Programs

At SBC, we believe that you can’t separate your faith from your career.

Whether you are called to go into full-time ministry or a career in the marketplace, SBC will help you develop a solid Biblical foundation so that you can be confident in your faith.

Biblical Studies

1-3 Year Program

The courses together with the residence experience combine to create an atmosphere that will strengthen your faith and help you develop the habits necessary for life.

Marketplace

2-3 Year Program

The B.A. Marketplace program is intended for students following God’s call to engage the world vocationally. The program equips servant leaders with biblical foundations, vocational training, faith-work integration, and practical work-ministry experience.

Pre-University

1-2 Year Program

Pre-University pathways provide biblical foundations and worldview formation for university directed students. Graduates continue in university studies, vocational training, and/or serve in their communities and churches in diverse ways.

Christian Leadership - Online

1-3 Year Program

The Christian Leadership program is designed to extend the reach of mature students desiring biblical and ministry foundations for life. This flexible pathway of online education allows adult and distant students to retain ministry placements and jobs or complete unfinished programs.

Pursuit - DTS

1-3 Year Program

Pursuit is a four-month DTS (September to December) for young adults who desire to pursue God through travel, worship, discipleship, leadership experiences, community, and mission. Students can add an additional semester of courses and receive a one-year certificate.

Micro Certificates

5 Courses 

Micro-certificates are smaller niche certificates created to give students an introduction to a specific area of ministry.
SBC offers the Counselling Care Micro Certificate and the Camp Ministry Micro Certificate. 5 SBC courses are offered for these Micro Certificates.

Within your 3-year program, you can choose one of these minors/focus areas:

Bible Teaching

Counselling Ministry

Intercultural Studies

Pastoral

Worship

Youth

For students desiring to study the Bible and theology in greater depth and for developing skills in teaching the Bible and theology.

For students desiring to understand people and for developing skills in counselling people.

For students desiring to understand cultures and for developing skills for intercultural ministry.

For students desiring to understand church ministry and for developing skills in pastoral ministry.

For students desiring to worship God and for developing skills in worship ministry.

For students desiring to understand youth and young adults and for developing skills in youth ministry.

Click any of the above options for more information. 

Partnerships

A number of the courses we offer may be transferable to Canadian universities, depending on the program you enter.

1. Transfer Pathway (With CMU)
Credit transfers with Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg allow SBC students a faster track to complete university degrees. Up to 60 SBC credits can be transferred directly into a CMU BA program in areas such as Pre-Education as well as majors in Humanities, Math, Social Sciences, and Music.
2. TESOL Certificate
SBC students may take 15 credit hours at SBC and 15 credit hours at Providence University College (PUC) to complete a TESOL certificate from PUC. TESOL Canada requires a completed BA for Certification Level One. The BA requirements may be completed at SBC. The TESOL courses may be taken at PUC during the regular college year or as summer intensives. The SBC courses are taken at SBC during the regular college session. The goal is a completed certificate as awarded by PUC in April. 
3. Bachelor of Social Work
Associate of Arts Pre-University graduates can transfer up to 51 credits towards a Booth University College Bachelor of Social Work. SBC Graduates with a BA Degree can apply directly for the two year after degree / concentrated Bachelor of Social Work program at Booth UC. 
4. Providence University College
Students transferring from SBC to PUC will follow the Associate of Arts Marketplace program (SBC) to transfer into the Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration program (PUC) or Associate of Arts Pre-University program (SBC) and transfer into one of the following programs:

  • Bachelor of Arts in Humanities
  • Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts
  • Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

PUC students in the Bachelor of Theology degree may also select to take one of the SBC Minors (18 credit hours) for their degree track.

Transfers

To see which SBC courses will fill course needs for your program at the University of Manitoba, see Transfer Credit Equivalencies.
Below is a sampling of SBC courses which have been accepted by leading Canadian universities:

To see which SBC courses will fill course needs for your program at the University of Manitoba, see Transfer Credit Equivalencies.

Click here for a sampling of SBC courses which have been accepted by leading Canadian universities.
Introduction to the Bible: Old Testament
Introduction to the Bible: New Testament
Life and Teachings of Jesus
Biblical Interpretation
OT Wisdom Literature
OT Prophets: Hosea – Malachi
NT Letters: Galatians – Philemon
NT Letters: James, Peter, John and Jude
Digital Media Arts
Greek I
Greek II
Spanish
Anabaptist History
Christian History I: Early-1650
Christian History: 1650 - Present
Introduction to Philosophy
World Religions
Ethics
Faith and Science
Pop Culture
Introduction to Psychology
Psychology II
Educational Psychology
Cultural Anthropology
Interpersonal Processes
Drama Production

Introduction to the Bible: Old Testament
Introduction to the Bible: New Testament
Life and Teachings of Jesus
Biblical Interpretation
OT Wisdom Literature
OT Prophets: Hosea – Malachi
NT Letters: Galatians – Philemon
NT Letters: James, Peter, John and Jude
Digital Media Arts
Greek I
Greek II
Spanish
Anabaptist History

Christian History I: Early-1650
Christian History: 1650 - Present
Introduction to Philosophy
World Religions 
Ethics
Faith and Science
Pop Culture
Introduction to Psychology
Psychology II
Educational Psychology
Cultural Anthropology
Interpersonal Processes
Drama Production

SBC courses are given credit at various other post-secondary institutions.
More information is available from the Registrar.

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