Pre-Seminary Major

This major provides training for the student who plans to continue his or her education at a graduate level school of theology or seminary. Upon completion of this program the student will be able to:

  1. Articulate a basic grasp of biblical knowledge and theology in light of diverse religions, cultures, and ethnic backgrounds.
  2. Demonstrate an adequate mastery of Greek to meet the entrance requirements of the best conservative graduate seminaries in America.
  3. Display breadth of knowledge in general education to satisfy seminary entrance requirements.
  4. Begin to understand the demands, methods and qualifications of vocational Christian ministry today.

B.S. and B.Min. students majoring in the Pre-Seminary major must complete the following courses:
 
BL 302, 303, 404 Elementary Greek 1, 2, 3 9 credits
GS 203 Introduction to Philosophy 3 credits
BL 405 Greek Exegesis 3 credits
CE 498 Preseminary Internship 3 credits

 
B.S. students with the Preseminary major must select nine additional credit hours of electives for their major from the following list of courses:
CM 305 History of Missions 3 credits
CS 308 Educational Psychology 3 credits
CM 309 Living World Religions 3 credits
GS 213 Introduction to Music 3 credits
BT 407 Apologetics 3 credits
BT 408 Scientific Creationism 3 credits
GS 413 Philosophy 2 3 credits
BL 490 Specialized Topics in Greek 3 credits
GL --- Additional literature elective 3 credits
GS --- Additional history or social science elective 3 credits

 
B.S. students majoring in Pre-Seminary should plan to take courses according to the following schedule. It is highly recommended that the student follow this particularly in order to allow four consecutive semesters to take Greek.
 

First Year
 

Fall Semester

Spring Semester
GL 100 Crossroads Experience 1 CP 101 Personal Evangelism 3
BI 101 Old Testament Survey 1 3 BI 102 Old Testament Survey 2 3
GL 101 College Study and Life 3 BI 103 Bible Study Methods 3
BT 102 Building a Biblical Life 3 GL 111 English Composition 2 3
GL 103 English Composition 1* 3 GL 112 Public Speaking 3
GS 103 Introduction to Computers 3

Total Credits: 

16

Total Credits: 

15

*Students not scoring above a specified level on the ACT or SAT test must take GL 102 English Grammar before registering for GL 103 English Composition 1.
 

Second Year
 

Fall Semester

Spring Semester
CE 201 Intro to Christian Ed 3 CU 203 Culture, Race & Church 3
CM 201 Introduction to Missions 3 BT 204 Systematic Theology 2 3
BT 203 Systematic Theology 1 3 BI 205 New Testament Survey 2 3
BI 204 New Testament Survey 1 3 GS --- Hist/Soc Science elect** 3
GS 206 Geo & Culture of Ancient Near East 3 ----- Preseminary elective*** 3
GS --- History elective** 3

Total Credits: 

18

Total Credits: 

15

**B.S. electives are listed by division on page ??.
***Preseminary major electives are listed on page ??.

Third Year
 

Fall Semester

Spring Semester
BL 302 Elementary Greek 1 3 BL 303 Elementary Greek 2 3
GS 203 Intro to Philosophy 3 BT 306 Development of Comp Am Evangelicalism 3
BT 305 Systematic Theology 3 3 CC 314 Biblical Counseling 3
BI 307 Hermeneutics 3 GS --- Social Science elective** 3
BI --- Bible elective** 3 ------ General elective 3

Total Credits: 

15

Total Credits: 

15
**B.S. electives are listed by division on page ??.

Third/Fourth Year Summer
 

CE 498 Preseminary Internship

 3

Fourth Year
 

Fall Semester

Spring Semester
BL 404 Elementary Greek 3 3 GL 401 Senior Seminar 2
BI --- Bible elective** 3 BL 405 Greek Exegesis 3
BT --- Theology elective** 3 BI --- Bible elective** 3
GS --- Science elective** 3 GL --- Literature elective** 3
----- Preseminary elective*** 3 ----- Preseminary elective*** 3
------ Worldview elective** 3

Total Credits: 

15

Total Credits: 

17
**B.S. electives are listed by division on page ??.
***Preseminary major electives are listed on page ??.

 

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