ACADEMIC CALENDAR
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SUMMER 2025
Application & Tuition Deadline: April 21, 2025
Start Date: May 5, 2025
End Date: August 17, 2025
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FALL 2025
Application & Tuition Deadline: August 18, 2025
Start Date: September 1, 2025
End Date: December 14, 2025
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spring 2026
Application & Tuition Deadline: December 29, 2025
Start Date: January 5, 2026
End Date: April 26, 2026
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summer 2026
Application & Tuition Deadline: April 27, 2026
Start Date: May 4, 2026
End Date: August 23, 2026
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fall 2026
Application & Tuition Deadline: August 24, 2026
Start Date: August 31, 2026
End Date: December 20, 2026
CPE 16 week semester
Our CPE program is taught in a 16-week semester format with self-paced work during the first 3 weeks and live classroom instruction beginning in week 4 for 12 weeks of live class.
CPE is a 400-hour training program. You must participate in 100 hours of online classroom instruction, life coaching, course work, and earn 300 practical or clinical hours per unit. Clinicals may be earned in a variety of settings such as Hospital, Hospice, Prison, Police/Fire, Disaster Response, Nursing Home, Counseling, Church, and others. Just talk to us and we will help you choose. And you may earn hours in multiple settings. You do not have to work only in a hospital. We believe a variety of Chaplain experiences are very beneficial to your Chaplain education.
view options for accredited degrees including our cpe
You do not have to be an MDiv student to join our online CPE program. You may join us as long as you have a minimum of a high school education, are mature in your faith, and have two years or more of ministry experience. However, for Board Certification you will need to have a higher education.
We offer CPE courses or units 1 through 4 during each of the semesters shown. Transfer students to our CPE will need to demonstrate competency and provide a sample case study.