View or print the Wesley COS Course schedule here.
View a list of Local Pastor Registrars for the Northeast Jurisdiction
Announcement January 2020
- Students enrolled in satellite courses will receive their system log on and password information via email. Questions should be directed to Barbara Papendorp. Once you receive it, please log on to check that it works. To log onto Blackboard please view this video.
Announcements July 2019
- The Wesley July Course of Study program is currently transitioning to a hybrid format. This will take effect July 2020. You can read about the changes in this document.
- Wesley also announces the launch of a Satellite school in Syracuse New York. This location is replacing the Buffalo Extension school. Courses will be held at the UNY Conference Center in Liverpool, NY and managed by the Wesley COS Office in Washington, DC. The course schedule for the new Upper New York Satellite school can be viewed above.
Announcements July 2018
- As of July 1, 2018 Course of Study students must complete both CS 122 Theological Heritage; Introduction and CS 12 1 Bible 1: Introduction before registering for addition history courses or Bible courses.
- We have changed the July 2019 registration form back to our original form as the on-line form was confusing and causing students to register for course they did not want to need to take. Please obtain the signatures of your DS and LLP Registrar before returning to Wesley.
- The GBHEM is now asking that students obtain their PID (personal Identification number) from GBHEM when registering. You should include this on the registration form. this means you have two student ID's; one for the GBHEM to track all of your courses and one from Wesley so we can register you for classes. Please contact cosregistrar@gbhem.org to obtain your PID number.
To register for courses select the program by clicking on the program name. Complete the form (all forms are writable pdf's - so you type directly into them, save on your computer and forward in an email to your DS and LP registrar) and obtain the signatures of your DS and Local Pastor Registrar. Return the form to Wesley either via email cosregistration@wesleyseminary.edu or mail as directed on the form. Book lists and assignments can be found in the drop down menus below.
Register for July 2020 ; July 6-17, 2020. Pre-course online begins June 22, 2020. Program details will be posted shortly. (updated 8/2/19)
Register for Weekend COS in DC 2019-2020
Register for New England Satellite School 2019-2020
Register for Philadelphia Satellite School 2019-2020
Register for Upper New York Satellite School 2019-2020
Registration deadlines for 2019-2020 weekend and Satellite sessions are:
Summer weekend - July 19, 2019
Fall Weekend/Satellite - August 30, 2019
Winter Weekend/Satellite - December 13, 2019
Spring Weekend/Satellite - February 21, 2020
2020-2021 Registration forms
Register for Weekend COS in DC 2020-2021
Register for New England Satellite School 2020-2021
Register for Philadelphia Satellite School 2020-2021
Register for Upper New York Satellite School 2020-2021
Wesley Theological Seminary is currently transitioning from a fully residential program during the month of July to a hybrid format. Each "term" now consists of one week on campus plus on-line work either before or after the on campus session. Reasons for doing this include working to lessen the physical time on campus for students who also have a full time secular job and to decrease the cost of housing for students. The order in which courses are scheduled for term one and term two have remained the same. You can read about the program changes here.
Click here for the Registration form for the July 2020 Term
Click here for the class schedule
Click here for program costs and housing options (updated Feb 6, 2020)
Click here for book list Course information will be posted on Blackboard. Students will have course access as soon as the faculty make the Blackboard courses available to students. (updated 1/27/20)
Course assignments are linked below and are being updated as they are received. To download the syllabus please click to course title. You can email faculty directly with questions by clicking their name:
CS121 Bible 1: Introduction Rebecca Abts Wright
CS122 Theological Heritage 1: Introduction Doug Tzan
CS123 Formation for Discipleship Gina Campbell (coming soon) books listed here
CS124 Transformational Leadership Ann Michel
CS221 Bible 2: Torah and Israel's History Amy Jones
CS222 Theological Heritage 2: Early Church Charles Harrell
CS223 Worship and Sacraments Anna Petrin (coming soon)
CS224 Administration and Polity Tim Baer
CS321 Bible 3: GospelsKatherine Brown
CS322 Theological Heritage 3: Reformation David Evans
CS323 Congregational Care Michael Koppel
CS324 Preaching Asa Lee
CS421 Bible 4: Prophets, Psalms and Wisdom Lit Rebecca Abts Wright
CS422 Theological Heritage 4: Wesleyan Movement Joye Jones
CS423 Mission Jim Walker (coming soon) booklist available here
CS424 Ethics Jeff Matsler (faculty change from Joe Bush)
CS521 Bible 5: Acts, Epistles and RevelationCarla Works (this is the "early edition". Dr. Works reserves the right to continue to update this syllabus)
CS522 Theology in the Contemporary Church Don Dotterer
CS523 EvangelismDoug Powe
CS524 Theological Reflection: Practice of Ministry Tony Huntbooklist available here
click here for directions to Campus
Click here for the Howes/Larson Scholarship application (coming soon)
The New England Satellite School serves part-time local pastors in the New England and New York areas of the North East Jurisdiction. Four courses are offered each year with two offered in Bangor, Maine in the fall and two offered in New Hampshire in the spring. Other locations maybe added in the future as program need dictate.
Spring Session 2020 (updated 2/13/2020)
The 2020 Spring courses will be held at The Rock Church in Plaistow, NH Registration is open! Registration for this session will close March 13, 2020 Students should make their own housing arrangement for this session. Course information will be posted as soon as possible. Please check this site for information.
April 17-18 and May 22 -23, 2020
CS-123 Formation and Discipleship
Syllabus and booklist information are available here
CS-223 Worship and Sacraments
Syllabus and booklist information are available here
Courses at the Upper New York Satellite school will begin in the 2019 fall term at the UNY conference center in Liverpool, NY.
With winter starting to bear down on us, please stay up to date on UNY conference center closings. Please check Blackboard and the UNY conference center website: https://www.unyumc.org/ Program information can be found here: http://www.unyumc.org/ministries/course-of-study-satellite-school
In the event we need to cancel due to weather we will make alternative arrangements so that all students are able to complete the course.
Winter 2020 - January 17-18 and February 28-29, 2020 Registration for the Winter 2020 term is now closed.
Some of these faculty *may* use Blackboard, and online learning tool hosted by Wesley Theological Seminary. If they do, you need to able to log on the Blackboard. Please view this video to assist you. The faculty will state in their syllabus that is attached if they plan on using Blackboard.
CS-121 Bible 1: Introduction
Dr. F. David Carr
Pre-course information is available here
CS-224 Administration and Polity
Dr. Tim Baer
Syllabus is available here
CS-424 Ethics
Dr. Aaron Bouwens
Syllabus is available here
Spring 2020 - March 27-28 and April 24-25, 2020 Registration deadline is February 14, 2020
Some of these faculty *may* use Backboard, and online learning tool hosted by Wesley Theological Seminary. If they do, you need to able to log on the Blackboard. Please view this video to assist you. The faculty will state in their syllabus that is attached if they plan on using Blackboard.
CS-321 Bible 3: Gospels
Dr. John Fulton
Syllabus is available here
CS-323 Congregational Care
Dr. Tallessyn Grenfell-Lee
Syllabus is available here
CS-522 Contemporary Theology
Dr. Donald Dotterer
Syllabus is available here
The Philadelphia Satellite School is located near West Chester, PA just outside of Philadelphia, PA. Courses are offered on the weekends with the first weekend in a Friday/Saturday format followed by two full Saturdays. To download the course information, click on the course title in purple.
Up Coming Courses for Philly in 2019-2020:
Spring 2020 CS 324 Preaching with Rev Amy Banka
Registration deadline is February 21, 2020 Course dates: March 13-14, 2020; Saturday April 18 and May 9, 2020
First weekend will be held at the Comfort Inn Exton, PA. Two Saturdays will be held at West Chester UMC in West Chester, PA
Download the Syllabus here
Weekend Course of Study is available to part-time local pastors so that they may accommodate their secular job schedules. Each class takes place over two weekends scheduled about one month apart. Some courses are offered in a hybrid format (Summer and Winter Term only) so that the first half of the class is on-line and the second class is on campus. Wesley offers up to four courses each session. Students should choose one course from each offering as they run concurrently.
Pre-course assignments are hyperlinked to the course title below. Print or view the assignments here. Assignments are added as they are received from the faculty. Questions? please contact Sara Sheppard 202-885-8688 A schedule of courses can be printed here.
Winter Hybrid Weekend Session in DC January on-line and February 21-22, 2020
Registration deadline is December 13, 2019
This program is taught half on line during the month of January and face to face on the Wesley campus in February. In order to participate, students must have access to Blackboard. To log on to Blackboard, please view this video. It is imperative that you add "wts" in front of your user name to log on to Blackboard. If you have not received your log on credentials please send an email to COSregistration@wesleyseminary.edu
CS-121 Bible 1: Introduction Rev. Chauncey Handy Update December 4 - this course is now closed. We have reached the maximum number of students for this class.
The syllabus and other information for this course is now posted on Blackboard and the course is available to registered students.
CS-222 Theological Heritage 2: Early Church Dr. Charles Harrell
The syllabus Is now available on Blackboard and the course is available to registered students.
CS-323 Congregational Care Dr. Michael Koppel
The syllabus and other information for this course is now posted on Blackboard and the course is available to registered students.
CS-523 Evangelism Dr. Doug Powe
The syllabus and other information for this course is now posted on Blackboard and the course is available to students.
Click here for housing rate information
Spring Weekend Session in DC March 13-14 & April 17-18, 2020
Registration deadline is February 21, 2020
CS123 Formation and Discipleship Rev. Sherri Wood Powe
The syllabus is available here. Please also check Blackboard for additional information. (updated 1-21-2020)
CS221 Bible 2: Torah and Israel's History Dr. Denise Hopkins
The syllabus will be available here
CS424 Ethics Dr. Joe Bush
The syllabus is available here. Please also check Blackboard for additional information.
CS522 Theology in the Contemporary Church Dr. Audrey Price
The syllabus is available here (updated 2-3-2020)
In 2015 the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry undertook a curriculum revision for the Course of Study. Below you will find document that will assist you with navigating those changes if you were already in process. Please feel free to contact the Course of Study Office at Wesley for assistance. Sara Sheppard will provide you an audit of your program upon request. 202-885-8688
Wesley uses Blackboard, an on-line learning tool to disseminate course information and as a platform for all on-line courses. To log on to Blackboard please view this video.
A few hints to make navigating Blackboard a little easier:
- You should always write your course work outside of blackboard using Word or a similar word processing package. Upload your papers to the blackboard course just as you would attach something to an email.
- You should log into blackboard using either Google Chrome or Firefox. Blackboard is not supported by Internet Explorer. Chrome and Firefox can be downloaded for free from the internet.
- You should always keep a back up for your work. Always!
- Proof read! Don't rely on the spelling package with your work processor. It makes mistakes! Make sure your paper says what YOU want it to say.
- If you need assistance with writing, consider enrolling in a writing course at your local community college.
Grades are not reported via Blackboard. Your professor may keep a tally of your grade on Blackboard, however the process of recording and reporting them to Nashville is a separate thing altogether. We will send out grades to students as soon as we have received them from the faculty.
Questions? Please let me know at ssheppard@wesleyseminary.edu
Questions?
Contact Sara Sheppard , Managing Director 202-885-8688
Barbara Papendorp Housing and Registration 202-885-8607
