Graduate Diploma in Christian Studies

Regent College offers the Graduate Diploma in Christian Studies (GradDipCS), a flexible graduate program designed to deepen understanding of Scripture and Christian teaching. Students complete required courses that create a foundation for theological thought and choose electives to focus on topics and questions they want to explore, including free electives.

The program uses a credit-hour structure. Students complete 24 credit hours in total, including 12 free electives and 12 credits selected from the Foundational Core courses. Regent College describes study options as online learning plus onsite study, with full course load set as 2 terms and part-time as unlimited time to complete.

Regent College says students typically take a sabbatical, want to deepen understanding of faith without a master’s degree for their vocation, or want to test the waters of theological study before committing to a full master’s degree.

Admission Requirements: Your application needs to demonstrate that your background and experiences have prepared you to succeed in graduate-level studies. This usually means that you have completed a bachelor's degree a grade point average of at least 2.8 out of 4.0 (or equivalent).

If you do not have a bachelor's degree but are at least 28 years old, you can apply as a mature student. You'll be asked to explain how your life, work, ministry, and/or educational experience can be seen as equivalent to a university degree.

51 fully funded scholarships are listed for Canada. See Canada scholarships.