Course Offerings

ACADEMIC CATALOG 2019/2020

3-year Course Projections 2017-2020

NOTE: 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.

[Canceled courses are listed in Italics.]

Spring Term 2019/2020

(February 17 - May 15, 2020)

Intensives: March 23-27, 2020

Biblical Narratives [Sharp]: 3.00 credits
Building Communities to Counter White Nationalism [Welch]: 3.00 credits
History of Global Christianity [Crowley]: 3.00 credits
Humanism Course I: The Nature of Being [Breeden]: 3.00 credits - Course Cancelled
Intro to Pastoral Ministry [Taylor]: 3.00 credits

Intensives: March 27-29, 2020

Tools for Parish and Nonprofit Administration [LaBoy]: 1.50 credits

Intensives: March 27, 5:30-9pm & March 28-29, 9am-5pm, 2020

Pastoral Approaches to Crisis Intervention [Taylor]: 1.50 credits

Intensives: March 30 - April 3, 2020

Ethics [Hergert]: 3.00 credits
Humanism Course II: Knowledge, Justification and Humanist Epistemologies [Welch, Hooper]: 3.00 credits - Course Cancelled
Method is the Message [Hicks]: 3.00 credits

Political Theology [Weed]: 3.00 credits - Course Cancelled
Preaching As If You Mean It [Schwartz]: 3.00 credits

Continuation

Community Studies Seminar II [Hogue, Welch]: 4.50 credits
Congregational Studies Seminar II [Hicks, Pawelek]: 6.00 credits
Leadership Studies Seminar II [Schulz]: 6.00 credits
Communication Tools for Cross-Cultural Ministry (formerly Walking the Talk) [Hicks]: 0.75 credits

Summer Term I 2020/2021

(May 25 - July 17, 2020)

Intensive: June 1-5, 2020

Global Religions [Muhammad]: 3.00 credits

Intensive: June 8-12, 2020

Topics in Worship and Liturgy [Rideout]: 3.00 credits - Course Cancelled
Designing and Leading Worship in a Time of Crisis [Miller]: 1.5 credits

Intensive: July 13-17, 2020

Religious Education as a Tool for Change [Rogers]: 3.00 credits

Fall Term 2020/2021

(August 31 - December 11, 2020)

Note: Fall courses will be offered fully online. Not all courses will have an intensive week, but courses that do use an intensive will meet during the designated weeks listed below. Other courses will instead meet regularly throughout the semester, via Zoom and asynchronous (not live) discussions in the Populi course platform. More information about the specifics of the Fall schedule for individual courses will be available prior to course registration.

Intensives: September 28-October 2, 2020

Faith Formation in a Changing World [Rogers]: 3.00 credits
Introduction to Pastoral Ministry [Journey]: 3.00 credits
Religion on the Move [Kirk]: 3.00 credits
Humanism II: Knowledge, Justification, and Humanist Epistemologies [Hooper & Miller]: 3.00 credits
Constructive Theology [Hogue]: 3.00 credits

Intensives: October 5-9, 2020

Healthy Boundaries, Healthy Ministry [Ambrose]: 3.00 credits

Unitarian Universalist History and Policy [Kirk]: 3.00 credits
Religion, Vulnerability, and Resilience [Hogue]: 3.00 credits
Topics in Worship & Liturgy: Designing Sensory-Rich Worship [Straube & Tolley]: 3.00 credits
Pedagogy for Social Change: Method is the Message [Hicks]: 3.00 credits

Intensives: October 12-16, 2020

Introduction to Ethics [Ambrose]: 3.00 credits
Humanism Course I: The Nature of Being [Breeden]: 3.00 credits
Academic Research and Theological Writing [Walsh]: 3.00 credits
Introduction to Buddhist Traditions [Straube]: 3.00 credits
Introduction to Chaplaincy [Journey]: 3.00 credits

Intensive: October 19-23

Hebrew Bible [Sharp]: 3.00 credits

Signature Courses

Cultural Grounding and Theological Formation [Hogue]: 3.00 credits
Vocational Studies: Formation [Kirk]: 3.00 credits
Leadership Studies: Formation [Hicks]: 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.