Sattler College

Sattler College is a Christian college in Boston that opened in Fall 2018. It does not accept any government funds. Projected external funding for the school is $30 million over the course of 25 years.[1][2] Christian historian and lawyer David Bercot is on its board,[3] as well as businessmen James W. Bradford and Dr Finny Kuruvilla. Its campus is in a high-rise office building in downtown Boston overlooking the Charles River and Massachusetts State House.

Sattler College
TypePrivate
Established2016
DeanMichael Miller
Academic staff
5
Students21
Address
100 Cambridge Street 17th Floor
,
Boston
,
MA 02114
,
U.S.

CampusUrban office building 3,000+ ft2
Websitewww.sattlercollege.org

Religious Affiliation

The college is named for Michael Sattler, a sixteenth-century Anabaptist martyr. While the school is not affiliated with a particular denomination, it espouses principles from the early church and persecuted churches. Sattler believes in the power of redemptive love and emulates the early church and Anabaptist groups by following Jesus's instruction to love our enemies.[2]

History

In 2015, Dr. Finny Kuruvilla presented his idea of a college with "a comprehensive curriculum and beautiful campus overlooking the Boston Harbor... no traditional campus would offer a first-class education for only $9,000 each year."[4] He brought together a board of 6 people including 2 with PhDs from Ivy League schools and 2 with law degrees.[5] In December 2016, Massachusetts Board of Higher Education approved a measure to allow Sattler College to grant degrees and exist as an autonomous institution.[6] Sattler College's first application opened in October 2017 and it began its first semester with students in the fall of 2018.[7]

Campus
Entrance to 100 Cambridge Street

On October 26, 2017, the college announced that it had secured the 17th floor of the Leverett Saltonstall Building for its first campus.[8] It is located in downtown Boston in Beacon Hill. The college says that it had no plans for building science labs. Instead they plan "to have students take laboratory courses through the Harvard University Extension School, Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies, or elsewhere and transfer credits back to Sattler." [9] The college does plan to lease out apartment space to its students to provide housing options.[10]

Academics

Academic Model

Sattler adheres to the Oxford academic model. Classes are mostly discussion-based, with briefer lectures and greater student involvement. They told the Massachusetts BHE, "Faculty will serve primarily as mentors and discussion leaders, not as lecturers or providers of information. Students will be directed to on-line lecture sets and will be responsible for learning outside of class, e.g., researching, reading, and watching video lectures. In class, ideas will be reinforced, discussed, and critiqued.

Instead of having a library of their own, Sattler utilizes the Boston Public Library for its students. Sattler also provides electronic library resources by subscribing to the eBook services provided by two leading digital library service providers: Proquest (ebrary) and EBSCO." [9]

Degree Programs

In its December 2016 decision, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education granted Sattler College the ability to grant the following degrees:[9][11]

  • Bachelor of Science in Business
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
  • Bachelor of Science in Human Biology
  • Bachelor of Arts in Biblical and Religious Studies
  • Bachelor of Arts in History

The college has announced that, "within ten years [by 2028], we plan to seek authorization to also offer programs in Civil Engineering, English, Education, Journalism, Mathematics, Physics, and Social Sciences." [9]

The Three C's

One of Sattler College's self-proclaimed distinctives is its focus on "The Three C's": Core, Christian Character, and Cost.[12][13]

Core

Sattler requires an extensive core curriculum based on the liberal arts, including writing, history, biology, math, and economics. Students will also be required to take religion courses on Christianity.[11] These courses include learning Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Greek, church history, and studying the basics of Christianity.[14]

The current campus of Sattler is on the 17th floor of 100 Cambridge Street

Sattler's core curriculum courses include:

Foundations of Christian Faith

  • BRS 101 Fundamental Texts of Christianity: The Old and New Testaments
  • BRS 201 Theology
  • BRS 203 Apologetics

Science

  • BIO 101 Principles of Biology

Mathematics

  • MAT 102 Statistics and Data Science

Humanities (An Integrated Study of History, Literature, and Art)

  • HUM 102 The History, Literature, and Art of the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
  • HUM 103 The History, Literature, and Art of the Modern World
  • HUM 104 The History, Literature, and Art of the United States
  • HUM 105 The History, Literature, and Art of the Christian Church

Social Sciences

  • BUS 101 Introduction to Economics
  • SOC 301 Global Poverty: Its Origins and Implications for World Change

Language and Communication

  • LNG 101 Expository Writing and Oral Communication
  • LNG 102-103 Elementary Biblical Greek I and II
  • LNG 104-105 Elementary Biblical Hebrew I and II [9]

Christian Character

Dr. Kuruvilla says that the average student "after four years of college, is worse off when it comes to issues like pornography addiction, drug use, cheating and promiscuity." [13] The college says it will focus on growing students "as a whole" through "wise study, mentoring, and discipleship." [12]

Cost

Sattler College's goal is to keep tuition at $9,000 a year.[15] Sattler College plans on room and board costing around $12,150. Below is their 2016 sample student cost of attendance according to their submission to the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education.[9]

Cost of attendance Per year Live on Campus
Tuition $9,270
Health Insurance $2,324
Room and Board:

Housing, food, and other services for 9 months

$12,515

Books and Supplies $618
Personal Expenses $1,545
Transportation $278
Total $26,549
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References
  1. "Corrections Regarding Recent Media Coverage". Sattler College. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  2. "New college for conservative Christians planned in Boston". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  3. "Founders of new college draw from Anabaptism | Mennonite World Review". mennoworld.org. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  4. "Sattler". Keswick Consulting. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  5. "Board & Faculty". Sattler College. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  6. "New college for conservative Christians planned in Boston". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  7. "Admissions". Sattler College. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  8. "The View from 100 Cambridge Street". Sattler College. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  9. N MacKinnon (6 December 2016). "Application of Sattler College to Award the Bachelor of Science in Business, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Human Biology, Bachelor of Arts in Biblical and Religious Studies, and the Bachelor of Arts in History" (PDF). Board of Higher Education. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  10. "Corrections Regarding Recent Media Coverage". Sattler College. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  11. "Course Catalog - Google Drive". drive.google.com. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  12. "Mission". Sattler College. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  13. "No place for 'snowflakes': Conservative Christian college poised to open in 2018". Fox News. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  14. "Why learn biblical Greek and Hebrew?". Sattler College. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  15. "Businessman to fund small Christian college in Boston". Fox News. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
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