Program Requirements

Hours: 36 hours

Major Courses - 30 hours

Scripture: 6 hours

REL 102Christian Scriptures (3) R

REL 103Hebrew Scriptures (3) R

Systematics: 6 hours

Choose two courses from the following:

REL 214Feminist Womanist Theology and Spirituality (3) R

REL 324Liturgy and Sacrament (3) R

REL 325Christology (3) R

REL 326Theology of Church (3) R

REL 327Revelation, Doctrine and Creed (3) R

Moral: 3 hours

Choose one course from the following:

ETH:REL 250Christian Ethics (3) E

ETH:REL 255Christian Social Justice (3) E

Historical: 3 hours

REL 302Survey of Church History (3) R

Spirituality: 3 hours

Choose one course from the following:

REL 104Personal Spirituality and the Theology of Experience (3) R

REL 204African-American Religious Experience (3) R

REL 206Spirituality & Wellness (3) R

REL 340Spirituality and Aging (3) S/R

Religion and Culture: 6 hours

Choose two courses from the following:

REL 101Introduction to Religion (3) R

REL 201World Religions (3) R

IDS 390-395 Theology and Anthropology (3) IDS

Senior Learning Assessment: 3 hours

REL 399Concluding Seminar & Capstone (3) CAP

Choose two additional religious studies courses (6)

Program Outcomes

Graduates of Department of Religious and Pastoral Studies programs will be able to:

  • minister with a competent background in scripture as well as systematic, historical and ethical theology.
  • think theologically about people, problems, and events, as well as about a particular mission, and access the scriptures and the Christian tradition in their ministry.
  • reflect theologically about their pastoral experiences so they can enrich their own spirituality.
  • recognize and process with groups the theological concerns that surface in diverse pastoral settings.
  • see themselves as change agents within an organizational framework while transforming the system in which they live, work and pray.