Course Offerings

Academic Catalog 2022/2023

Older Academic Catalogs are available here.

NOTE: Course offerings are subject to change for many unforeseeable reasons.

Please double-check with the listing on Populi before you finalize your course plan. If you have any questions about the course offerings and registration, please don't hesitate to contact our Registrar, Elena Jimenez.

If you are looking for lifelong learning and continuing education programs, please visit the Leadership Institute for Growth, Healing, and Transformation (LIGHT) section.

Summer Term 2022/2023

(May 30 - July 28, 2023)

Travel Course

Multi-Faith Leadership for the Real World - runs June 2-August 14 [Barker and Doebke] - requires participation at the Chautauqua Institute July 29-August 5, registration closes March 30

Fully Online

Lotus Sutra [Mikawa] - Zoom Meetings Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30pm CST, May 31, June 7, 14, 28, July 5, 12 and 19

Spring Term 2022/2023

(January 30 - May 12, 2023)

Most Spring 2023 courses will meet on-campus during the second week of the Spring term. All courses will also meet regularly throughout the semester, via Zoom and asynchronous (not live) discussions in the Populi course platform. All Spring courses have a designated meeting time, although not all courses will meet every week.

Spring 2023 Schedule: On-Campus and Zoom

On-Campus Tuesday, February 7

Vocational Studies: Communities [Rogers]
Leadership Studies: Administration [Kirk]
Introduction to Pastoral Ministry [Taylor]

On-Campus Wednesday, February 8

Pedagogy for Social Change: The Method is the Message [Rogers]

On-Campus Thursday, February 9

Preaching As If You Mean It [Hergert]
History of Global Christianity [Kirk]

On-Campus Friday, February 10

Ministry in Times of Crisis [Taylor]
Topics in Worship and Liturgy [Rideout]

Fully Online: No On-Campus Meetings

New Testament [Beverly]

Travel Course

Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference: “Where Future Meets Legacy: The Convergence of Theoethics, African Spirituality and Afrofuturism”, Atlanta, GA, February 19-23. More information at https://sdpconference.info/2023-conference/. Additional costs for conference registration, travel and hotel.

Fall Term 2022/2023

(August 22 - December 2, 2022)

Most Fall 2022 courses will meet on-campus during the second week of the Fall term. All courses will also meet regularly throughout the semester, via Zoom and asynchronous (not live) discussions in the Populi course platform. All Fall courses have a designated meeting time, although not all courses will meet every week.

Fall 2022 Schedule: On-Campus and Zoom

On-Campus Tuesday, August 30

Grounding 1: Theology and Social Praxis [Hogue]: 3.00 credits [Signature Course]
Introduction to Chaplaincy [Journey]: 3.00 credits

On-Campus Wednesday, August 31

Vocational Studies: Formation [Kirk]: 3.00 credits, plus 3.00 credit internship [Signature Course]
Leadership Studies: Formation [Rogers]: 3.00 credits, plus 3.00 credit internship [Signature Course]

On-Campus Thursday, September 1

Constructive Theology [Hogue]: 3.00 credits
Faith Formation in a Changing World [Rogers]: 3.00 credits

On-Campus Friday, September 2

Unitarian Universalist History and Polity [Kirk]: 3.00 credits
Healthy Boundaries, Healthy Ministry [Journey]: 3.00 credits

Fully Online: No On-Campus Meetings

Hebrew Bible [Beverly]: 3.00 credits
Introduction to Ethics [Hergert]: 3.00 credits
Tools for Parish and Non-Profit Administration [LaBoy]: 3.00 credits
Call of the Wild [Kirk]: 3.00 credits

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Again, course offerings are subject to change for many unseeable reasons. Please double-check with the listing on Populi (when they are made available) before you finalize your course plan. If you have any questions about the course offerings and registration, please don't hesitate to contact our Registrar, Elena Jimenez.