Catalog of Abilene Christian University, 1985-1987 Page: 32
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AREA IV THE WORD AND CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT (9 hours)
Bible D. - 641 and either 611 or 621 and 3 hours from 570, 571, 642 or 648
AREA V MINISTERIAL STUDIES (12 hours)
Ministry courses - 6 hours: 608, 609
Preaching - 3 hours
Counseling - 3 hours
AREA VI. SPECIFIC MINISTRY STUDIES (21 hours)
Seven courses (including a 3-hour internship or field work), selected with the
approval of an advisor, to prepare the student for a specific ministry, such as: 1)
Preaching; 2) Religious Education; 3) Youth Ministry; 4) Missions; 5) College Teaching;
6) Campus Ministry; 7) Counseling and Family Studies; 8) Chaplaincy; 9) Other.
Plan II (72 hour program)
1. Students with an undergraduate major in Bible, or its equivalent, will normally be
required to do 72 hours if they present undergraduate courses equivalent to 18 hours
of the 90 hour program.
2. For these students, electives will be substituted for all required courses in Plan I that
were taken at the undergraduate level. However, at least two courses (6 hours) must
be taken in each of the following: 1) Old Testament; 2) New Testament; 3) Historical
studies; 4) Doctrinal studies; 5) Ministerial studies.
ELECTIVES
Electives may be selected in conference with the MDiv. Graduate Advisor from the
alternate courses listed above, from the additional departmental courses, or from
approved courses offered by other departments.
The student who enters this program with no undergraduate preparation in Bible
and related studies will have very few elective hours, while the student who presents a
background of Biblical studies will have a larger number of electives.
In any case, the electives will be selected, with the approval of the Graduate
Advisor, to fill in gaps in the student's undergraduate preparation and to prepare him for
his particular objective. This principle might call for an undergraduate Bible major to
choose some of his electives from outside the Bible Department in such fields as history,
literature, psychology, or speech. It will certainly call for electives geared to the
student's objective, whether it be the work of a preacher, a missionary, a chaplain, or a
college teacher with a doctoral program yet to be accomplished.
Bible Knowledge
It is essential that a minister of the word spend a generous portion of his time in
learning the content of the Bible in English and in making that content a fixed
possession of his mind and heart. This is a never-ending process and cannot, of course,
be fully accomplished through formal courses in the Old and New Testaments. It is
hoped, therefore, that every student entering the MDiv. program will do so with as
comprehensive a knowledge of the English Bible as possible. Furthermore, students will
be expected to continue such study in addition to their formal course work, and a
thorough examination over the content of the English Bible will be administered during
the first year. (Test of Knowledge of the English Bible, administered by the AC Testing
Office). A student may repeat this examination, but a satisfactory mark must be attained
before the student can be considered for candidacy.32
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