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Academic Courses Open to Visitors
The Seminary welcomes visitors into some courses offered each quarter. We hope these will be opportunities for community members to interact with students and faculty of the Seminary, learn along with them, and enjoy a unique educational opportunity.
There are no prerequisites to attend or requirements to complete. No transcript is offered with visitor status. If you would like to take a course for credit as an Unclassified student please contact Seminary Admissions or download and complete the Short-term Application Form and send it, complete with transcripts of all academic work done to-date, to the attention of the Director of Enrollment, Calvin Theological Seminary, 3233 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546. Classes are chosen based on the topic, the meeting time, and the availability of space.
The cost to participate as a visitor is $75. Payment by credit card is available through on-line registration. Payment by check (in US funds) must be mailed within two weeks of registration payable to Calvin Theological Seminary. Please mail to:
Continuing Education
Calvin Theological Seminary
3233 Burton St. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
On-going Opportunity
| On-line Biblical Hebrew (101)
This course is a self-paced, modularized, online opportunity for learning or refreshing one's knowledge of biblical Hebrew, beginning with the abc's (or aleph, beth, gimmels) and progressing all the way to reading proficiency in the Hebrew Old Testament.
The 55 modules include animation, audio, and interactive components. Students quiz themselves after completing each module and, based on their performance, will either be advanced to the next module of study or be directed to specific places in the current module where further review is necessary. This configuration allows participants to learn at their own speed, in their own way, and at locations convenient to them.
The textbook upon which the course is based, and which will be required for those who take the course, is Thomas O. Lambdin's Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971).
The cost to participate as a visitor is $100. This course is available beginning April 1, 2005.
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Fall 2010 - Courses Open to Visitors
This is the most recent information on courses open to visitors. If courses are no longer listed, they have been canceled.
September 8 - December 8
563
Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching
Reads and discusses selected fiction, biography, memoirs, journalism, culture criticism, essays, drama, poetry, and children's literature in order to deepen the preacher's understanding of human character, divine grace, and the surprises that emerge when they intersect, with special attention to the homiletic impact of the readings.
September 9 - December 9 and February 3 - May 5
716
Bible Survey
Prepares leaders in the church to be faithful and effective stewards of the Word by acquainting them with the basic content and principal theme of each book of the Bible; the historical, geographical, and cultural backgrounds to the Bible; its introductory hermeneutical principles; and its continuing relevance. Tentatively, the first semester will cover Genesis through the Major Prophets, and the second semester will cover the Minor Prophets through Revelation.
$75 Fall or Spring only / $150 Full year -
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(when you register please note there are three choices: full year, fall only, spring only)
September 9 - December 13
303
Christian Theology in Reformed Confessions
Introduces Reformed theology through a study of confessions, from the Reformation era (Belgic Confession, Heidelberg Catechism, Canons of Dort) and the more recent past (Contemporary Testimony, Belhar Confession), and through the basic elements of the Reformed worldview grounded in this confessional theology.
(when you register please note your two choices of meeting times)
September 13 - December 13
647
Curriculum Design and the Teaching-Learning Process
Explores curriculum theory and design, and the teaching-learning process that enables students to assess and develop curriculum and select appropriate teaching strategies.
September 14 - October 19
494
Missions From the Majority World (first 6 weeks of Fall semester)
"From mission field to mission force" captures the spirit of a new Pentecost in the churches of Latin America, Africa and Asia. Thousands of new missionaries to unreached peoples are being called, trained, commissioned and sent by churches of the majority world. This skill development course examines the dynamics of the new mission force and asks how each of us can be a participant in the one world mission.
September 14 - December 14
683
Human Suffering
Engages the spiritual struggle to embrace the realities of human suffering and the loving nature of God through a variety of theological perspectives from classical and popular texts.
September 14 - December 14
712
Theological Ed as Formation for Ministry
Introduces all parts of seminary life as interrelated and formative for ministry, and examines the process of spiritual formation by illustrating habits developed through theological education and how they are critical for ministry.
(when you register please note your two choices of meeting times)
November 2 - December 7
495
Loving Your Muslim Neighbor (second 6 weeks of Fall semester)
"They will know we are Christians by our love." This skill development course looks at several case studies where Christian love has transformed relationships and understanding with our Muslim neighbor. Negative images have been changed into positive impressions by the sharing of Christ's love.
Fall Reading Break 2010 - Courses Open to Visitors
October 11-13, 2010
489
Discipleship: Facilitating Small Groups for Life-Long Learning
As pastors and church leaders we are often called to lead small-groups for life-transformation. What kind of group leadership can you be sure will actually result in life-transformation? This course will explore how adults change and grow. It will review some of the styles of small group facilitation. More importantly, it will give the student an understanding of and experience in a proven learning style for life-transformation. This course will include actually facilitating peer small-group discussion, along with peer feedback.
