Take the next step
in your JOURNEY

SCOPE unlocks the pathway to effectively achieve your personal, professional, and organizational goals.

customized, flexible & affordable learning pathways

that overcome the boundaries to achieving the next important milestone in your personal or organizational journey

Earn
Academic
Credit

Whether your life circumstances have put degree completion on hold or you are looking for better career advancement opportunities, SCOPE has a flexible and achievable pathway to help you earn your degree and reach your next goal.

Gain
Professional
skills

Professional Development

SCOPE offers customizable, character-based leadership and practical skills development programs for professional resume-building advancement and for leaders who want to gain new tools to equip themselves and their teams for success.

WHY CHOOSE SCOPE?

With a biblical foundation, SCOPE (School for Continuing, Online and Professional Education) creates the pathway to achieving your next professional or organizational goal by equipping and training you to lead and succeed.

What make us unique

Centrality of a Biblical worldview

Reputation for success in career advancement

Flexible paths to learn or degree completion

40%

of the US workforce will require training and reskilling by 2025 — CED.org

Grace Simonelli

PROFESSIONAL STUDIES, BS

From Waitress to Upper Management

Where I Started

I started school at Bob Jones in 2006, and I was not sure which path I wanted to go in my career. I changed majors a couple of times, and when I dropped out in 2010, it felt impossible to have a stable, solid career. It just felt so far out of reach.

Why I Needed SCOPE

Being a single mom, it seemed really overwhelming having to figure out childcare and attending classes. I really wasn't willing to give up time with my son in order to finish my degree. It was important to me to find something that was completely online.

What I Wanted to Achieve

Being in a management position made me realize that I needed to go back and finish my degree. Within a year of getting the degree, I was promoted at my job. It really unlocked the potential for me to go anywhere and for me to continue to work my way up within the company.

Grace's Story

Deborah Roy

NURSING RN TO BSN

NURSING PATIENTS WORLDWIDE ON MEDICAL MISSIONS

Where I started

I found myself as a single mom when my daughters were young. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to provide a good life for them and decided I needed to go to school to get my RN. 24 years later, I decided I wanted to finish my bachelor's.

WHY I NEEDED SCOPE

I had to work full time, but this program was wonderful. I was able to do it a class at a time every seven weeks, and it worked out very well to be a working nurse and be able to further my degree at the same time.

WHAT I WANTED TO ACHIEVE

I'm currently attending Vanderbilt University, pursuing my master's degree so that I'm able to be a nurse practitioner. This is going to allow me to treat patients all over the world, and that is just a privilege to me that I never thought possible.

Deborah's Story

Chapman Harwood

SPORT ADMINISTRATION & COACHING, MA

CHANGING LIVES THROUGH COACHING

Where I Started

I graduated from Bob Jones University with a BS in Sport Management in 2020 and played on the basketball team at BJU. My assistant coach suggested I go into the master's program, and I was inspired by my dad who has his master’s degree in Sport Administration and has worked in coaching and administration his whole career.

Why I Needed SCOPE

I am currently working as a full-time Graduate Assistant at Bob Jones Academy in the athletic department and as an assistant basketball coach at the university. SCOPE offers all 30 credits of my master’s degree online. The class structure fits my schedule perfectly.

What I Wanted to Achieve

My passion in life is reaching as many kids as I can. I want to mentor them—in sports and in bigger ways. Eventually, I'd like to be an athletic director or maybe even a coach at the college level.

Chapman's Story

Renee Hodge

MS, EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

A Passion for Education

Where I Started

We had played around with the idea of what would it take to start a Christian School in this area. The Lord brought people into our lives that had the same desire, so I remember having a conversation with Bodie, my husband, about the school.

Why I Needed SCOPE

As we were heading into our second year of the school, we still couldn't find a school administrator. I was the ideal candidate, but the problem was I didn't have the degree to be an administrator. I was going to have to go back and get my master's in educational leadership. I looked at a couple of schools that are out there for the program, but my mind kept coming back to SCOPE through Bob Jones because of the biblical worldview.

What I Wanted to Achieve

The SCOPE program taught me how to be a good leader. Not just any leader, but a leader based on the example of Christ's life. I loved how they always took us back to the Bible to look at the example of Christ. We should use that to then turn and be leaders to our staff and be the person that God wants me to be.

Renee's Story