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Program Information
General Description
Calvary Bible College has entered into a partnership with the Consortium of Online Christian Colleges to offer students the opportunity to take a variety of college courses online. These courses are offered for college credit and may be used to meet traditional or non-traditional program requirements. Students may take an online course to add to their current semester load or over the summer to lighten their fall or spring semester load.
Ability Assessment
To help determine your ability to successfully complete an online course, we recommend you complete the Online Ability Assessment. To access the assessment, click here.
Steps to Success
Step One: New or returning students are to complete the application process. To access the Admissions packet, click here, or call 800.326.3960, 816.322.3960, or 
. Be sure to report your Ability Assessment to the Non-Traditional Studies Office.
Current students should take the Ability Assessment before enrolling in an online course. After carefully reading the remaining steps, steps two through six, current students may then proceed to the Non-Traditional Studies Office (or call 816-322-0110, x. 1307) to enroll in an Online course.
Step Two: For Financial Aid questions or to set up a payment schedule, call 816.322.0110, or the Financial Aid Office for additional information. Tuition for online courses is the same as for any college course. There is a technology fee of $125 per course in addition to tuition.
Step Three: Students will receive telephone, mail, and/or email confirmation of their acceptance into the college and enrollment information at that time. For enrollment assistance, the Non-Traditional Studies Office.
Step Four: Textbooks may be purchased from any source the student desires. Students must purchase their textbooks and course materials prior to their logon date.
Step Five: Several days before the online course is to begin, you will receive an email from the Atheneo Registrar at Knowledge Elements detailing your logon date, your user name, password, and web address for accessing each course.
Step Six: Be sure to logon on the correct date to begin your online learning experience.
Program Essentials
- Normally, a residential student may not enroll in an online course when the equivalent course is offered in the same semester. Exceptions must be approved by the Registrar.
- Students under Academic Probation may not enroll in an online course without permission from the Registrar.
- Students are expected to complete all course work within the designated time frame.
- Courses dropped after the logon date but before any coursework is due will receive a "W" for the course. Courses dropped once coursework is due will receive either a "WP" or a "WF" as assigned by the course instructor.
- Refund for a single dropped course is based on the following criteria:
- 100% of tuition and the technology fee will be refunded for the course if the NTS office is notified before 4:30 pm the business day before the course logon date. After this date and time, the technology fee will not be refunded.
- 100% of tuition will be refunded for the first seven days of the course, with the logon date counting as day one. The technology fee will not be refunded.
- 60% of tuition is refunded starting with the eighth day through the fourteenth day, with the logon date counting as day one. The technology fee will not be refunded.
- 0% will be refunded beginning the fifteenth day, again counting the logon date as day one.