Course Offerings

Find course descriptions in the Academic Catalog linked above or in Populi. 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. 

All courses are 3 credits and all times are listed in Central Time unless noted otherwise. 

Summer Term 2025

(June 2-August 1, 2025)

Elective Courses

• US Latino/a/e Theology and Ethics: Liberative Perspectives  [Ortega]: Fully Online, Zoom meetings 2-4 PM Thursdays
• Chaplains at Work: Navigating Organizations [Taylor]: Fully Online, Zoom meetings 10 AM-1 PM Wednesdays (Prerequisite: Clinical Pastoral Education)

Spring Term 2025

(January 27 – May 9, 2025)

Signature Courses

• Vocational Studies 2: Communities [Robersmith]: Hybrid 9 AM-5 PM Feb 3 & 4, Zoom meetings 3-5 PM Thursdays
• Leadership Studies 2: Administration [House]: Hybrid 9 AM-5 PM Feb 4, Zoom meetings 3-5 PM Thursdays

MDiv Requirements

• Introduction to Pastoral Ministry [Journey]: Hybrid 9 AM-5 PM Feb 4, Zoom meetings 10 AM-Noon Tuesdays 
• Topics in Worship & Liturgy [Johnson]: Fully online, Zoom meetings 10 AM-Noon Thursdays
• Global Religions [Dechant]: Hybrid 9 AM-5 PM Feb 5, Zoom meetings 2-4 PM Wednesdays
• Intro to Ethics [House]: Hybrid 9 AM-5 PM Feb 5, Zoom meetings 5-7 PM Wednesdays
• New Testament [Beverly]: Fully online, Zoom meetings 6-8 PM Tuesdays
• History of Global Christianity [Kirk]: Hybrid 9 AM-5 PM Feb 6, Zoom meetings 10 AM-Noon Wednesdays
• Tools for Parish and Non-Profit Administration [Verdine-Jones]: Fully online, Zoom meetings 2-4 PM Mondays

DMin Requirements

• Social Change Leadership [House]: Fully online, Zoom meetings 6-8 PM Tuesdays (alternating weeks) 
• Leadership & Ministry Research Colloquy [Kirk]: Fully online, Zoom meetings 6-8 PM Tuesdays (alternating weeks) 

Electives

• Travel Course: Proctor Conference [Lightsey], February 16-21, Little Rock, AR (includes work before and after conference)

Fall Term 2024

(September 3 – December 13, 2024)

Click here for Fall 2024 Schedule Chart

Signature Courses

• Vocational Studies 1: Formation [Kirk]: Hybrid intensive Tues. Sept. 10, Zoom Meetings 3-5 PM Thursdays
• Leadership Studies 1: Formation [Staff]: Hybrid intensive Tues. Sept. 10, Zoom Meetings 3-5 PM Thursdays
• Grounding: Theology and Social Praxis: Hybrid intensive Wed., Sept. 11, Zoom Meetings Noon-2 PM Thursdays

Master of Divinity Required Courses

• Preaching As If You Mean It [Hergert]: Hybrid intensive Wed., Sept. 11, Zoom Meetings 2-4 PM Tuesdays
• Constructive Theology [Hogue]: Hybrid intensive Thurs., Sept. 12, Zoom Meetings 6-8 PM Wednesdays 
• Healthy Boundaries for Leaders [House]: Hybrid intensive Thurs., Sept. 12, Zoom Meetings 2-4 PM Wednesdays

• Faith Formation in a Changing World [Staff]: Hybrid intensive Fri., Sept. 13, Zoom Meetings 10 AM-Noon Tuesdays
• Unitarian Universalist History and Polity [Kirk]: Hybrid intensive Fri., Sept. 13, Zoom Meetings 6-8 PM Mondays

• Hebrew Bible [Beverly]: No intensive, Zoom meetings 2-4 PM Mondays

Doctor of Ministry Required Courses

Doctor of Ministry students have a required hybrid retreat Friday, Sept. 27 through Sunday, Sept. 29.

• Methods of Leadership and Ministry [Lassiter]: Zoom meetings 6-8 PM Tuesdays, every other week
• Research Methods and Ethics [House]: Zoom meetings 6-8 PM Tuesdays, every other week
• Political Theology and Social Ethics [Hogue]: Zoom meetings 6-8 PM Tuesdays, every other week

Electives

• Call of the Wild [Kirk]: No intensive, Zoom meetings 10 AM-Noon Wednesdays

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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.