The College at Southeastern

Both of the Southeastern schools are affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. The college is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The College at Southeastern combines liberal arts education with theological training.

While Southeastern equips young men for pastoral ministry, the college also equips missionaries, counselors, teachers, youth pastors and others who spread the Gospel across the street and around the world.

Approximately 500 Southeastern college and seminary students and graduates currently serve as foreign missionaries, the vast majority through the International Mission Board. Dozens of graduates serve as North American church planters in urban centers such as Boston, Chicago, Tampa, Atlanta, Richmond and Nashville, as well as underserved rural areas in the Midwest and New England.

Hundreds of Southeastern students from the college and seminary participate annually in short-term mission trips sponsored by the seminary or local churches. Numerous Southeastern professors regularly lead mission trips or teach short-term in overseas settings.

Students come from 49 states and are citizens of 33 countries. Enrollment is currently approximately 3,250 students including the College at Southeastern and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The college's current enrollment is approximately 650 students.

Students can select one each of 10 majors and 15 minors.

Students pursuing a four-year Bachelor of Arts degree complete a core curriculum as well as theological studies. Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts program complete a minor in Christian studies in addition to their selected major. C@SE also offers a small variety of associate degree programs and certificate programs.

Majors[3]

• Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
• Biblical Studies
• English
• Global Studies
• History
• History (Pre-Law)
• Humanities
• Philosophy
• Pastoral Ministry
• Theology
• Worship Ministry
• Justice and Social Ethics

Minors[3]

• Apologetics
• Biblical Studies
• Business
• English
• ESL
• Global Studies
• History
• Humanities
• Justice and Social Ethics
• Missions
• Music
• Organizational Leadership
• Pastoral Ministry
• Preaching
• Psychology
• Student Ministry
• Theology
• Writing, Rhetoric, and Communication

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Student life[4] includes activities such as intramural sports, campus-wide cookouts, coffee houses and concerts.

The College at Southeastern began in 1994.[5] Southeastern Seminary had opened its doors in 1950 on the Wake Forest College campus.

In an effort to accommodate the school's increasing enrollment, trustees approved construction of a new academic building in an October 2005 meeting. Since its completion in 2008, Paige and Dorothy Patterson Hall has been the flagship academic building on campus. Patterson Hall houses the Center for Faith and Culture, the College at Southeastern and the school's doctoral programs.

The Southeastern Board of Trustees opted to change the name of the college from Southeastern College at Wake Forest to the College at Southeastern in April 2008.

In January 2009, Dr. Bruce R. Ashford was installed as dean of the College at Southeastern. He made several important changes during his first few months, including new curriculum like minors in leadership and student ministry.

Dr. Jamie Dew succeeded Ashford in January 2013 as the dean of the college.

The College at Southeastern is marked by Ashford's and Dew's vision to give greater flexibility to students' academic pursuits. The History of Ideas Program engages students to research and read classical works that have shaped history from a Christian perspective. New majors were added such as Global Studies, Missions, Pre-Law, History, Biblical Studies and Worship Ministry.

In 2016, the College introduced the House System, of which there are five Houses. The Houses are named after missionaries George Liele, Andrew Fuller, Francis Schaeffer, Adoniram Judson, and the fifth House has yet to be named. The House System, each year, has multiple competitions throughout the semester and these competitions ultimately determine which House wins the annual House Cup, which is awarded in the last month of the semester. In the five year history of the House System, the Judson House has won the most House Cups with three with Schaeffer House and Liele House tied for second most at one House Cup each. Fuller House has yet to win a House Cup, but did finish third in the final standings for the 2020-21 school year.

The faculty at Southeastern claims to teach in accordance with, and not contrary to, the Abstract of Principles of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Baptist faith. The school conforms to the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy and the Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.

Former deans include

• Peter R. Schemm, Jr
• Bruce Ashford
• James K. Dew

• http://www.collegeatsoutheastern.com