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Course Numbering System
500 Introductory Courses: These courses serve to introduce students to a particular field of study; they assume no prior knowledge of the field.
600 Intermediate Courses: These courses explore a specific area of inquiry; they assume a basic knowledge of the larger field.
700 Advanced Courses: These courses examine an advanced and specific topic; they assume prior study in the field and require pre-requisite skills or knowledge.
800 Advanced Professional: These courses are designed to provide DMin students specific leadership skills and experiences, and they are only open to DMin students.
900 Advanced Academic: These courses are designed as part of the academic training provided to PhD students, and they are open only to PhD candidates.
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Arts of Ministry (AM)
- (AM-550) Quran Recitation/Tajweed
- (AM-551) Qur’ān Recitation/Tajwīd II
- (AM-604) Theologies of Chaplaincies: Working on the Edge of Religion
- (AM-625) The Art of Preaching
- (AM-638) Essential Skills in Pastoral Counseling and Ministry
- (AM-654) Muslim Public Speaking: History and Practice
- (AM-659) Prison Ministry: Healing Inside and Liberation Outside
- (AM-667) Interfaith Leadership in Times of Crisis
- (AM-669) Technology for Hybrid Congregations
- (AM-672) Women (and Men) at the Grave of Institutions: Understanding Death, Personally and Collectively
- (AM-673) Building an Intentional Strategy for the (Post-Pandemic) Future
- (AM-674) LGBTQ History & Theory
- (AM-681) Church Without Walls: COVID-19 Lessons to Prevent Online Church from Being Virtual
- (AM-692) Basics of Counseling Technique
- (AM-731) Psychology of Trauma
Chaplaincy (CH)
- (CH-510) Sociology and Psychology for Chaplains
- (CH-520) Theology and Scripture in Spiritual Care Practice
- (CH-530) Chaplaincy Models and Methods
- (CH-540) Religious and Cultural Contemporary Ethics
- (CH-615) Mental Health: A Spiritual Perspective
- (CH-618) Muslim Pastoral Theology
- (CH-621) Death and Dying
- (CH-635) Clinical Pastoral Education
- (CH-725) Advanced Counseling Technique
- (CH-730) Resilience for Spiritual Leaders
Dialogue (DI)
- (DI-501) Introduction to Islam for Non-Muslims
- (DI-513) Introduction to Shia Traditions, Beliefs, and Practices
- (DI-514) Suffering and Struggle
- (DI-540) Interreligious Dialogue: Theory and Practice
- (DI-550) Introduction to Interreligious Studies
- (DI-610) Faith in the Neighborhood: Understanding and Engaging the World’s Religions in America
- (DI-635) Healing our Divisions: Capacity Building for Interfaith Leaders
Doctor of Philosophy (PHD)
- (PHD-900) Research Methodology and Scholarly Development I
- (PHD-901) Research Methodology and Scholar Development II
Ethics (ET)
- (ET-546) Theological Ethics & Public Life
- (ET-621) Islam: Gender, Ethics and Pluralism 2021
- (ET-640) Introduction to Islamic Law
- (ET-643) The Higher Objectives of Islamic Law
- (ET-655) Contemporary Islamic Ethics
Graduate Certificate (GC)
History (HI)
- (HI-523) The History of Christianity: Defining Moments of a Faith
- (HI-532) Contemporary World Christianity
- (HI-536) The Life of the Prophet Muhammad
- (HI-539) Are We Children of Abraham? Exploring the Relationships Between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
- (HI-571) American Religious History
- (HI-617) The Politics of Religious Liberty
- (HI-619) Muslim-Christian Conflict or Cooperation: The Politics of Interpreting Our Shared Past
- (HI-624) Histories of Classical Islam: Peoples, Traditions, Institutions
- (HI-625) Modern Muslim Histories
- (HI-627) Muslims in North America and Europe: Discourses and Practices
- (HI-628) Muslims in American Religious History
Language (LG)
- (LG-561) Introduction to New Testament Greek I
- (LG-562) Introduction to New Testament Greek II
- (LG-661) Greek: Readings in the New Testament and Early Church I
- (LG-662) Readings in New Testament Greek II
Peacebuilding (IP)
- (IP-500) Introduction to Peacebuilding
- (IP-510) Constructive Conflict Intervention
- (IP-511) Restorative History: Building Peace After Collective Trauma
- (IP-520) Field Education I
- (IP-611) Peace, Justice, and Violence in Sacred Texts
- (IP-612) Religious Leadership for Peaceful Change
- (IP-613) Identity and Otherness in Religious Communities
Religion and Society (RS)
- (RS-525) American Religious Realities: Sociological and Anthropological Approaches
- (RS-602) Understanding Congregations
- (RS-603) Religious Innovation
- (RS-612) None’s Religion: Understanding and Addressing the Religiously Unaffiliated Population
- (RS-616) Immigration, Race, and Religion in an Era of Resurgent Nationalism
- (RS-631) Race, Religion & Politics
- (RS-634) Interfaith and Civic Engagement
- (RS-668) The Changing Religious Landscape: Adaptations in Light of the Pandemic
- (RS-672) Tackling the Issue: Retaining Young People in Faith Communities
Scripture (SC)
- (SC-518) There’s Something About Mary
- (SC-522) Hebrew Bible Survey
- (SC-523) The Torah
- (SC-526) Foundational Sources of Islam
- (SC-531) New Testament Survey
- (SC-533) Introduction to Shi’i Islam
- (SC-539) Hadith Methodology: History and Transmission of the Prophetic Sunna
- (SC-540) The Synoptic Gospels
- (SC-556) Women in the Qur’an
- (SC-634) Major Themes of the Bible and the Qur’an
- (SC-639) The World of the Prophets
- (SC-715) Gender, Power and Women
Theology (TH)
- (TH-505) Christian Theology: The Basic Components of Faith and Life
- (TH-513) The Faiths as Formal Realities
- (TH-526) Introduction to Black Theology
- (TH-553) Introduction to Islamic Theology
- (TH-605) Contextual Theologies
- (TH-611) Theological Approaches to Religious Pluralism
- (TH-612) Theology of Religious Manyness
- (TH-616) Jesus in Christianity and Islam
- (TH-622) God in Muslim Thought
- (TH-627) Prophetic Biography: A Model of Pastoral Care and Praxis
- (TH-692) Muslim Political Theology in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Worship and Spirituality (WS)
- (WS-511) Longing for God? Christian Spirituality in Theological Perspective
- (WS-551) Women’s Leadership Institute I
- (WS-552) Women’s Leadership Institute II
- (WS-610) Transformative Spirituality: Living In and Through the Spirit
- (WS-613) Spiritual Foundations for Social Change
- (WS-619) Leading with Spirit: Transforming Leadership for Social Change
- (WS-627) The Essential Writings of Howard Thurman
- (WS-639) Islamic Spirituality
- (WS-641) Spirituality in a Quantum Universe
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