Ministerial Leadership, Bachelor of Science

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Ministerial Leadership, Bachelor of Science Four Year Plan for Extended Education

Ministerial Leadership, Bachelors of Science, Blended Evening Program Four Year Plan

Program Description

The Major in Ministerial Leadership allows students to build, refine, and expand their ministry skills while ensuring a broad, robust foundation in theology, the Bible, spiritual development, church ministry, leadership principles, and ecclesiastical operations. The B.S. in Ministerial Leadership degree is only offered through the University’s extended education deliveries, including extension site, evening, and online learning programs, and is not available to traditional students. For each delivery (extension site, evening, and online), the University specifies courses for the electives indicated below.

General Education Core - 37 Hours

Arts of Communication - 9 Hours

COMM 1433 - FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH Credits: 3
ENGL 1133 - ENGLISH COMPOSITION I Credits: 3
ENGL 1233 - ENGLISH COMPOSITION II Credits: 3

Behavioral & Social Sciences - 6 Hours

Humanities and Fine Arts - 6 Hours

Humanities Elective - Select One

COMM 1503 - WESTERN ART APPRECIATION Credits: 3
COMM 2033 - THEATRE APPRECIATION Credits: 3
COMM 2433 - FILM APPRECIATION Credits: 3
ENGL 2233 - INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES Credits: 3
MUSC 1003 - MUSIC APPRECIATION Credits: 3
MUSC 1103 - HISTORY OF JAZZ Credits: 3

Literature Elective - Select One

ENGL 2133 - INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE Credits: 3
ENGL 2513 - BRITISH LITERATURE I Credits: 3
ENGL 2523 - BRITISH LITERATURE II Credits: 3
ENGL 3633 - AMERICAN LITERATURE Credits: 3
ENGL 3933 - AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE Credits: 3
ENGL 4343 - NATIVE AMERICAN LIT & CULTURE Credits: 3
ENGL 4533 - CONTEMPORARY LIT Credits: 3

Mathematics - 6 Hours

or any math above the Intermediate Algebra level

MATH 1313 - LIBERAL ARTS MATH I Credits: 3
MATH 1323 - LIBERAL ARTS MATH II Credits: 3

Natural Sciences (with Lab) - 4 Hours

BIOL 1333 - ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSI Credits: 3
NSCI 1033 - LIFE SCIENCE Credits: 3
NSCI 1113 - INTRO TO PHYSICS Credits: 3
NSCI 1133 - PHYSICAL SCIENCE I Credits: 3
NSCI 1213 - INTRO TO CHEMISTRY Credits: 3
NSCI 1433 - BOTANY Credits: 3
NSCI 2033 - ASTRONOMY AND EARTH SCIENCE Credits: 3
NSCI 2233 - ASTRONOMY Credits: 3
NSCI 2433 - ZOOLOGY Credits: 3
NSCI 3333 - ECOLOGY Credits: 3
NSCI 4033 - GEOLOGY Credits: 3

Biblical and Theological Studies - 21 Hours

THEO 1503 - CHRIST, CULTURE, AND THE UNIVERSITY Credits: 3
BINT 1233 - NEW TESTAMENT SURVEY Credits: 3
BIOT 1133 - OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY Credits: 3
BIBL 2623 - BIBLICAL HERMENEUTICS Credits: 3
BINT 3833 - I AND II CORINTHIANS Credits: 3
THEO 2133 - THEOLOGY OF GOD, CHRIST, & THE HOLY SPIRIT Credits: 3
THEO 3133 - THEOLOGY OF SALVATION, THE CHURCH, & ESCHATOLOGY Credits: 3

Ministerial Leadership Studies - 30 Hours

PHIL 2003 - PRINCIPLES OF ETHICS Credits: 3
PMIN 2123 - CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY Credits: 3
PMIN 2223 - PRACTICAL THEOLOGY OF EVANGELISM Credits: 3
PMIN 3133 - HOMILETICS I Credits: 3
PMIN 3533 - PASTORAL THEOLOGY I Credits: 3
PMIN 3833 - ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR & LEADERSHIP STYLES Credits: 3
PMIN 4023 - LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Credits: 3
PMIN 4133 - PASTORAL COUNSELING I Credits: 3
PMIN 4323 - CHURCH BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Credits: 3
PMIN 4423 - MULTIPLE-STAFF MINISTRY Credits: 3

General Electives - 33 Hours

Student Ministry Practicum is required for extension site and evening students only. Online students are strongly encouraged to take Student Ministry Practicum I and Student Ministry Practicum II, but these courses are not required for online students.

• STUDENT MINISTRY PRACTICUM I
• STUDENT MINISTRY PRACTICUM II
• STUDENT MINISTRY PRACTICUM III
• STUDENT MINISTRY PRACTICUM IV