The academic year is divided into two semesters totalling a period of 40 weeks (10 months). It starts in the autumn when the semester begins in august and finishes in December, followed by 2-3 weeks of Christmas holiday. The spring semester begins in January and ends in June.

60 ECTS amounts to 1500-1800 work hours over a year, which means that each course is estimated to amount to 250-300 work hours. This includes lectures, assignments, and reading of about 700-800 pages of literature for each course (10 ECTS).

Admission requirements are either Norwegian Higher Education Entrance Qualification or prior learning and work experience as specified in FIUC regulations, except for the Norwegian language requirements. For applicants with foreign education, the requirements are specified in the GSU-list by HKDIR (the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills). See FIUC’s website for more information about admission requirements.

An application fee may be imposed, please consult our payment page or student administration for further information and deadlines.

Required Reading

The length of the required reading varies depending on the subject’s character and forms of assessment. The required reading normally amounts to 70-80 pages per ECTS point

Attendance

Attendance requirements are described in the course descriptions.

The one-year study program in theology aims at equipping students for Christian ministry. Furthermore, the courses may be incorporated into FIUC’s bachelor’s in theology, mission and ministry. The one-year study program may also be included in further studies within Christianity or theology other places.

The learning outcomes of the study programme are divided into knowledge, skills and general competence. This is in accordance with the Norwegian qualifications framework for lifelong learning (NQF). The Norwegian qualifications framework is meant to be used as a transparency tool for comparison of Norwegian qualifications with qualifications from other countries, via the European qualifications framework (EQF) and/or the European qualifications framework for higher education (QF-EHEA). NQF intends to promote cross-border mobility.

A candidate who has completed his or her qualification should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge:

The candidate

• has knowledge of the field of theology and knowledge of the different theological disciplines.
• has knowledge of the Bible.
• has knowledge of Christian history, thinking, beliefs and ethics.
• has basic knowledge of Christian mission and ministry, and related issues.

Skills:

The candidate

• can apply their knowledge of key subjects about the Bible, Christian beliefs, and ministry to discuss and plan tasks in ministry and mission.
• can communicate knowledge about the Christian faith in various settings.
• can reflect on their own academic work and adjust it under supervision.
• can update and acquire new knowledge about the Bible and Christian faith and doctrine.

General Competence:

The candidate

• can communicate both orally and in writing, on issues related to theology, mission and ministry.
• can write academic texts and possesses the necessary digital competence.
• can contribute to the development of good practices within the field based on academic qualifications and insight into professional ethical issues.

In most courses there are course requirements that must be completed for the student to be eligible for the final assessment. These must be fulfilled within the fixed deadline and not later than two weeks before the exam date. If you fail to fulfil the course requirements, you will normally be given one (1) more attempt. If you then fail, you will have to wait until the next time the course is taught. The student may contest the evaluation of the second attempt of the course requirement within one week after the publication of the assessment.

Passed course requirements are valid for three years as long as the learning outcomes of the course remain unchanged.

The final assessment for each course is described in the course description.

The courses and final exams will normally be graded A-E for pass and F for fail, but some courses are graded Pass or Fail. The official description of the criteria in the grading scale is found online at: http://www.uhr.no/index.php?ob....

For more information on assessment and exam we refer you to the document “Forskrift om opptak, studier og eksamen ved Fjellhaug Internasjonale Høgskole” (2024).

The one-year study program in theology is an online and session-based study program. That means that teaching is mainly done digitally, but you are also expected to meet on campus for gatherings with concentrated teaching. Some of the gatherings will be offered digitally. The course descriptions will offer more details for each course.

The online teaching is structured according to a student-learning material model. This means that the online lessons focus on facilitating the student's interaction with the learning material in a structured way, enabling them to follow the logical progression of the subject. The online lessons typically include reading guides for the course literature, instructional texts for the online lessons, as well as audio or video recordings of lectures for each lesson.

In addition to reading the required readings in each course, some courses might course requirements which you must complete to be eligible for the final exam.

We assume that you have access to the internet. A significant part of the communication between the school and the students is done by FIUC’s learning management system (LMS).

For each course, there is a person with course responsibility, who can help you with questions related to the course and the completion of the course.

The teaching is research-based, as most instructors teach in fields where they hold research expertise. The syllabus is grounded in research within the relevant academic discipline, and students engage in research-like learning activities in many courses, particularly through the reading of primary texts.

The program is designed to be flexible, allowing students to complete it either as a part-time program over an extended period or as a full-time program.

The one-year program in theology consists of courses that amounts to 60 ECTS credits.

Fjellhaug University College offers the following course progression:

In Norwegian higher education, great emphasis is placed on internationalisation, and it is a goal that student exchange should be the norm. The college recommends that the student exchange be added to one of the last three semesters. In addition, it is recommended that the student apply for approval in advance so that the courses that are planned to be completed can be incorporated into the bachelor's degree.

See the college's website for more information on opportunities for student exchange.

The quality, content, completion, and development of the programme are ensured by the FIUC’s internal quality assurance system. Study quality and study programs are evaluated according to fixed cycles. The students are involved in this and will regularly be asked to carry out evaluations of selected courses. In addition, the general study quality is evaluated through an annual survey. The results and main findings of both the course evaluations and the survey are dealt with in the relevant councils within the quality assurance system.

More information about the college's quality assurance system is available in the university college’s learning management system (LMS).

Programme description of One-Year study program in theology