ACTS Master of Theological Studies (Contemporary Apologetics) Program Template
About Degree | Admission Requirements | Contemporary Apologetics Specialization | MTS Program Template
Degree Completion: 50 Semester Hours
| Prerequisites: | |||
| 30 undergraduate credits in appropriate discipline | |||
| 12 undergraduate credits in specialization | |||
| 1 | RES 500 | Research Strategies | |
| General Studies (9 Semester Hours): | |||
| 3 | MTS 803 | Research Writing & the Ministry of Scholarship | |
| 3 | BIE 505 | Biblical Hermeneutics | |
| 3 | THS 571 | Believers' Church Theology | |
| 9 | |||
| Specialization (24 Semester Hours): | |||
| 3 | THS 680 | Christianity and Culture | |
| 3 | CAP 550 | Apologetics in a Postmodern World | |
| 3 | HIS ___ | History of Christianity I or II, or History of the Non-Western Church(HIS 540, 541, or 663) | |
| 3 | CAP ___ | Apologetics Elective | |
| 12 | |||
| Electives in specialization area: | |||
| 3 | Four courses in the area of apologetics. Suitable courses in theology, history, or biblical exposition and exegesis, or in the TWU MAIH philosophy stream may be considered. | ||
| 3 | |||
| 3 | |||
| 3 | |||
| 12 | |||
| Subject Requirements (9 Semster Hours): | |||
| 3 | BIE ___ | Old Testament or New Testament Theology | |
| 3 | BIE ___ | Biblical Studies Elective | |
| 3 | THS 671 | God Who Creates, Sustains, and Redeems | |
| 9 | |||
| Thesis (8 Semester Hours) | |||
| 3 | MTS 831 | Thesis Writing I | |
| 3 | MTS 832 | Thesis Writing II | |
| 2 | MTS 833 | Thesis Writing III | |
| 0 | MTS 834 | Thesis Continuation (if necessary) | |
| 8 | |||
Note: Students with a significant background in a subject area already included in the program or subject core may request permission to substitute an alternative course in the same subject area.
