The Center for Adult and Professional Studies (CAPS) within Lee University is a dedicated center for excellence in lifelong learning offering scholarship with spirit. Adult learners will receive quality education equipping them for academic development, enrichment for life, and transformational ministry that impacts individuals, church, society, and the world.

CAPS offers the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science in Christian Leadership, Christian Ministry, Christian Studies, and General Studies. For adult learners seeking to strengthen skills in a particular discipline but not interested in pursuing a bachelor’s degree, CAPS offers a Certificate program.The Center for Adult and Professional Studies seeks to deliver quality education for adults through a variety of formats - e.g., online, independent study, and a classroom setting. Programs are especially designed to prepare persons for ministry who otherwise cannot pursue a traditional resident college degree program. A brief explanation of each degree offering is as follows:

The Christian Leadership program is a cohort-based accelerated learning format available online. It is structured for adults 25 years of age or older who have already completed at least two years of college work. The curriculum is specifically designed for those involved in Christian ministry at any level.

The bachelor’s degree in Christian Ministry offers areas of concentration in five programs of study. Each program combines biblical knowledge with practical ministerial skills, enabling students to succeed in church ministry as well as graduate studies. Concise descriptions of the areas of concentration are listed below:

• Bible – The program is ideal for those who plan to work in the educational ministry of the church. The degree provides a foundation of biblical content and Christian doctrine.
• Counseling - This emphasis is designed to prepare the student for a Church-related ministry.  The degree would NOT prepare the student for licensure with any state, nor would it qualify the student to practice counseling as a professional.  However, the Counseling emphasis could serve as a pre-professional sequence of courses to equip students for entry level, non-credentialed, positions in mental health facilities and social service agencies or prepare them for graduate studies in counseling.
• Christian Education – This concentration seeks to prepare men and women for educational ministry primarily in the local church. The curriculum delivers an understanding of the various age groups and programs related to the overall life of the congregation.
• Pastoral Ministry – The design of this area of concentration is to prepare individuals to serve in the ministry role of senior, associate, and assistant pastor. Emphasis is placed on worship and social care based on biblical guidelines.
• Theology – Biblical content, Christian doctrine and Church history are core curriculum in this program emphasis. Elements from the discipline of philosophy are also introduced to students for the purpose of making them conversant in the major issues of thought throughout the ages. 

The Christian Studies degree program is for students who have taken course work in the past but who are interested in a more diverse educational experience. The curriculum will require a Specialty Area of study which will include elements from four disciplines. Among them are: Bible, Christian Education, Christian Leadership, Intercultural Ministry, and Pastoral Ministry.