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Maranatha Baptist University

Maranatha Baptist University
745 West Main Street
Watertown, WI 53094

Official telephone: (920) 261-9300
Toll-free telephone: (800) MBBC-WIS
Fax number: (920) 261-9109
Website: www.mbu.edu
Screen last updated on: December 2016
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: in late August and mid-January.
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students held in September and December.
Number and length of summer sessions: One summer session of three weeks.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Majors with the highest enrollment: elementary teacher education, biblical studies, business management
Majors with the lowest enrollment: speech education, science education, business education
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 66%
Student:Faculty ratio: 13:1
Total faculty: 70 men, 40 women
Full-time faculty: 24 men, 15 women
Part-time faculty: 46 men, 25 women
Graduation rate: 60% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes
Minor requirements: required of some for graduation
Physical education is required: no
There are religious requirements for graduation: yes
Minimum GPA required to graduate: 2.0

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
double majors, independent study, internships, distance learning
Minors and other miscellaneous programs offered:
Minors offered in environmental science, molecular biology, new media communications, photography, pre-medicine, Spanish, string pedagogy, and TESL.

Preprofessional programs offered:
pre-medicine
Qualified undergraduates may take graduate-level classes: yes
Army ROTC: offered on-campus
Navy ROTC: not offered
Air Force ROTC: offered off-campus at U of Wisconsin--Madison.

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Christian Ministry
  • Early Childhood
  • Office Technology
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Biblical Counseling
  • Biblical Studies
  • Biological Sciences Education
  • Biology
  • Business Education
  • Business Management
  • Church Ministries
  • Cross-Cultural Studies
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Elementary Teacher Education
  • English Education
  • Evangelism
  • History Education
  • Humanities
  • Marketing Management
  • Mathematics Education
  • Missions
  • Missions Aviation
  • Music
  • Music Education
  • Nursing
  • Office Management
  • Pastoral Studies
  • Physical Education
  • Science Education
  • Social Studies Education
  • Speech Education
  • Women's Ministries
  • Youth Ministries
Master's Degrees

  • Biblical Counseling
  • Biblical Studies
  • Cross-Cultural Studies
  • Theology

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit and/or placement for CLEP general
  • credit and/or placement for DANTES
  • placement for school's own challenge exams

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