Universidad Cristiana del Sur (Southern Christian University) is a university in
San José
San José or San Jose (Spanish for Saint Joseph) most often refers to:
*San Jose, California, United States
*San José, Costa Rica, the nation's capital
San José or San Jose may also refer to:
Places Argentina
* San José, Buenos Aires
** San ...
,
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
. It offers
Associate,
Bachelor and Licentiate degrees under Ministry of Education accreditation and some other programs via
articulation agreements.
Founded in 1997 the
university
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offers on-campus instruction in English, and
Spanish.
Accreditation
The university is accredited by the Costa Rican Ministry of Education, and the Adult Council on Higher Education Private Universities (CONESUP) to award bachelor's degrees,
which is equivalent to Regional Accreditation from the
United States
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. The
United States Department of Education
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finds that CONESUP has similar accreditation standards (NCFMEA).
The webpage of the
Ministry of Education has a list with the accredited private universities in the country, which are accredited by the National Superior Education Committee, Consejo Nacional de Educación Superior. Universidad Cristiana del Sur appears on that list, however only Bachelor's and Licenciate degrees appear there in the areas of law,
business administration
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, and
theology
Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...
. The university does not offer programs above Licentiate (Master's degrees) under its own accreditation but does have articulation agreements with other universities.
References
External links
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Universities in Costa Rica
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