Biblical and Theological Studies - A.B.

Requirements (47-48 credits)

Core

BIL-202	Inductive Bible Study	3
BIL-280	Lands of the Bible	3
-	or
BIL-380	Scripture in Context I	3
-BIL	300/400 Advanced OT	3
-BIL	300/400 Advanced NT	3
-BIL	400 Level OT/NT Elective	3
PHL-248	Religions of the World	3
REL-382	History of the Christian Church	2
-	or
REL-384	History of the Christian Church in the Middle East	3
REL-392	History of Protestantism	2
THE-233	Christian Theology I	3
THE-333	Theology II: Salvation/Holiness	3
PHL-480	Philosophy and Religious Studies Capstone	1

Choose one of the following specializations

Ancient Languages (18)

-	6 hours of language beyond 202 (HBR 422, GRE 422, LAT 320, 321)	6
-	Two languages at 201 and 202 level (GRE, HBR, LAT)	12

Biblical Studies (18)

HBR-201	Beginning Hebrew I	3
-	and
HBR-202	Beginning Hebrew II	3
-	or
GRE-201	Beginning Greek I	3
-	and
GRE-202	Beginning Greek II	3
-BIL	300/400 Advanced OT/NT	3

Choose any 9 hours which have not already been taken

-BIL	Elective	3-9
HBR-201	Beginning Hebrew I	3
HBR-202	Beginning Hebrew II	3
HBR-422	Hebrew Bible	3
GRE-201	Beginning Greek I	3
GRE-202	Beginning Greek II	3
GRE-422	Greek Bible	3
NES-380	Israel-Palestine	3
NES-480	Archaeology of Syria-Palestine	3
Total Credit Hours:		6

Bible Teaching (18)

CED-230	Teaching the Bible to Children	3
CED-240	Teaching the Bible to Youth and Adults	3
EDU-250	Principles of Teaching	3
PSY-276	Psychology of the Exceptional Learner	3
PHL-282	Ethics	3
REL-226	The Christian Life: Sustaining Spiritual Vibrancy	3

ACSI certification requires supervised teaching plus a paper submission on "Biblical Philosophy of Christian Education" in addition to the major.

Theological Studies (18)

GRE-201	Beginning Greek I	3
-	and
GRE-202	Beginning Greek II	3
-	or
LAT-201	Beginning Latin I	3
-	and
LAT-202	Beginning Latin II	3
THE-	Systematic Theology Elective	3
THE-	Historical Theology Elective	3

Choose any 6 hours which have not already been taken

THE-	Elective	3-6
PHL-282	Ethics	3
PHL-434	Philosophy of Religion	3
GRE-201	Beginning Greek I	3
GRE-202	Beginning Greek II	3
GRE-422	Greek Bible	3
LAT-201	Beginning Latin I	3
LAT-202	Beginning Latin II	3
LAT-320	Intermediate Latin I	3
LAT-321	Intermediate Latin II	3