2012 Course Programmes
In 2012 Bishopdale Theological College will offer
the following courses towards these degrees and
diplomas awarded by Laidlaw College:
• Diploma in Biblical Studies
• Bachelor of Theology • Bachelor of Ministries
• Graduate Diploma in Theology • Graduate Diploma in Theology (Ministry)
Requirements for compulsory pre-requisite and
co-requisite courses must be met where these apply.
(see course descriptions below)
Contact the Registrar for more details or options.
All courses being offered by BTC in 2012 are subject
to adequate enrolments and are worth 15 credits.
Graduate Diploma in Theology (Ministry)
BTC is leading the way with a special version of
the Graduate Diploma designed for those with
an existing qualification in theology wanting to
undertake more advanced and specialised studies in
areas in both theology and ministry development.
Within this framework, a selection of courses
is being created specifically addressing areas of
innovative and pioneering Anglican ministry.
When taken for academic credit towards a Graduate
Diploma qualification (through Laidlaw College),
a total of 120 credit points (8 courses) is required,
selected from a specific range of course offerings and
customised on a case by case basis.
In most instances these courses will be offered as one week block intensives. Courses may be also undertaken on an 'Interest only'* basis.
All courses being offered by BTC in 2012 are 15 credits.
*‘Interest Only’ study at BTC
This is a growing mode of participating in courses
at the College. In this mode students may join our
courses without the expectation of assignments
and assessments (although there is the option of
participating in these), but benefit from the course
content and participation in the class nteraction.
Interest-only
(non-formal) students are not ‘ring-ins’,
but full BTC students in their own right. We expect
as much commitment to classes and background
reading as with all other students. Where ‘academic
credit’ students (working towards a qualification) are
expected to spend 10 hours perweek on each course
(including assignments), ‘interest only’ students are
expected to spend something like 5 – 6 hours (this
will vary from week to week), including two hours
in class.
Cost: $180 per course, discounted to $100 for clergy
and spouses and ministry team workers.
For course information and registration details,
please contact the Registrar.
Other Special Courses
Introduction to Hospital Chaplaincy
This new course will be offered on a non-formal
basis only in 2012. A ‘taste and see’ evening will
be held in October this year (2011). Thereafter,
admission to the course will be via interviews which
will be held in November.
For further details contact
the Registrar.
CPE
- Clinical Pastoral Education
CPE is an educational
process designed to encourage ministers, priests,
students in ministry training and lay people towards
greater pastoral understanding and competence. It
uses an action/reflection model of learning where
students work as pastoral carers in their parish
based or institutional ministry settings and bring
their learning issues to group life and individual
supervision. Areas of learning are to a large extent
shaped by the student’s own learning goals which
they and their supervisor contract together to
achieve. Progress towards these goals is evaluated by
group process mid-way and at the end of the Course.
The course structure is a three-day block to start and
end the Course, two-day meeting every fortnight
for about 23 weeks, with a two-week break around
mid-Course, designed to coincide with school
holidays. Students are required to do a minimum of
14 hours of ministry per week apart from of their
Course day to achieve the Course requirement of400
hours of supervised ministry. Mid-Course and Final
Evaluations take one full day to complete. Places
are limited to 5, and the cost per person is$2,000 (a
subsidy of $1,000 will be available from the Ministry
Education Coordinator). Furthermore, Laidlaw
College will cross-credit CPE for 30 credits at Level 7
under the pastoral ministry stream (at extra cost).
At
this stage CPE is likely to run from July 2012. Top of Page
2012
Semester One:
5 March 2012 – 29 June 2012
Level 5 (Foundation) courses
New Testament Greek: Introduction [note 1]
Biblical Theology
New Testament: Introduction
History of Christianity: Early Church to Reformation
Theology and Praxis of Global Ministry
Level 6 and 7 courses
Majority World Theology
Historical & Contemporary Models of Spirituality
Theology: Christ and Revelation
Introduction to Christian Ethics
Level 7 Graduate Diploma (ministry) Intensive
27 February-2 March 2012
521.715 Pioneering and Pastoral:
Contemporary Expressions of Anglican Ministry
Semester Two:
23 July 2011 – 23 November 2012
Level 5 (Foundation) courses
Old Testament: Introduction
Formation
Introduction to Theology
Level 6 and 7 courses
New Testament: Gospel of Luke
New Testament Greek: Intermediate (note1)
Biblical Interpretation
Theology: God and Creation
History of Christianity: Reformation to Current
Times
Missional Church Leadership
Level 6 & 7 Graduate Diploma (ministry) Intensives
123.615/715 Old Testament: 8th Century Prophets
603.615/715 Cultural Anthropology
Note 1
New Testament Greek will be offered in 2012
subject to viable class numbers. Introduction is a
prerequisite for Intermediate, and both must be
taken for a Biblical Studies major. Full-time students
studying New Testament Greek will need to defer
one paper from the normal selection of first year
papers to the second year.
Internship courses
BTC offers internship courses through Laidlaw/CDL
as part of a degree or diploma programme. Please
contact the Registrar for details.
For further details of all courses, for all three years
of BTheol. or BMin. study through Laidlaw College’s
Centre for Distance Learning, please refer to Laidlaw
College’s 2012 CDL prospectus.
Course Descriptions
Level 5 (Foundation) courses
New Testament Greek - Introduction – 104.515
An introduction to the grammar and vocabulary
of New Testament Greek and its application in
translation and exegesis. Required for those wanting
a Biblical Studies major or a Bachelor of Theology
with Advanced Standing, this two-part course is
available by special arrangement between BTC and
Laidlaw College.
Biblical Theology – 115.515
This course is an introduction to Biblical Theology.
It explores the unity, diversity and central themes
of God’s written word, the Bible. In doing so,
it introduces students to critical discussions
concerning the relationship of theology to the Bible.
It also looks at the relationship between Biblical
Theology and other theological methods such as
Systematic Theology. Finally, it assists students to
begin making sense of the relationship between the
Bible, theology and all of life.
Old Testament: Introduction – 120.515
A survey of the Old Testament understood against
its Ancient Near Eastern background, its literary
nature, major themes, importance for understanding
the New Testament and its relevance for today.
New Testament: Introduction – 140.515
An introduction to the historical background to
the New Testament including a study of the main
features of the life and ministry of Jesus, a summary
of the beginnings and expansion of the church in
Acts, a general background to the NT epistles, the
main teaching of a selection of the epistles, and an
introduction to Revelation.
Theology: Introduction – 201.515
An introduction to theology that answers the
question: What do Christians believe and why? The
course examines the sources of theological authority,
theological method based on those sources, the
content of Christian belief, and how theology relates
to individual, communal and global life.
History of Christianity:
Early Church to Reformation – 301.515
A survey of major developments in the history of
Christianity, from the early church through to the
early phases of the reformation.
Formation – 401.515
This practical course involves students reflecting
on their relationship with God. The focus is on the
application of biblical truth. Students explore their
own foundations, their relationships with others and
their call to serve.
Theology and Praxis of Global Ministry– 505.515
This course examines the theological, historical and
cultural contexts of ministry and explores the diverse
expressions of the gospel globally. It invites us to
discover what part in the gospel story we are being
called to play.
Level 6 & 7 courses
New Testament Greek Intermediate – 105.615
Pre-requisite: 104.515
This course is a continuation of 104.515, a study of
the grammar and vocabulary of NT Greek, and its
application in translation and exegesis.
Biblical Interpretation – 111.615
An introduction to biblical interpretation,
grammatico-historical exegesis, biblical genres,
historical developments, historical-critical and
literary-critical methods, and hermeneutical
considerations, including hands-on experience in
exegeting biblical texts.
Introduction to Ethics – 211.615/715
Pre-requisite: Theology: Introduction 201.515
An introduction to the study of Christian Ethics
with special reference to its biblical foundations, its
theoretical structures, and its application to some
major areas of ethical decision making.
Theology: Christ and Revelation – 202.615/715
Pre-requisite: Theology: Introduction 201.515
A Biblical overview of the person and work of Christ,
historical perspectives, search for the historical Jesus,
contemporary and multicultural approaches to Christ
and atonement, Christology and science, the scope
of Christ’s salvation, Christ images in art, literature,
movies and music, and the meaning and authority of
Scripture.
Theology: God and Creation – 203.615/715
Pre-requisite: Theology: Christ and Revelation
202.615/715
The nature of the Triune God; the person and
ministry of the Holy Spirit; God in creation and
providence; the problem of evil; humanity made in
the image of God; humanity as sinful; dialogue with
some contemporary and scientific discussion of
creation and humanity.
Majority World Theology – 612.615/715
This course offers an introductory look at ‘local’
theologies. It considers how cultures bring
differences of emphasis and insight into their reading
of Scripture and ways in which evaluation is still
required and possible as the gospel is related to the
world views of particular contexts.
New Testament: Luke – 142.615/715
Pre-requisite: New Testament Introduction 140.515
Co-requisite: Biblical Interpretation 111.615
Detailed study of the text of Luke’s Gospel and
theology and critical issues of Luke’s Gospel.
Exegesis of selected English texts, or translation and
exegesis of selected texts in Greek.
Missional Church Leadership – 576.615/715
This course will investigate the life and theology of
the missional church and its practices, with specific
attention to formative processes that occur for
leaders and communities in the midst of cultural
engagement in the twenty first century.
History of Christianity: Reformation to
Current Times – 302.615/715
Selected topics in the history of Christianity, from
the later part of the Reformation through to the
twenty first century.
Historical and Contemporary Models of
Spirituality – 406.615/715
Pre-requisite: Formation 401.515
This course explores a variety of significant
traditions within Christian spirituality, including their
biblical and historical origins, and considers their
contribution to spiritual life in the contemporary
world.
Full year –15 credit unit
Research Topic – 585.715
This course provides an opportunity in the final year
of study for preparing an extended research paper of
6,000-8,000 words on a topic not specifically covered
elsewhere in your programme of study. A Research
Topic may be proposed in any subject area. Top of Page
Intensives
Level 7 Graduate Diploma (ministry) Intensive
27 February - 2 March 2012
Pioneering and Pastoral: Contemporary
Expressions of Anglican Ministry – 521.715
This course addresses the need to clarify the
relationship between ministry by all the baptised and
the specific responsibilities associated with each of
the threefold Anglican modes of ordained ministry:
deacons, presbyter-priests and bishops. Each of these
ministry orders is reviewed from biblical, historical
and theological perspectives, identifying distinctive
characteristics and spheres of ministry focus or
responsibilities. Recognition of the traditional
Anglican quality of pastoral care in ministry is
balanced by the need for leadership in pioneering
ministry and initiatives. Changes in fundamental
paradigms for ministry that come with a renewed
focus on ‘mission-shaped’ ministry are considered
with a view to fresh thinking on engagement with the
wider community and gospel ministry both within
and beyond the community of faith. Questions of
the parish model, alternative modes of ministry, team
ministry and wider relationships of support,
resourcing and accountability are all addressed.
Level 6 & 7 Intensives
20-24 August 2012
Cultural Anthropology 603.615/715
This course offers an introduction to cultural
anthropology as an aid to cross-cultural mission. The
course focuses on the use of anthropological tools
and concepts as a means of understanding one’s own
culture and of being able to engage effectively with
people in other cultural settings.
Old Testament : 8th Century Prophets 123.615/715
Pre-requisite: 120 - Old Testament: Introduction
Co-requisite: 111 - Biblical Interpretation
The nature of Old Testament prophecy and the language of prophecy. The eighth century prophets with special reference to the book of Amos. Exegesis of selected portions of the English text of Amos.
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