FOUR YEAR DIPLOMA IN THEOLOGY

A student majoring in Theology must complete 72-quarter hours in the major, 24-quarter hours in a concentration, and 35-quarter hours in the cognates.   In addition, the student must complete 84 quarter hours required from general studies requirements as outlined in the Bulletin as well as a comprehensive examination or a thesis.  (NB:All Theology and Ministry majors must complete their Master Guide requirements and a minimum of 350 hours of literature evangelism before graduation.)

Major Requirements (72 Credits)

RELB13 Introduction to the Bible  3
RELB 132 Documents of Faith  3
RELB 301 Old Testament History  3
RELB 302 Pentateuch 3
RELB 304 Interpreting the Prophets 4
     
Or    
     
RELB 305 Hebrew Prophets & Contemporary Issues  4
RELB 312 Daniel    3
RELB 313 Revelation    3
RELB 329 Exegesis of Romans (Greek)     3
RELB 423 Hebrew Exegesis   3
RELB 464 New Testament Epistles I  3
RELB 465 New Testament Epistles II  3
RELH 131 Roots of Religious Faith  3
RELH 448 History of the Christian Church in Asia     3
RELH 457 History of Adventism  3
RELH 455 Early Church History    3
RELH 456 Medieval & Modern Church History 4
RELT 201 The Christian Way of Salvation  4
RELT 246 Christian Ethics    4
RELT 445 Asian Religions  4
RELT 456 Systematic Theology I         3
RELT 457 Systematic Theology II       3

Select one area of concentration

Concentration:  Church and Ministry (24 Credits)

RELP 235 Personal Ministry  2
RELP 376 Seminar: Church Organization & Admin    2
RELP 381 Biblical Preaching I    2
RELP 382 Biblical Preaching II     2
RELP 383 Biblical Preaching III  2
RELP 414 Pastoral Ministry  3
RELP 436 Pastoral Care & Counseling      3
RELP 490 Field Evangelism  4
RELP 386 Motivating &Training Laity for the Ministry 2
RELP 110 Field Education *NC
RELP 210 Field Education *NC
RELP 310 Field Education *NC
RELP 410 Field Education *NC
  Electives  2

Concentration:  Religious Education (24)

RELE 210 Foundations of Education   3
RELE 215 Developmental Psychology    4
RELE 220 Educational Psychology    3
RELE 316 Psychology of Character Development       3
RELE 375 Classroom Management  2
RELE 390 Measurement & Evaluation in Education   3
RELE 395 Methods of Teach Bible in the Sec School         3
RELE 490 Directed Teaching  3

Cognate Requirements (35)

RELL 281 Beginning Greek I       3
RELL 282 Beginning Greek II  3
RELL 283 Beginning Greek III  3
RELL 331 Introduction to Hebrew   3
RELL 332 Elementary Hebrew     3
RELL 381 Intermediate Greek I      3
RELL 382 Intermediate Greek II    3
FINA 101 Personal Finance      2
PHIL 205 Introduction to Philosophy  4
RELG 224 Research Writing in Religion  3
RELH 240 Philosophy & the Christian Faith 3

One of the following:

PHIL 241 History of Chinese Philosophy I    2
     
or    
     
PHIL 242 History of Chinese Philosophy II   2
     
or    
     
PHIL 243 History of Chinese Philosophy III  2

Since PHIL 241-243 are taught in the Chinese language, non-Chinese speaking students will have to replace this requirement with another Philosophy class to be advised by the Chair of the Division of Religion.

*RELP 110/210/310/410 FIELD EDUCATION            NC

All theology/ministry students are required to register for Field Education every quarter.  They are assigned to a specific church and participate in church activities over the weekend.  Students and the supervising instructor meet once a week to review set objectives, discuss how they have or have not been met and plan for the following week.  Each student needs to present a weekly report and the church pastor submits an evaluation of the student at the end of the quarter.