ACTS Master of Theological Studies (Old Testament Studies) Program Template
About Degree | Admission Requirements | Old Testament 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 | Introduction to Believers' Church Theology | |
| 9 | |||
| Specialization (24 Semester hours): | |||
| 3 | BIE___ | Exposition of Genesis (614) or Exposition of Exodus (BIE 616 | |
| 3 | BIE 610 | Old Testament Theology | |
| 3 | BIE 603 | Hebrew Exegesis I | |
| 3 | BIE 613 | Hebrew Exegesis II | |
| 12 | |||
| Electives in specialization area | |||
| 3 | Four courses in Old Testament Studies | ||
| 3 | |||
| 3 | |||
| 3 | |||
| 12 | |||
| Subject Requirements (9 Credit Hours): | |||
| 3 | BIE 706 | Exposition of Romans | |
| 3 | HIS ___ | History of Christianity I or II (HIS 540 or HIS 541), or History of the Non-Western Church (HIS 663) | |
| 3 | THS___ | Theology Elective | |
| 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.
