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ProDev

Our innovative work-and-learning opportunities to help students graduate debt free with confidence in their future career

What is ProDev?

ProDev connects your biblical education with real world experience, helping you gain skills and explore a career trajectory from day one. With cooperation with Nashville’s top businesses and nonprofits, you’ll gain experience, feedback, and mentorship while in college (not after), so you can graduate debt free and confident of your next steps.
Participation in ProDev qualifies students for our highest scholarship and hourly wages, enabling them to pay for college without accruing debt.

How it works

Academically

Students choose an occupational focus to augment their biblical and community development training. This includes fields in church ministry, education, health care, administration, housing and trades, media, and the performing arts

Spiritually

Students receive a mentor who holds them accountable to their character and faith at work.

Professionally

Students gain over 800 hours of workplace experience each year of the program. This makes them eligible for our largest scholarship and an hourly wage, helping make college more affordable.

Globally

Students also gain exposure and experience in their occupational focus in a third-world context, seeing firsthand how their work can be a part of God’s mission.

Occupational Focuses

Church Ministry
Pastoral Counseling
Church Administration
Worship Arts
Education
Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
Secondary Education
Out of School (OST) Education
Coaching
Health Care
Clinical Health Care (Medical Assistant)
Medical Administration
Childbirth Education & Labor Support (Doula)
Pre-Midwifery
Wellness Therapies
Administration
Bookkeeping
Human Resources
Business Administration
Hospitality & Tourism
Grant writing
Housing, Land & Trades
Solar Energy
IT Networking
Horticulture
Plumbing
Electrical
HVAC
Project Management
Real Estate
Media
Web Development & SEO
Copywriting
Documentary Film
Photography & Journalism
Social Media Management
Graphic Design
Performing Arts
Theater
Dance
Music


Questions

Do students have to do ProDev? (May require for first two years in the near future)
At the moment, no, students do not have to do ProDev, but they are heavily encouraged. But we have designed our program so even if someone has no savings to head to college with, they will still be able to pay for school and not have debt in the end. In situations where students have parental support, they can opt out of ProDev, though in the near future we may require students do it during their first two years.

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