Curriculum for Bachelor of Ministry Degree
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Liberal Arts: 33-36 Hours |
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| Biology | BIOL 111 (General Biology) | |||
| English | ENG 111 (Composition) or ENG 113 (Composition I and Grammar), ENG 211 (Composition II), and either 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) | |||
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The following BMIN courses satisfy the remaining Liberal Arts requirements as equivalents: BMIN 325 (Introduction to Preaching, 3 Hours) for COMO 101 (Basic Speech Communication); BHIS 340 (Church History I, 3 Hours) for HIST 110 (Western Civilization to 1500); BMIS 280 (The World Christian, 3 Hours) or BMIS 386 (Missionary Anthropology, 3 Hours); and BMIS 480 (Cross-Cultural Experience, 3 Hours) or Non-Bible global literacy course for the six-hour global literacy requirement. |
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Major in Bible and Ministry: 92-95 Hours |
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| Historical | BHIS 340 (Church History I, 3 Hours) or BHIS 341 (History of the Restoration Movement, 3 Hours) | |||
| Doctrinal | BDOC 252 (Biblical Interpretation, 3 Hours), BDOC 351 (The New Testament Church, 3 Hours), BDOC 353 (Great Themes of the Bible), and 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 326BMIN 327 (Biblical Preaching), (Fieldwork, 1 hour each of four semesters), BMIN 328 (Preaching Skills and Strategies), BMIN 420 (Christian Ministry), BMIN 424 (Conflict Management in Ministry), and BMIN 425 (Congregational Growth and Development) | |||
| Missions | BMIS 381 (Missionary Principles and Practices, 2 Hours), BMIS 386 (Missionary Anthropology, 2 Hours), and BMIS 280 (The World Christian, 2 Hours) or BMIS 480 (Cross-Cultural Experience, 2 Hours) for Global Literacy. | |||
| New Testament |
BNEW 211 (The Life of Christ), BNEW 213 (Acts of Apostles), BNEW 311 (The Corinthian Letters, 3 Hours), BNEW 312 (Romans, 3 Hours), 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, 3 Hours), BOLD 308 (Israelite Poetry and Wisdom Literature, 3 Hours), 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) |
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| Youth and Family Education |
BYFE 330 (Christian Education), BYFE 333 (Youth and Family Ministry), BYFE 338 (The Christian Home) |
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| Research | BRES 260 (Research and Writing) | |||
| Greek | GRK 171 (Elementary Greek), GRK 172 (Elementary Greek), GRK 271 (The Gospel of John) | |||
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| TOTAL HOURS: 128 | ||||
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