Advanced Research in Biblical andTheological Studies

This course introduces the student to advanced biblical and theological research. Exegetical, survey, descriptive, historical, and theological methods will be examined. The form and structure of literature reviews, book reviews, and research papers/theses will be studied. Course assignments enable scholarly investigation in an area of the student's interest, relevant to the degree program purposes, with the end results of both a scholarly research document/presentation and application of scholarly research in a local ministry context. This course may be repeated for credit when the research content changes. If a grade for a particular Advanced Research in Biblical and Theological Studies course must be replaced, the student must repeat the course with the same topic and content.