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Program Distinctives


Best of Both Worlds: academic excellence and customer service
Learn at a university consistently ranked in the top tier of U.S. News & World Report's Masters:West region category. George Fox University brings together academic excellence and customer service. Our classes are taught by highly qualified faculty with wide-ranging community involvement and professional experience.

Curriculum Design
The program is structured around a learning team model in which each group of students follows an integrated sequence of courses from beginning to end. The curriculum consists of 36 semester hours of credit, including a service-learning project. Students' personal and professional experiences are seen as valuable resources to the learning process.

Program Format
Classes are held one evening per week and occasional Saturdays over a period of 20 months. They are taught in a dynamic and interactive setting using adult-learning methodology, which is student-driven, not instructor-focused. Textbooks are delivered to classrooms, and a monthly payment plan is available.

Service Learning Project
You have an exciting opportunity to enhance your academic experience through participation in a yearlong, team-service project. The project uses a consultant model in which you apply skills, theory, course concepts, and research-based decision-making skills in working with a public-benefit organization.