{"id":927,"date":"2013-05-16T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vnn.org\/vaisnava-news\/?p=927"},"modified":"2013-05-15T16:54:51","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T20:54:51","slug":"b-a-in-theology-religious-studies-offered-online-from-september-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/b-a-in-theology-religious-studies-offered-online-from-september-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"B.A. in Theology &#038; Religious Studies Offered Online from September 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 15, 2013 (VNN)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/logo_bc.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-928\" alt=\"logo_bc\" src=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/logo_bc.png\" width=\"151\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/logo_bc.png 151w, https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/logo_bc-150x128.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" \/><\/a>Bhaktivedanta College is quickly developing its online facilities. The first course to be offered in this manner was the Bhakti Sastri program in 2011, followed by the Certificate in Bhakti Yoga Studies in 2012. The GBC\u2019s Disciples Course\u201d was also offered.<\/p>\n<p>On September 13th 2013, however, Bhaktivedanta College will begin offering a degree course online for the first time: its B.A. in Theology and Religious Studies (TRS). The online version of the course will be offered through Moodle (<a title=\"http:\/\/www.bhaktivedantaonline.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhaktivedantaonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.bhaktivedantaonline.com<\/a>), a Virtual Learning Environment, and is being developed by the College\u2019s Director for Online Learning Dinadayal Dasa.<\/p>\n<p>Appropriate forms of delivery and assessment will be offered to distance learning students to ensure comparability of learning opportunity for both onsite and online students. Lectures and seminars onsite will be video or audio recorded; within 24 hours the recording will be available in the moodle environment.<\/p>\n<p>Both online and onsite students will access the same course materials online, share the same forum, receive the same online messages from the teacher, submit their work using the same methods, and be treated in the same way regarding deadlines.<\/p>\n<p>More about TRS Online read\u00a0<a title=\"TRS Online\" href=\"http:\/\/bhaktivedantacollege.com\/online\/ba-theology-and-religious-studies-trs-online\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 15, 2013 (VNN) Bhaktivedanta College is quickly developing its online facilities. The first course to be offered in this manner was the Bhakti Sastri program in 2011, followed by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/b-a-in-theology-religious-studies-offered-online-from-september-2013\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[15,2],"tags":[371,369,370],"class_list":["post-927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-bhakti-sastri","tag-bhaktivedanta-college","tag-theology","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>B.A. in Theology &amp; Religious Studies Offered Online from September 2013 - VNN - Vaishnava News Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/b-a-in-theology-religious-studies-offered-online-from-september-2013\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"VNN Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaishnava-news-network.org\\\/vaisnava-news\\\/b-a-in-theology-religious-studies-offered-online-from-september-2013\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaishnava-news-network.org\\\/vaisnava-news\\\/b-a-in-theology-religious-studies-offered-online-from-september-2013\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"VNN Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaishnava-news-network.org\\\/vaisnava-news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/697219dd9c21dd216a0ea9f7de1cc9c9\"},\"headline\":\"B.A. in Theology &#038; 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