The academic community is designed for students who intend to study at the college level in order to fulfill their commitment to minister within Modern Music Ministry, Media Production Ministry, or Music Business Ministry. A successful student at Visible Music College usually feels a sense of calling or purpose toward living a completely Christ-like life, with their craft existing within the larger whole of that life. Students who succeed are not perfect, but are certainly willing to invest their intellect, time, intelligence, and spirit into the training put before them.

A student’s grades will be only one of the instruments used to measure learning. Visible Music College is a Music and Worship Arts College that is one-third mentoring/discipleship program, one-third University Arts program, and one-third practical, vocational training. Therefore, In addition to grades, a student’s achievement is assessed through a matrix of Spiritual, Artistic, and Professional Formation. Spiritual Formation assists students in growing in their relationship with Christ, and developing and integrating their faith into their life through their thoughts, being, and actions. Artistic Formation assists students in developing skills in their area of expertise to equip them to be agents of cultural transformation. Professional Formation assists students in developing a lifestyle of service and leadership.

The certificate programs are structured to be completed in nine months and the Bachelor programs are accelerated, three-year formats of the baccalaureate degree. All programs are designed to be practical in nature so that theory is not divorced from the applied outworking of the training; programs are also designed to be ministry oriented, reinforcing the concept that for those who live in Christ, all of life is service to Him and our every action can have a ministerial outreach. We want to glorify God forever--starting right now.

We at Visible Music College accomplish these goals through intensity, immersion, and investment. Our students normally enroll in a class load of approximately twenty hours/semester. Those twenty hours are like a 40 hours work-week. Therefore, we ask our students to limit outside commitments such as work or ministry involvement to 20 hours per week.

Visible Music College is a college where students will experience, on a microcosmic level, what happens at a larger level in the chosen ministry and profession. Insight is provided to our students as they are exposed to local, national, and international leaders in the ministry and industry through guest speakers and lecture series. This networking of Visible Music College into the arts industries brings the student a breath of perspective that most artistic institutions are unable to offer. Investment into each other in the community is accomplished through shared learning, experiences, and life together. With a 1:6 staff to student ratio, the faculty and staff are readily available to provide the student with personal attention and pastoral care. The authentic community valued at Visible Music College reinforces the fact that our greatest resource is Christ, working through people, to accomplish the Kingdom of God.