Online Options and Residency Requirements

While no NPTS degree program may be completed entirely online, students learning at a distance may complete their program through a combination of online and campus based intensive format courses. Courses are offered online during the Seminary’s regular fall and spring semester schedules, and at other times in one- or two-week intensives in Chicago. Each degree program requires a certain number of credit hours which must be completed in residence at North Park’s Chicago campus. In the case of the MATS degree, students must also demonstrate either access to a theological library local to their place of residence or willingness temporarily to reside in Chicago or another suitable center for a period of several months in order to access appropriate library resources. This provision is essential for successful completion of the thesis. The number of hours required in campus residency for all students are as follows:

MACM – 13 credit hours
MACF – 17 credit hours
MATS – 24 credit hours
MDiv – 27 credit hours