for distributed learners.
- Two, one-week intensives that engage faculty and fellow learners face-to-face.
- Intentional Student Support – faculty advisor and ELCA candidacy liaison.
Program Includes
- Four Year Program
- Attend from anywhere
- Access the course content any time and participate in online discussions allowing you greater flexibility with other work/life commitments
- Week-long in person courses 2x/year
- 2:1:1 Model
- 2 years of coursework
- 1 year internship placement
- 1 final year of coursework
- Includes fieldwork or internship that can be local
“Being a DL student allows me the opportunity to follow God’s call in a way that keeps me connected to my family, current congregation, and community of Wartburg in a unique, courageous, and Christ-centered way. Wartburg’s offering of this mode of learning is a beautiful and wide embrace of God’s Kingdom in the 21st century!
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– Elisabeth Himmelman