STETS provides integrated theological education, training and formation.

For BA students, the training and formational elements are part of the academic programme and accrue academic credits towards their academic award. 

MA students in initial training are required by the churches to do similar training and formational work, but this does not accrue credit towards the MA.  There is time budgeted for this work in both programmes.

One important way both the FdA & BA and MA programmes offer integrated training is through their spiral design.  Each pays regular and recurrent attention to the three core elements of God, World and Church. 

In this way you are enabled to give due attention to the central concerns of theological subjects such as the Hebrew Bible, Systematic Theology and Church History and Practice, while tackling them in terms of STETS’ overall missiological and contextual orientation.  This spiral arrangement produces further opportunities for you to develop and integrate your learning.