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Christian Ministries (BAS)

This Professional Studies Degree is designed to meet the special demands of adult learners.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

courses

credit hours (bAS)

CORE EXPERIENCE

DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience

3

Professional Studies
DBUE 2301PR - Lifelong Learning (S-L)

3

English

9

ENGL 1301/1401 - Composition and Rhetoric I

ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II

and

ENGL 2301 - World Literature I

or

ENGL 2302 - World Literature II

Fine Arts
FINE 1306 - Introduction to Fine Arts

3

History Lower Level (LL)

3

Choose one 3-hour course from HIST LL Course List

Kinesiology

1

KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living

Mathematics (3 or 4-hour course)

3-4

Choose one 3-4 hour course from Math LL Course List

Natural Science (3-4 hour course)

3-4

Choose one 3-4 hour course from Nat. Lab Science LL Course List

Religion

9

RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey

RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey

RELI 3304 - Christian Doctrine

Social Science

3

POLS 2301 - American National Government

Total Core Experience

41-42

Additional Program General Education Hours

9

Choose one 3-hour course from RELI Course List.

Choose one 3-hour course from HIST/FA/SS Course List or LANG/BL Language Course List.

Choose one 3-hour course from STEM LL Course List.

Christian Ministries Major

24

CHST 3301 - Survey of Christian Education

CHST 3309 - Spiritual Formation for Christian Ministry

CHST 3372 - Church Administration

CHST 4301 - Teaching Ministry of the Church

PHIL 2301 - Introduction to Philosophy

RELI 3305 - Principles of Biblical Interpretation

RELI 4345 - Christianity in a Pluralistic World

Select ONE History:

RELI 4371 - American Church History

RELI 4372 - Baptist History

RELI 4383 - History of Christianity (AGP-eligible)

Select two courses in Christian Studies/Religion from the following options:

CHST 4302 – Practicum in Christian Studies (S-L)

CHST 4306 – Children’s Ministry in the Church

CHST 4307 – Student Ministry in the Church

CHST 4308 – Adult Ministry in the Church

CHST 4310 – Small Group Ministry Design and Practice

CHST 4312 – Biblical Servant Leadership

RELI 3306 – Proclamation of Biblical Truth

RELI 3311 – The Pentateuch

RELI 3329 – The Historical Books

RELI 3336 – The Wisdom Literature

RELI 3347 – The Major Prophets

RELI 3362 – The Minor Prophets

RELI 3371 – Pastoral Ministries

RELI 3386 – Practicum in Personal Evangelism

RELI 3387 – Practicum in Discipleship

RELI 4307 – The Gospels

RELI 4321 – The Early Life and Letters of Paul

RELI 4322 – The Later Life and Letters of Paul

RELI 4336 – The General Epistles

RELI 4341 – Biblical Eschatology

RELI 4350 – Historical Theology

RELI 4360 – Special Topics in Theology and Religion

RELI 4374 – Christian Apologetics

RELI 4378 – Ministry Research and Writing Across Media (AGP-eligible)

Electives 

Upper-Level
Lower or Upper-Level

3
36

Total Credit Hours Required

120

*Inverted Option: Depending on the number of applicable transferred credit hours, a student may be able to use at least 24 technical/occupational credit hours or 24 credit hours in a specific field of study (e.g., credits earned from military transcripts and/or corporate training, etc.) as elective credits for an Inverted Degree. Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level. Students should coordinate with their academic advisor to determine if an inverted degree would be beneficial/applicable after all transcripts have been officially evaluated. 

A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.

Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.

(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.

Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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