DBIBS
Diploma in Biblical Studies
Department of Biblical Studies · 2 years · 12 courses · 100% online
About this programme
You have read the Bible for years and still find it hard to say how the whole thing holds together. Genesis, Isaiah, Luke and Revelation sit in one book yet can feel like separate worlds. Then someone in your Bible study asks a question and you realise you are answering from a sermon you once heard rather than from the text.
The programme walks the whole of Scripture, Old Testament and New, until the storyline reads as one story rather than a set of favourite passages. Beside that runs the discipline of interpretation, which is where most confident misreadings begin, with closer work in the Gospels and the letters of Paul. The central doctrines, the story of the church and reasoned answers to the questions people ask are set around this, so that what you know is held together rather than stored in pieces.
You will finish able to open any book of the Bible and know where it stands and what it is doing there. Imagine answering the next question in your Bible study from the text itself. Most students build on this ground before degree-level work, and you can start here too.
12 courses across 4 semesters, about 2 years of study.
Who it is for
Those who want more than a certificate gives: a broader foundation across the subject, taken at a steady pace. It is a natural route towards degree study later.
What you will be able to do
Handle the subject with real competence, teach it to others, and carry responsibility in a local church with a foundation under you.
How you will study
Every course here runs the same way, so you always know where you are.
- Six study modules a course, each with a handout you can read on screen or download.
- Video and audio of the same teaching, for studying while you travel or work.
- A short refresher quiz to open each course. It is not scored, and you may retake it.
- Two tests along the way, then a final examination. The pass mark is 50%.
- Results appear as soon as you submit.
Study is entirely online and at your own pace. Everything works on a phone, and handouts can be downloaded to read without data.
Entry requirements
Open to all. No previous study is required. You must be at least 14 years old.
Fees
Your fees are set out in the admission letter issued to you.
What you will study
12 courses across 4 semesters, drawn from these areas.
- Department of Biblical Studies
- Department of Pastoral Ministry
- Department of Theology
The full course schedule is issued when you are admitted.