400

19-402 Pastoral Ministry Practicum

This capstone course will offer pastoral ministry students an opportunity to gain experience in a ministerial setting while being supervised onsite and mentored by a faculty member.  Through experience, additional reading, synthesis of prior theological study, and structured reflection, course participants will prepare for employment as ministerial professionals.
3-6

Prerequisites

19-302. Should be taken in the final year of theological study.

19-420 Special Topics

This series of courses is organized by topic, event, individual, movement, era, issue, question or concern and is designed to explore areas not covered in regularly offered courses.

3

Prerequisites

200-level Theology course.

19-431 Research in Theology

A study of research methods and resources in the discipline of theology, this course teaches students to compile a bibliography for use in the discipline. The emphasis of the course varies from year to year, focusing on an important person in the history of Christian theology or an important movement or school of thought in the history of Christian theology. The course fulfills the advanced writing requirement for majors in Theology.

3

Prerequisites

200-level Theology course.

19-461 Christian Service and Society

This course provides a framework for responding to the needs of the disadvantaged members of society, especially the elderly, the hungry, the homeless and the institutionalized. Students provide practical action plans of service based on Scripture, existing or possible social services and the support of others similarly interested. The course includes a required service component.

3

Prerequisites

200-level Theology course.