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61 SUGGESTED SEQUENCE OF COURSES Master of Arts (Theology) 62 hours FIRST YEAR Fall Semester Course # Course Name Hours BI 501 Effective Biblical Interpretation 2 CH 502 Engaging Early & Medieval Church History 3 GS 589 Academic Resources and Research 1 NT 511 Understanding the Gospels and Acts 3 TH 501 Survey of Christian Doctrine I 3 TH 502 Survey of Christian Doctrine II 3 T/M500 Introduction to Christian Formation and Training and Mentoring 1 16 Spring Semester Course # Course Name Hours CH 503 Engaging Reformation & Modern Church History 3 NT 512 Understanding the Epistles and Revelation 3 TH 550 Seminar in Theological Method 3 TH 551 Doctrine of God 3 T/M501 Mentored Character Formation I 1 TH elective 1, 2, 3 2 15 SECOND YEAR Fall Semester Course # Course Name Hours HOM/EM Public Communication/ Teaching Practicum 2 OT 511 Understanding Early Israel and Its Wisdom Literature 3 TH 643 Contemporary Theologies 3 TH 656 16 th Century Christian Thought OR TH 658 Theology in the Early Church 3 T/M601 Mentored Character Formation II 1 TH electives 1, 2, 3 4 16 Spring Semester Course # Course Name Hours OT 512 Understanding the Kingdom of Israel and Its Prophets 3 TH 652 Theology in Global Perspectives 3 T/M611 Mentored Character Formation III 1 T/M713 Mentored Academic Project 1 TH course selected from below 4 3 TH electives 1, 2, 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