MCC Institutional Advancement - Program Accreditation

Program & Accreditation

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Manhattan Christian College's
Program and Accreditation

Our Mission: "To Educate, Equip, and Enrich Christian Leaders."

PROGRAMS:
Established in 1927 as a part of the Bible college movement, Manhattan Christian College offers undergraduate degree programs with a curriculum centered on the Bible as the Word of God. General education develops an understanding of self and others, communication skills, critical and creative thinking, and cultural awareness thereby establishing an integrated Christian world view. The majority of the college's specialized majors prepare people for professional, church-related leadership, and service.

In cooperation with Kansas State University our degree programs enable people to utilize other careers to meet the needs of people around the world. Programs are also organized to provide continuing educating for church leaders and appropriate services and resources for churches and Christian groups.

On completion of an MCC program the student will be able to do the following

Self-contained programs (nearly all course work required is offered on the MCC campus)

Serve as preaching ministers, missionaries, Christian education ministers, youth ministers, or music ministers.
Demonstrate a sound knowledge of the Holy Scriptures.
Exhibit perspective in areas of general education.
Show professional competence in the specific areas of service to which they have been called.
Enter seminary, appropriate graduate school programs, or ministry.

Cooperative programs with Kansas State University (those combining course work at MCC and KSU)

Show competence in "handling aright the Word of truth."
Demonstrate an understanding of the basic areas of general education.
Give evidence of a competence in rendering a ministry to a congregation in the United States or on
a mission field.
Show competence in a second professional area. This will provide a specialty for use on a mission field or provide employment during new-church evangelism or in some appropriate lay ministry.
Display a competence in his or her second area of specialty which will qualify the person for gainful employment in the business or professional world,
Demonstrate the necessary competence to gain admission to appropriate graduate study.

In Adult Education (LEAD degree completion)

Have a knowledge of biblical principles of ethics and be able to apply this knowledge to everyday situations in the workplace.
Have the skills and knowledge necessary for entry-level leadership and management positions in not-for-profit, for-profit or public organizations.
Have an understanding of the integration of biblical concepts of ethics into commercial activity and management concepts of the world's marketplace.
Have an understanding of the integration of theoretical concepts into practical applications.
Have completed a college education specifically for the working adult student which develops leadership in working situations.
Be prepared to pursue graduate study and life-long learning.

ACCREDITATION AND ACADEMIC STANDING:
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) -- Manhattan Christian College is accredited by the Commission on Institutions for Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Commission on Institutions of Higher Education
30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400
Chicago, IL 60602-2504
Telephone: (800) 621-7440

The Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE, formerly the Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges) -- Manhattan Christian College was initially accredited in 1949 and was reaffirmed for accreditation in 2006 for 10 years. ABHE is a national undergraduate institutional accrediting agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). ABHE is listed by the United States Department of Education as the recognized accrediting agency for undergraduate Bible college education. Further AABC is recognized by the Department of Justice, Veterans Administration, and other relevant federal agencies.

The Association for Biblical Higher Education
5890 South Semoran Boulevard
PO Box 780339 (32878-0339)
Orlando, FL 32822
Telephone: (407) 207-0808

Students who have a complaint against the college may contact in writing or call NCA or ABHE.

Transfer Credit Practices of Designated Educational Institutions, published by the American Association of collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, indicates a general acceptance of MCC credits, for the transfer of courses that are substantially equivalent. Manhattan Christian College is empowered by the State of Kansas to "confer such scholastic degrees or certificates of graduation as are usually conferred by Institutions of Higher Learning."

The Kansas Veterans Commission has approved the college for the training of veterans under Public Law 550, 82nd Congress. The college is authorized under federal law to enroll nonimmigrant alien students.

Students at Manhattan Christian College are eligible for Pell Grant, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, Perkins Loan Program, Stafford Loan Program, and the College Work Study Program under the U.S. Department of Education.

MCC graduates with an appropriate grade-point average and a fiftieth percentile rank on the Graduate Record Examination have been admitted into the Graduate School of Kansas State University. They have also experienced acceptance by other graduate schools. Depending upon the MCC degree and personal qualifications, the person may need to take some prerequisite courses before entering a specific graduate program.