Academic Programs

Majors

Whatever your goals are, you’ll find that all of our majors are ministry-focused and train students to serve God in a variety of ways.
Title	Credit Hours
Alcohol & Drug Counseling	131 Credit Hours
ASL/English Interpreter Preparation	132 Credit Hours
Biblical Studies	124 Credit Hours
Business Administration	132 Credit Hours
Campus Missions	132 Credit Hours
Children's & Family Ministries	132 Credit Hours
Communication Arts: Journalism	132 Credit Hours
Communication Arts: Media Communications	132 Credit Hours
Contemporary Christian Music	131 Credit Hours
Deaf Culture & ASL Studies	130 Credit Hours
Deaf Culture Ministries	133 Credit Hours
Deaf Culture Studies	135 Credit Hours
Deaf Pastoral Studies	127 Credit Hours
Elementary Education	144-7 Credit Hours
English	132 Credit Hours
Evangelism & Church Planting	132 Credit Hours
Intercultural Studies	134 Credit Hours
Interdisciplinary Studies	130 Credit Hours
Math	130 Credit Hours
Music	132 Credit Hours
Music Business	133 Credit Hours
Music Performance	132 Credit Hours
Pastoral Studies	132 Credit Hours
Psychology	124 Credit Hours
Secondary Education - Vocal Music	155 Credit Hours
Secondary Education: Communication Arts & Literature	131 Credit Hours
Social Work	124 Credit Hours
Sports Management	128 Credit Hours
Urban Studies	134 Credit Hours
Worship Arts: Music Pastor	132 Credit Hours
Worship Arts: Recording Arts	131 Credit Hours
Worship Arts: Theatre	132 Credit Hours
Worship Arts: Worship Leading	132 Credit Hours
Youth Development Studies	132 Credit Hours

Minors

The minors in the various departments of the University are designed to help the student majoring in one area to concentrate some of his or her studies in a second area of interest. The minors are not comprehensive, but are structured so that a student may gain a meaningful exposure to another discipline. Having completed a minor, a student should have a grasp of the nature of the discipline and should be equipped to do further work in the area, if so desired. The minor may only be added to a four-year degree program.
Title	Credit Hours
Asian Studies	18 Credit Hours
Biblical Languages	18 Credit Hours
Business Administration	18 Credit Hours
Campus Missions	18 Credit Hours
Children's & Family Ministries	18 Credit Hours
Communication Arts: Journalism	18 Credit Hours
Communication Arts: Media Communications	18 Credit Hours
Deaf Culture Studies	20 Credit Hours
English: General	18 Credit Hours
English: Literature	18 Credit Hours
English: Writing	18 Credit Hours
Evangelism & Church Planting	18 Credit Hours
Greek	18 Credit Hours
Hebrew	18 Credit Hours
History	18 Credit Hours
Intercultural Studies	20 Credit Hours
International Development	19 Credit Hours
Islamic Studies	20 Credit Hours
Latin American Studies	18 Credit Hours
Leadership Development	18 Credit Hours
Modern European Studies	18 Credit Hours
Music (Non-Music Majors)	19 Credit Hours
Preaching	18 Credit Hours
Psychology/Pastoral Care	18 Credit Hours
Sociology	18 Credit Hours
Spanish	20 Credit Hours
Theatre	18 Credit Hours
Urban Studies	19 Credit Hours
Worship Arts: Music Pastor*	18-20 Credit Hours
Worship Arts: Worship Leading*	18 Credit Hours
Youth Ministries	18 Credit Hours

Supporting Programs

North Central offers a unique curriculum of supporting programs that is extremely flexible. Students may, in many cases, tailor an academic program to match their career goals and interests. Supporting programs have been designed to allow students to build a program that places special emphasis on their specific callings.

When designing an academic program, all students are required to complete the general education and Bible/theology programs. Then the student may select a major core and a supporting program or a major core and general electives.
Title	Credit Hours
ASL/English Interpreter Preparation	24 Credit Hours
Biblical Studies	21 Credit Hours
Biblical Studies Core	30 Credit Hours
Business Administration	24 Credit Hours
Business Administration	24 Credit Hours
Campus Missions	24 Credit Hours
Children's & Family Ministries	24 Credit Hours
Church Ministries	24 Credit Hours
Communication Arts: Journalism	24 Credit Hours
Communication Arts: Media Communications	23 Credit Hours
Contemporary Christian Music	20 Credit Hours
Deaf Culture Ministries	24 Credit Hours
Deaf Culture Studies	24 Credit Hours
English: General	24 Credit Hours
English: Literature	24 Credit Hours
English: Writing	24 Credit Hours
Evangelism and Church Planting	24 Credit Hours
General Education Core	46 Credit Hours
Intercultural Studies	24 Credit Hours
Music (Non-Music Majors)	24 Credit Hours
Music Performance	21 Credit Hours
Pastoral Studies	24 Credit Hours
Psychology for Non-Psychology Majors	24 Credit Hours
Psychology-Graduate School Preparation	24 Credit Hours
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)	23 Credit Hours
Theatre	23 Credit Hours
Urban Studies	29 Credit Hours
Worship Arts: Music Pastor	23 Credit Hours
Worship Arts: Worship Leading	21 Credit Hours
Youth Ministries	24 Credit Hours