2024 Courses and Class Times

Summer 2024

*Online courses will have a week of synchronous classes via Zoom followed by two asynchronous weeks. 

7:45 - 9:40 a.m.  First Period
9:50 - 11:45 a.m.  Second Period
2:00 - 3:55 p.m.  Third Period
4:00 - 5:55 p.m. Fourth Period
 

First Session Classes : 

June 24 - July 12

Course Number and Title  Period Instructor
121 Bible I: Introduction  First Period April Simpson
321 Bible III: Gospels First Period Abraham Smith
422 Theological Heritage IV: Wesleyan Movement
 First Period
 John Feagins
223 Worship and Sacraments Second Period Marcell Steuernagel
124 Transformative Leadership 
 Second Period
 Mark Grafenreed
522 Theology in the Contemporary Church
 Second Period Elias Lopez
221 Bible II: Torah and Israel's History Second Period Zhenya Gurina Rodriguez
521 Bible V: Acts, Epistles & Revelation Third Period Michelle Morris
222 Theological Heritage II: Early Church Fourth Period Zach DeMoya
323 Congregational Care Fourth Period April Bristow

Second Session Classes 

July 15 - August 2

Course Number and Title Period Instructor
123 Formation and Discipleship First Period
 Pam White
424 Ethics First Period Hugo Magallanes
524 Theological Reflection: Practice of Ministry
 Second Period John Feagins
122 Theological Heritage I: Introduction
 Second Period David Luckey
523 Evangelism Third Period  Owen Ross
224 Administration and Polity Fourth Period  Edlen Cowley

All students should have completed 121 Bible I and 122 Theological Heritage I before taking other courses in the curriculum. 

Course Cancellations: Courses are subject to cancellation if course has less than 4 students. Students will be notified after the registration deadline has passed. 

If you are in need of help deciding which course to register for, please send your most recent transcript to coss@smu.edu

 

Focus

Year One-

Foundation

 

Year Two

 

Year Three

 

Year Four

 

Year Five

Bible

121

Bible I: Introduction

221

Bible II: Torah & Israel’s History

321

Bible III: Gospels

421

Bible IV: Prophets. Psalms, & Wisdom Literature

521

Bible V: Acts, Epistles, & Revelation

Theology

122

Theological Heritage I: Introduction

222

Theological Heritage II:
Early Church

322

Theological Heritage III: Medieval-Reformation

422

Theological Heritage IV: Wesleyan Movement

522

Theology in the Contemporary Church

Congregational Life

123

Formation & Discipleship

223

Worship & Sacraments

323

Congregational Care

423

Mission

523

Evangelism

Pastoral Identity

124

Transformative Leadership

224

Administration & Polity

324

Preaching

424

Ethics

524

Theological Reflection: Practice of Ministry