Programs

Fuller’s Distance Learning courses are fully accredited and can be applied toward a certificate or degree. Or you can purchase a course and study for personal enrichment.

• Programs Overview - View participating Fuller programs toward which FOL and IDL courses may be applied
• Certificates - Earn a certificate entirely through Distance Learning
• Degrees - Apply Distance Learning courses toward a Fuller degree
• Personal Enrichment - Purchase IDL materials

Programs Overview

The following are participating Fuller programs toward which FOL and IDL courses may be applied:

Certificate Programs

• Certificate of Christian Studies (up to six courses may be completed through distance learning)
• Certificate in Youth Ministries (up to two courses may be completed through distance learning)

School of Intercultural Studies Programs

• M.A. in Global Leadership (MAGL)**
• M.A. in Intercultural Ministries (MAICM)*
• M.A. in Intercultural Studies (MAICS)*
• Th.M. In Intercultural Studies*

*Of the latter three degrees, up to one-half  of the requirements may be completed through distance learning.
**The MAGL degree can be completed primarily through distance education.

School of Theology Programs**

• Master of Arts in Theology
• Master of Divinity

**Up to four courses may be completed through distance learning.

Certificate Programs

For those not seeking a degree at this time, our certificate options allow students to complete a limited number of graduate-level courses.

The Certificate of Christian Studies
(a six course certificate)
View more information at Fuller Admissions.

• provides individuals with graduate-level theological and missiological education through a personalized short-term, non-degree program
   
• focuses on either a specific curriculum or a sampling of courses to match each student's interest and goals
   
• All six courses may be completed through Fuller Online and/or Individualized Distance Learning programs, or by day or evening courses in Pasadena or at any of the six Fuller extensions.
   
• School of Theology (SOT) certificate students must take 4 SOT courses, with the option of 2 courses from any school.  School of Intercultural Studies (SIS) certificate students must take 4 SIS courses, with the option of 2 courses from any school. All six courses may be completed through Fuller's Individualized Distance Learning and/or Fuller Online programs!

The Certificate in Youth Ministry
(a six course certificate)
View more information at Fuller Admissions.

• provides youth ministers in church and parachurch organizations with theological and practical training foundational to effective youth ministry
   
• offers graduate-level course work that may be applied toward earning a master's degree at Fuller
   
• may be completed at Fuller's Institute of Youth Ministry in Colorado, at any extension, the Pasadena campus, or combined with Individualized Distance Learning options (it is possible to complete up to two courses through the IDL program).

For more information contact the Office of Distance Learning.

Degree Programs

The following are participating programs to which Fuller Online and IDL courses may be applied. Please note that Distance Learning courses will only partially fulfill requirements toward a degree from Fuller.

SCHOOL OF INTERCULTURAL STUDIES

M.A. in Global Leadership (MAGL)
(View IDL Courses | View FOL courses)
72 quaters units beyond the B.A. (The degree can be earned almost entirely at a distance combining distance courses with two on-campus intensive courses.) See the MAGL pages for details.

M.A. in Intercultural Ministries and M.A. in Intercultural Studies
(View IDL Courses | View FOL courses)
96 quarter units beyond the B.A. (Up to 48 units of seminary training can be completed through Distance Learning without uprooting family or leaving present areas of ministry.)

>Th.M. In Intercultural Studies
(View IDL Courses | View FOL courses)
48 quarter units beyond the M.Div. or B.D. (Up to 24 units of seminary training can be completed through Distance Learning without uprooting family or leaving present areas of ministry.)

SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY

Master of Arts
(View IDL Courses | View FOL courses)
96 quarter units beyond the B.A. (Up to 16 units of seminary training can be completed through Distance Learning without uprooting family or leaving present areas of ministry.)

Master of Divinity
(View IDL Courses | View FOL courses)
144 quarter units beyond the B.A. (Up to 16 units of seminary training can be completed through Distance Learning without uprooting family or leaving present areas of ministry.)

Personal Enrichment

Those who do not wish to earn academic credit may purchase course materials for only $87.95 per course, plus books.
View IDL Courses available.
Order Courses and Textbooks
For more information contact the Office of Distance Learning.

Contact the Office of Distance Learning:

Fuller Theological Seminary
Office of Distance Learning
135 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena, CA 91182
E-mail: dl@fuller.edu
Phone: 1-800-999-9578 or 626-584-5290
Fax: 626-304-3740

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