Center for Advanced Ministry Training

Curriculum for Bachelor of Ministry Degree



 DISCLAIMER: Curriculum is subject to change each catalog year.

Liberal Arts: 33-36 Hours



Area

Courses


Biology BIOL 111 (General Biology)


English

ENG 111 (Composition) or ENG 113 (Composition I and Grammar),
ENG 211 (Composition II),
ENG 201 (World Literature I) or ENG 202 (World Literature II)


History HIST 101 (American History to 1877) or HIST 102 (American History Since 1877)


Kinesiology KINS 101 (Wellness) and one activity course


Math MATH 200 (Elementary Statistics) or any course from MATH 151 (College Algebra) or above


Physical Science PHS 111 (Earth Science) or PHS 112 (Geology) or PHS 115 (Energy, Pollution and Society)  


Psychology PSYC 201 (General Psychology)


One of: ECON 201 (Macroeconomics) or SOC 203 (General Sociology) or POLS 205 (American National Government)


One of: ART 101 (Art Appreciation) or MUS 101 (Music Appreciation) or COMT 101 (Theatre Appreciation)



The following BMIN courses satisfy the remaining Liberal Arts requirements as equivalents:

BMIN 325 (Introduction to Preaching) for COMO 101 (Basic Speech Communication);
BHIS 340 (Church History I) for HIST 110 (Western Civilization to 1500);
BMIS 280 (The World Christian) or BMIS 386 (Missionary Anthropology);
BMIS 480 (Cross-Cultural Experience) or Non-Bible global literacy course for the six-hour global literacy requirement.


Major in Bible and Ministry: 92-95 Hours


Area

Courses


Historical BHIS 340 (Church History I),
BHIS 341 (History of the Restoration Movement)


Doctrinal BDOC 252 (Biblical Interpretation),
BDOC 351 (The New Testament Church),
BDOC 353 (Great Themes of the Bible),
 BDOC 355 (Evidences of Christianity) or BDOC 356 (Christ and Culture)


Ministry BMIN 321 (Christian Counseling),
BMIN 322 (Leadership Strategies),
BMIN 324 (Strategies for Evangelism),
BMIN 325 (Introduction to Preaching),
BMIN 326 (Biblical Preaching),
BMIN 327 (Fieldwork, 1 hour each of four semesters),
BMIN 328 (Preaching Skills and Strategies),
BMIN 420 (Christian Ministry),
BMIN 424 (Conflict Management in Ministry),
BMIN 425 (Congregational Growth and Development)


Missions BMIS 381 (Missionary Principles and Practices),
BMIS 386 (Missionary Anthropology), 
BMIS 280 (The World Christian) or BMIS 480 (Cross-Cultural Experience) for Global Literacy.


New Testament

BNEW 211 (The Life of Christ),
BNEW 213 (Acts of Apostles),
BNEW 311 (The Corinthian Letters),
BNEW 312 (Romans),

and 9 additional hours from the following:
BNEW 112 (The New Testament, must be taken if competency exam is not passed), 
BNEW 314 (Selected Letters),
BNEW 315 (Prison Letters),
BNEW 316 (General Letters),
BNEW 317 (Gospel of John),
BNEW 318 (Hebrews),
BNEW 319 (Daniel and Revelation)


Old Testament

BOLD 202 (Distinctive Ideas in the World of Ancient Israel),
BOLD 303 (Pentateuch),
BOLD 308 (Israelite Poetry and Wisdom Literature),

and 4 additional hours from the following:
BOLD 101 (The Old Testament, must be taken if competency exam is not passed),
BOLD 304 (Israelite History: Joshua Through Esther),
BOLD 305 (Eighth-Century Prophets),
BOLD 307 (Prophets: Jeremiah through Malachi)


Youth and Family Education
 BYFE 330 (Christian Education),
BYFE 333 (Youth and Family Ministry),
BYFE 338 (The Christian Home)


Research BRES 260 (Research and Writing)


Greek GRK 171 (Elementary Greek),
GRK 172 (Elementary Greek),
GRK 271 (The Gospel of John)


TOTAL HOURS: 128

               

 

 

 

 

 

Bachelor of Ministry Degree
501-279-4290
bmin@harding.edu

Master of Ministry Degree
501-279-4252
brichardson@harding.edu