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Student Teaching
The application for student teaching must be submitted to the director of the Bible Teaching program during the fall semester.
Students must maintain a minimum 2.7 GPA during this period. Students must have met all the criteria for participation in
the program prior to the student teaching semester, including a Bible teaching assignment in the Field Education course
(approved by the director of the Bible Teaching program) during the fall semester.
Time Limitation
The time limit for completion of all requirements is six years, measured from the date a student begins coursework in the
M.A. in Bible Teaching program.
Completion Requirements
Although advisors assist students in planning their courses of study, it is the student’s responsibility to ensure that all
requirements for graduation have been met.
Attain admission to candidacy in the M.A. in Bible Teaching program.
Demonstrate competency of each of the program’s outcomes through satisfactory completion of all program
courses.
Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.7 and no grade lower than a “C.”
Course of Study (Foundation + Core)
33
Foundation
12
EDU 5331
Understanding the Learner
*
3
EDU 5440
Teaching Bible
3
EDU 6231
History and Philosophy of Education
*
3
EDU 7300
Biblical Foundations for Curriculum
*
3
Core
21
EDU 5400
Principles of Bible Curriculum Design
3
EDU 5443
Directed Teaching in Bible
6
EDU 5451
Methods of Teaching Bible
3
EDU 5452
Student Teaching Seminar: Bible Teaching
3
EDU 5453
Applied Methods of Teaching Bible
3
EDU 5541
Learning Environment and Classroom Management
2
EDU 5901
Field Education in Bible Teaching
1
*Also available online
Suggested Program of Study
Year
Fall
Spring
1
EDU 5331
EDU 5440
EDU 5451
EDU 5452
EDU 5541
EDU 5901
Understanding the Learner (3)
Teaching Bible (3)
Methods of Teaching Bible (3)
Student Teach Seminar: Bible Teach (3)
Learning Environ & Class Manage (2)
Field Education in Bible Teaching (1)
EDU 5400
EDU 5443
EDU 5453
Principles of Bible Curriculum Design (3)
Directed Teaching in Bible (6)
Applied Methods of Teaching Bible (3)
Summer
EDU 6231
EDU 7300
History and Philosophy of Education (3)
Biblical Foundations for Curriculum (3)