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Diploma of Biblical Languages Emphasis

120 Credit Hours

Year One

Fall

Course #Course NameCredits
BI 101
Bible Doctrines 1
2
BI 103
Old Testament Survey
3
BI 105
Chronological Bible Storying
3
CM 101
Introduction to Missions
2
BI 107
Hermeneutics
2
LL 101
Advanced English Grammar & Composition¤
3
LL 104
Beginning Greek 1
3
Subtotal
18

Spring

Course #Course NameCredits
BI 102
Bible Doctrines 2
2
BI 104
New Testament Survey
3
BI 106
Life of Christ
2
CM 102
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
3
NM 101
Public Speaking 1
3
LL 102
Literatures of the World
3
LL 105
Beginning Greek 2
3
Subtotal
19
Total Credit Hour Requirement Year One - 37
¤Students who lack a college-level foundation in English grammar may be required to take LL100 - Basic College English based on their SAT/ACT scores

Year Two

Fall

Course #Course NameCredits
BI 201
Spiritual Warfare, Suffering, & Martyrdom
3
CM 201
Ethnography & Missions Strategy
3
BI 202
Homiletics 1*
2
BI 204
Acts: The Life of Paul
3
BI 205
Biblical Evangelism
3
LL 202
Intermediate Greek 1
3
Subtotal
17

Spring

Course #Course NameCredits
CM 202
History of the Church & World Missions
3
CM 203
Cross-cultural Church Planting
3
BI 203
Homiletics 2†
2
LL 201
Introduction to TESOL
3
LL 203
Intermediate Greek 2
3
__
Electives
4
Subtotal
18
Total Credit Hour Requirement Year Two - 35
Accumulative Two-Year Credit Hour Requirement - 72

Year Three

Fall

Course #Course NameCredits
CM 204
Solutions to Cross-Cultural Stress
3
CM 301
Missiology & Issues in Missions
3
CM 303
Missionary Life
2
LL 301
Articulatory Phonetics
3
LL 303
Beginning Hebrew 1
3
Subtotal
14

Spring

Course #Course NameCredits
CM 302
Intercultural Communications
3
CM 304
Cultural Adaptation for Missionaries
3
LL 302
Second Language Acquisition
3
LL 304
Beginning Hebrew 2
3
__
Electives
4
Subtotal
16
Total Credit Hour Requirement Year Three - 30
Accumulative Three-Year Credit Hour Requirement - 102

Year Four

Fall

Course #Course NameCredits
CM 401
Capstone Missionary Internship 1
9
Subtotal
9

Spring

Course #Course NameCredits
CM 402
Capstone Missionary Internship 2
9
Subtotal
9
Total Credit Hour Requirement Year Four - 18
Accumulative Four-Year Credit Hour Requirement - 120
*Women in Ministry for female students
†Replace with an Elective for female students