Planning your College Program

• GBC is divided into Fall, Winter and Summer sessions.
  
  The Fall semester goes from September through November. The Winter semester goes from January through April. The Summer programs take place in the month of July and the first week of August.
  
  
• The GBC curriculum is composed of courses and seminars.
  
  Courses are at least 12 sessions in length.
  Seminars are at least 7 sessions in length.
  To graduate, students usually need a combination of 20 — 24 courses and seminars. This can vary with the student's background. Prisoners and special students need 28 courses and seminars. The college program can take as little as two or up to seven years to complete the required studies for graduation.
  
  
• A director will contact a new student to determine when the student will attend orientation so they can plan a full college program.
  
  A director tailors the college program to individual needs by considering the goals of GBC and the student's background.
  
  A director will suggest courses to help fill in the gaps in the student's understanding of divine revelation. For example, if a student does not know much about the Pentateuch—the first five books of the Bible—he would usually not take five courses on these five books, but possibly two courses.
  
  The director and student determine the combination of home study and class participation.
  
  This combination of home study and class participation is called a college package. For examples of college program packages, see the next page.
  
  
• A six month orientation may be applied to those whose capacity to commit to the appropriate number of study hours is questionable.
  
  
• Enrolled students will plan the next year's courses with their director in May-June.