Questions/Assignments
The questions challenge you to reflect on the readings and apply them to your ministry/community context. These questions are vital to maximizing your learning in the course. 

As you answer the questions, it will be helpful to have a target group of people in mind.  This should be a group of people in a community you serve or want to serve.  Having people and faces in mind will help the learning become more alive, relevant, and beneficial, and it provides a basis for a ministry plan.  This process will help the course to be more than an academic exercise.

Group Study
For groups utilizing this material, there are group discussion questions with most lessons. These questions are intended to facilitate exchange among group members. Even though the questions are for group discussion, each individual should prepare for the group discussion by reading all the required reading and answering the questions in the written assignment.

Language
The course material is in English and requires a secondary-school level of English comprehension and writing skills.

Course Material
The course uses web-deployed course material consisting of readings and written assignments, both accessed via downloadable documents and web links. In addition, the course may require a text book(s) purchased separately.

Technology Requirements
The following computer software may be required to access the course material:

• Microsoft Word (version 6.0/95 or later).  WordPad may work if necessary.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader (to read files in pdf format). If your computer does not have a PDF reader, you can download a free copy of Adobe®Acrobat®Reader.
• A web browser/html reader such as Netscape Navigator, Mozilla Firefox, or Microsoft Internet Explorer (to read files in html format).

Certification
The Chalmers Center does not provide professional certification or academic credit for its courses.

Further Chalmers Center Training
A course may be a prerequisite for another more advanced course(s) offered by the Chalmers Center. If you would like to take that advanced course, you will need to show proof of completing the prerequisite course. To do that, you must record your answers to select questions listed for each lesson and submit them to the Chalmers Center for review. The course syllabus will provide the details on how to submit your answers for review.

The Chalmers Center will review your answers within six weeks of receiving them.  For all acceptable and approved answers, we will issue a course completion certificate. There is a $20 (USD) charge for submitting your answers for review. Note that that the certification is not a professional certification.

Self/Group Study Material
Course #1, Foundations and Principles of Holistic Ministry, is the only Chalmers Center course currently offered in self/group-study format. A version of the course is available for the International Track and a separate version is offered the US/Canada Track. The course is offered at no charge. It is appropriate for an individual or for a group such as a Sunday school class or a ministry team. Learn more about the International Foundations course and about the US/Canada Foundations course.

Note: We are currently working on a self/group-study course for Course #2 in International track and a self/group-study course for Course #2 in US/Canada track.

Access the Self/Group Study Material
Access the self/group-study course for:

       •   Ministry Internationally (Africa, Asia, and Latin America)

       •   Ministry in the US/Canada