Christian Studies, B.A.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the program in Christian Studies Majors will be able to:

• Interpret scripture evidencing biblical literacy.
• Articulate clear theological doctrines relevant to Christian life and ministry.
• Engage the perennial questions of the human condition using resources from philosophy.
• Apply principles of Christian formation for the practice of ministry.

Concentrations

Christian Studies Core Course Requirements

• BIB 1001 - Old Testament History and Religion (GE) (2)
• BIB 1002 - New Testament History and Religion (GE) (3)
• BIB 2040 - Reading Scripture Faithfully (3)
• CMI 1055 - Christian Formation and Ministry (3)
• PHL 2050 - God and Philosophy (3)
• THE 2050 - Introduction to Christian Theology (3)

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• PHL 2001 - Introduction to Philosophy (GE) (3)

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• PHL 2011 - Ethics (GE) (3)

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• HEB 2005 - Biblical Hebrew I (GE) (4) and
• HEB 2006 - Biblical Hebrew II (GE) (4)

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• GRK 2007 - Biblical Greek I (GE) (4) and
• GRK 2008 - Biblical Greek II (GE) (4)

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• CHU 3095 - The Christian Tradition (GE) (3)
• THE 4095 - Justice in the Church: Gender, Households, and Unity in the Body of Christ (3)

Students Must Also Complete a Required Concentration

General Concentration

• Choose four (4) upper division courses choosing one course in each of these areas: CMI, BIB, THE and PHL (12 units)**
• Choose four (4) upper division courses from the elective choices below (12 units)**

Biblical Studies Concentration

• Choose three (3) upper division courses choosing one course in each of these areas: CMI, THE and PHL (9 units)**
• Choose five (5) upper division courses from the BIB elective choices below (15 units)**

Leadership Concentration

• CMI 3000 - Teaching and Preaching the Bible (3)
• CMI 3025 - Christian Care of Souls (3)
• CMI 3050 - Church as a Witness to the World (3)
• CMI 4000 - The Christian Gathering: Scripture, Baptism, and Eucharist (3)
• CMI 4010 - Leading in Ministry (3)
• CMI 4020 - Compassionate Ministry in Local Context (3)
• CMI 4050 - Internship (3)

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  • Choose three (3) upper division courses choosing one course in each of these areas: BIB, THE and PHL (9 units)**

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• Choose three (3) interdisciplinary units from the following:
• MGT 2012 - Principles of Management (3)
• MGT 3082 - Applied Entrepreneurship (3)
• MGT 4070 - Nonprofit Organization Management (3)

Philosophy Concentration

• Choose three (3) upper division courses choosing one course in each of these areas: BIB, CMI and THE (9 units)**
• Choose five (5) upper division courses from the PHL elective choices below (15 units)**

Theology Concentration

• Choose three (3) upper division courses choosing one course in each of these areas: BIB, CMI and PHL (9 units)**
• Choose five (5) upper division courses from the THE elective choices below (15 units)**

Youth and Family Concentration

• CMI 3000 - Teaching and Preaching the Bible (3)
• CMI 3025 - Christian Care of Souls (3)
• CMI 3040 - Foundations for the Practice of Youth Ministry (3)
• CMI 3050 - Church as a Witness to the World (3)
• CMI 4000 - The Christian Gathering: Scripture, Baptism, and Eucharist (3)
• CMI 4025 - Youth and Family Ministry (3)
• CMI 4050 - Internship (3)

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• Choose three (3) upper division courses choosing one course in each of these areas: BIB, THE and PHL (9 units)**

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• Choose two to four (2-4) interdisciplinary units from the following:
• CHD 3010 - Early Childhood Education (4)
• CHD 3013 - Adolescent Development in the Family Context (2)
• PSY 3008 - Developmental Psychology - Birth Through Adolescence (4)
• PSY 3021 - Abnormal Psychology (3)
• SOC 2050 - Sociology of the Family (3)

** Christian Studies Elective Options:

• BIB 3001 - Jesus and the Gospels: Four Portraits of One Christ (3)
• BIB 3002 - The Letters of Paul: Faith, Hope, and Love Across Distance and Difference (3)
• BIB 3014 - Old Testament Prophets and the Holy Imagination: Power, Gender, Justice, and Economics (3)
• BIB 3035 - New Testament Books and Early Churches: Sermon, Letter, and Apocalypse (3)
• BIB 3078 - Old Testament Psalms and Wisdom Literature: Worship and Wisdom in a World of Suffering and Injustice (3)
• BIB 4010 - Biblical Theology (3)
• BIB 4013 - Old Testament Torah and Israel’s History: God’s Story and God’s People (3)
• BIB 4090 - Special Studies in Bible (1-3)
• BIB 4095 - Seminar in Biblical Literature (3)
• CMI 3000 - Teaching and Preaching the Bible (3)
• CMI 3025 - Christian Care of Souls (3)
• CMI 3040 - Foundations for the Practice of Youth Ministry (3)
• CMI 3045 - Enacting Worship (3)
• CMI 3050 - Church as a Witness to the World (3)
• CMI 4000 - The Christian Gathering: Scripture, Baptism, and Eucharist (3)
• CMI 4010 - Leading in Ministry (3)
• CMI 4015 - The Church of the Nazarene: History and Polity (3)
• CMI 4020 - Compassionate Ministry in Local Context (3)
• CMI 4025 - Youth and Family Ministry (3)
• CMI 4090 - Special Studies in Christian Ministry (1-3)
• THE 3005 - Christian Faith and the Natural Sciences (GE) (3)
• THE 3015 - Christian and Religious Themes in Literature (3)
• THE 3020 - The World’s Faith Traditions (3)
• THE 3025 - The Human Person and Theology and Psychology (3)
• THE 3030 - Christ and the Church (3)
• THE 3035 - Christian Ethics (3)
• THE 4010 - The Ministry and Sermons of John Wesley (3)
• THE 4015 - Three Traditions of Protestant Theology (3)
• PHL 2077 - Logic (3)
• PHL 3001 - Plato and Aristotle (3)
• PHL 3002 - Descartes through Hegel (3)
• PHL 3021 - Justice, Politics, and the Social World (3)
• PHL 3031 - Existential Philosophy and Literature (3)
• PHL 3041 - Philosophy and Art (3)
• PHL 3060 - Philosophy and the Sciences (3)
• PHL 3071 - Education and the Ethical Life (3)
• PHL 3080 - Alienation, Transformation, and Reconciliation in Film (3)
• PHL 3081 - Ethics, Responsibility, and Love (3)