The religion core courses operate at the center of the liberal arts enterprise. These foundational courses in Bible, theology and ethics promote a thoughtful appropriation of historic Christian faith that catalyzes a Christ-centered study of all the disciplines in the university, nurtures faithful discipleship within the Church, cultivates a sensitivity to the activity of the Spirit of God in the world, and encourages human responses to that action.
Faculty from the School of Theology & Ministry (STM) are engaged in delivering the Religion Core to majors from across the university.
The Religion Core comprises coursework in:
- Message of the Old Testament
- Message of the New Testament
- Introduction to Theology
- Introduction to Christian Ethics
For students majoring in the STM, the religion core consists of:
- Old Testament Survey
- New Testament Survey
- Systematic Theology 1
- Systematic Theology 2
- Christian Ethics: (NOTE: there is a specific STM Ethics course that must be completed which is different than the standard Christian Ethics. It is still THEO231, but STM specific and only offered in the Fall semester).
- RELG495 Capstone