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SUGGESTED SEQUENCE OF COURSES Master of Arts (Theology) 62 hours FIRST YEAR Spring Semester Fall Semester Course # BI 501 CH 502 GS 589 NT 511 TH 501 TH 502 T/M500 Course Name Effective Biblical Interpretation Engaging Early & Medieval Church History Academic Resources and Research Understanding the Gospels and Acts Survey of Christian Doctrine I Survey of Christian Doctrine II Introduction to Christian Formation and Training and Mentoring Hours Course # 2 CH 503 3 1 3 3 3 NT 512 TH 550 TH 551 T/M501 Course Name Engaging Reformation & Modern Church History Understanding the Epistles and Revelation Seminar in Theological Method Doctrine of God Mentored Spiritual Formation I TH elective1, 2, 3 1 16 Hours 3 3 3 3 1 2 15 SECOND YEAR Fall Semester Course # Spring Semester Course Name HOM/EM Public Communication/ Teaching Practicum OT 511 Understanding Early Israel and Its Wisdom Literature TH 643 Contemporary Theologies TH 656 16th Century Christian Thought OR TH 658 Theology in the Early Church T/M601 Mentored Spiritual Formation II TH electives1, 2, 3 Hours 2 3 3 3 1 4 16 Course # OT 512 TH 652 T/M611 T/M713 Course Name Understanding the Kingdom of Israel and Its Prophets Theology in Global Perspectives Mentored Spiritual Formation III Mentored Academic Project TH course selected from below4 TH electives1, 2, 3 Hours 3 3 1 1 3 4 15 1 Students who receive approval to write a thesis should replace four hours of theology electives with TH 796 Thesis Proposal (1 hour) and TH 799 Thesis (3 hours) 2 Theology electives: Choose six hours from the following if enrolling in thesis or 10 hours if nonthesis: TH 552 Christology and Pneumatology (if not selected in core) (2-3) TH 553 Anthropology and Soteriology (if not selected in core) (2-3) TH 554 Ecclesiology and Eschatology (if not selected in core) (2-3) TH 640 Evangelicalism and Its Theologies (2) TH 641 Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism (2) TH 647 Liberation Theologies (2) TH 650 Traditions of Protestant Theology (2) TH 651 Calvin and Reformed Theology (2) TH 656 Sixteenth Century Christian Thought (if not selected in core) (2-3) TH 658 Theology in the Early Church (if not selected in core) (2-3) TH 671 Theology for the Practice of Ministry (2) TH 672 Theology of Work (2) TH 673 Theological Ethics (2) TH 590, 690 Studies in Theology (2-3) 3 With approval of the theology department, one of the following courses may be included in the theology electives: AE 601 Christian Ethics and Modern Culture (3) MJ 504 Messianic Jewish Theology (2) NT 601 New Testament Theology (3) OT 661 Old Testament Theology and Religion (3) 4 Choose from the following and enroll for three semester hours of credit: TH 552 Christology and Pneumatology TH 553 Anthropology and Soteriology TH 554 Ecclesiology and Eschatology 61