Special Programs: Off Campus

Off-Campus Study Programs

Students must apply and receive permission from the Dean of the College (or Dean's designee) to enroll in off-campus special study programs. Such programs are intended for junior or senior level students. The administration reserves the right to limit the number of students in off-campus programs in any given semester.

Students planning to complete any of the following programs should register using the temporary registration course, TR 099C (15 hours), in the appropriate semester. Upon completion of the off-campus program, the student must request that an official transcript be sent to the Trinity Academic Records Office from the school at which they completed their off-campus coursework.

Upon receipt of the official transcript, Records will remove the TR 099C temporary registration from the student’s record. The appropriate Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) number and course designation (listed below) will be used to post the student’s off-campus semester courses on the Trinity transcript. Each completed course title will be posted under the IDS program description, and course grades with the GPA calculation will also be posted.

Special Off-Campus Study Program Course Designations

Waupun Initiative

The Waupun Initiative's Biblical Studies major prepares students to interpret the Bible accurately and to apply the Bible wisely in a wide variety of settings. The major prepares inmates for ministry to fellow inmates, positions of leadership in the church, or for a variety of other ministry positions at home or abroad.

This program is a cohort-based, 120-hour degree program that serves an adult non-traditional student population at the Waupun Correctional Institution.

Program Outcomes:

Students graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biblical Studies will be able to:

• Identify the basic elements of Christian ethics, exhibit Christian maturity and professionalism (integrity, responsibility, etc.), and be able to describe their responsibilities in the context of ministry (biblical living)  
• Analyze biblical texts in their historical, grammatical, and theological context and interpret the Scriptures accurately by applying linguistic, historical, theological, and philosophical methods (biblical interpretation)
• Develop a Christian worldview that describes how biblical truths apply to contemporary settings in order to be culturally relevant (biblical application)
• Explain the major doctrines of Christianity and articulate his or her own theological convictions by integrating scriptural interpretation, biblical philosophy, and critical thinking (Theological Integration)​

Students in this special program will be required to complete the college's general education and global requirements, with these specifications and exceptions:

• IDS 105 Foundations for Adult Learning in lieu of IDS 180 One Mission, Many Stories
• BI 290 Interpreting and Teaching the Bible is taken as presentation-intensive general education course.
• PSY 140 introduction to Psychology and PSY 255 Psychology of Addiction are to be taken within the general education core.
• Service learning requirement is waived. 
• World language is not required.