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Graduate Bulletin
2008-2009

Graduate Faculty

Roy Alden Atwood, Ph.D.
Jayson C Grieser, Ph.D. (ABD)
Douglas M. Jones, III, M.F.A.
Peter J. Leithart, Ph.D.
Jonathan McIntosh, Ph.D. (ABD)
Mitchell O. Stokes, Ph.D.
Douglas J. Wilson, M.A.
Gordon Wilson, Ph.D.

Adjunct Faculty

David Field, Ph.D.
James B. Jordan, Th.M.
Mikel L. Lawyer, D.Min. (Cand.)
Jeffrey J. Meyers, Ph.D. (ABD)

Director of Admissions

Aaron Rench

Degree Requirements

1. M.A. in Trinitarian Theology & Culture
2. M.St. in Classical Christian Studies
3. Grad. Cert. in Classical Christian Studies

Master of Arts (M.A.) in Trinitarian Theology & Culture (44 cr)

General M.A. Requirements

4 cr (4-1cr courses) Master's Foundation courses
16 cr (8-2cr courses) Pesher Group (biblical & systematic theology)
16 cr (8-2cr courses) Cultural Seminars
4 cr (4-1 cr courses) Directed Readings
4 cr (4-1 cr courses) Research Papers

Pass Final Oral Exam
Attend the Graduate Forum
Participate in co-curricular activities

Faculty Mentors

Each graduate student is assigned a "Faculty Mentor" who will be responsible for the general advising and oversight of the student’s progress and personal development while enrolled in the program. The faculty mentor will oversee and evaluate the student’s directed readings program.

Research Papers

Every two terms, M.A. students are required to submit a 25-35-page research paper. The four papers required for the degree must include one each on issues in biblical studies, systematictheology and culture. The fourth paper may be in any of those three areas. The papers will normally be read by more than one graduate faculty member. Part-time matriculating students must write their required research papers at least once every academic year.

Worship & Service

While the program is not a pastoral training program, it recognizes the inherently pastoral character of theology, incorporating this emphasis with its worship and service requirements. And because theology is not an impersonal academic discipline, the College encourages its students and faculty to nurture the Christian virtues through close interactions and accountability.

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Master of Studies (M.St.) in Classical Christian Studies (32 cr)

1. Twelve 2-credit (24 cr) Course Modules

a. Eight 2-cr. Course Modules selected from:

The Task and Context of Christian Scholarship
Christian Worldview Seminar
Christian Education Seminar
History of Classical Christian Education
Classical Rhetoric Seminar
Principia Mathematica Seminar
Natural Philosophy Seminar
Hebrew Traditio
Greek Traditio
Roman Traditio
Medieval Traditio
Other approved courses

b. Four 2-cr. Course Modules selected from:

Active Latin Pedagogy
Latin Literature
Active Greek Pedagogy
Greek Literature
Hebrew Morphology
Hebrew Literature
Other Classical Language Electives

2. Three 2-credit (6 cr) Directed Graduate Readings

3. One 2-credit (2 cr) Integrative Essay

Two-Year M.St. Program Plan/Schedule

August I (One week): Residence, 4 cr.
Sept.-Dec.I : Non-Residence: Directed Readings, 2 cr
January I (One week): Residence, 4 cr.
Jan.-May I: Non-Residence: Directed Readings, 2 cr
June I (One week): Residence, 4 cr.
August II (One week): Residence, 4 cr.
Sept.-Dec.II: Non-Residence: Directed Readings, 2 cr
January II (One week): Residence, 4 cr.
Jan.-May II: Non-Residence: Integrative Essay, 2 cr
June II (One week): Residence, 4 cr.(2 courses plus presentation/defense of Integrative Essay)

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Graduate Certificate (Grad.Cert.) in Classical Christian Studies (16 cr)

1. Six 2-credit (12 cr) Course Modules

a. Four 2-cr. Course Modules from:

b. Two 2-cr. Course Modules from: