| CDSP Online Courses for Academic Credit
CDSP offers one online graduate course for credit per semester. If you are not currently a student at CDSP or one of the other seminaries in the Graduate Theological Union, you must be admitted to CDSP as an online student to register for an online class. This requirement includes students at seminaries outside the GTU who wish to transfer credit to another school. To receive an application form as an online student, contact the CDSP admissions office.
Online Pre-course Module
All students are required to participate in a mandatory pre-course module offered online prior to the beginning of each class. Anyone who does not complete the requirements of the online pre-course will not be enrolled in the class. For information about the class and online pre-course, contact Jennifer Robinson.
Computer literacy level: familiarity with word processing, search engines, internet browser, e-mail.
Computer hardware/software requirements: Pentium processor, 56k modem or DSL, internet account with e-mail access, Windows 98 OK, Windows XP recommended.
In the Beginning: Reading Genesis (OT 8400)
September 2 – December 12, 2008
Teresa Brown
3 units
Tuition for this course is $1860. Course fee must be paid before a student can be enrolled in the class.
Deadline to submit application for admission as an online student for this course is August 15, 2008.
This is an exegesis course on the book of Genesis through a variety of lenses. Participants will utilize basic forms of the historical-critical method like word study, historical, literary, form and social science criticism, as well as explore post-modern methods of criticism like feminist, post-colonial, and psychological analysis. This is an online course. Assignments will include weekly readings from primary and secondary sources, participation on the Discussion Board and completion of three short exegetically based projects and a final exegesis paper (10-12 pages).
Pre-Course Requirement: Participants are required to complete a one-week online pre-course module, August 25-31, 2008. Estimated time involved is 3 hours over the 7-day period. Contact Laurie Isenberg (lisenberg@cdsp.edu) to sign up for the pre-course.
History of Christianity II: 1300-1980 (HS 8015)
February 2 – May 22, 2009
Thomas Ferguson
3 units
Tuition for this course is $1860. Course fee must be paid before a student can be enrolled in the class.
Deadline to submit application for admission as an online student for this course is January 16, 2009.
This course is an overview of the development of Christianity from the late Middle Ages to the present. The first half of the course will examine the development of late Medieval and Reformation Christianity, with an emphasis on the English Reformation. The second half of the course will look at the history of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion against the backdrop of broader developments in American religious history and global Christianity. This is an online course; format will be lecture (instructor's lectures notes posted online) and discussion (participation in online discussion is required). Take-home midterm and final examination to be returned by email.
Pre-Course Requirement: Participants are required to complete a one-week online pre-course module January 26 - February 1, 2009. Estimated time involved is 5-6 hours over the 7-day period. Contact Jennifer Robinson (jbroughton@cdsp.edu) to sign up for the pre-course.
Introductory Christian Ethics (CE 8000)
February 2 – May 22, 2009
Ellen Wondra
3 units
Tuition for this course is $1860. Course fee must be paid before a student can be enrolled in the class.
Deadline to submit application for admission as an online student for this course is January 16, 2009.
The course covers a range of approaches to Christian ethics, some focusing on formation, some on purposes, some on principles. We will read primary texts in contemporary ethics, supplemented by relevant anthologized readings and other sources, to learn how we may think and talk about issues facing us in a variety of contexts today. Along the way, we will notice ways in which ethics connects theology, pastoral practice, and everyday life. Students will have a chance to explore and present some specific issues at some depth, and to learn from each other about other issues. Major topics: gift as a foundation for moral life; justice and love as norms for ethics; life and death as primary issues; ethics and violence.
The course will be offered in the classroom at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston; and online elsewhere. The online version is asynchronous and involves brief weekly writing as well as three focused papers of 10-12 pages each. Evaluation is on the basis of participation and written work. When you have registered please contact the instructor via call@cdsp.edu.
Music as Art and Theology (LSRA 4232)
February 2 – May 22, 2009
Mondays, 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Walt Knowles
3 units
Tuition for this course is $1860. Course fee must be paid before a student can be enrolled in the class.
Deadline to submit application for admission as an online student for this course is January 16, 2009.
We will explore music from the Eastern Christian, Western Catholic, and Protestant traditions as artistic creations intrinsic to the life of these worshipping communities and as an expression of and providers of theology/ies within these communities. This exploration will provide a foundation for understanding the various relationships of music and worship in contemporary Christianity. In the seminar, students will present an intersection of music and theology from their own background or research interest.
The course will be offered in the classroom at CDSP in Berkeley and synchronously (at the same time) online. Registrants must be available to participate during scheduled class times. A computer with a sound card and speakers or headphones, a telephone, and high-speed Internet connection is needed. There is no precourse module.
Ecumenical/Interfaith Relations (HR 8025)
February 9 – May 7, 2009 online
Concurrent conferences in Berkeley and Chicago, May 8-9, 2009
Thomas Ferguson
1.5 units
Tuition for this course is $930. Course fee must be paid before a student can be enrolled in the class.
Deadline to submit application for admission as an online student for this course is January 16, 2009.
This course is an overview and introduction to the ecumenical and interreligious work of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion. Dialogues with Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Moravian, United Methodist, and Presbyterian Churches (among others) will be covered, as well interreligious relations with Jews and Muslims. The mission and ministry of the National Council of Churches, World Council of Churches, and Christian Churches Together in the USA will also be covered.
This is an online course with a face-to-face conference at the end. Material covered will be delivered online between February 9 and May 7, 2009. Evaluation will be a final paper. There will be concurrent conferences in Berkeley, CA and Chicago, IL at the end of the course for students to attend on Fri-Sat, May 8-9 2009. Students at a distance from Berkeley or Chicago may attend the conference online. The conference will allow for face-to-face interaction between instructor and students, networking, and an opportunity to address critical issues raised by the material covered.
Pre-Course Requirement: Participants are required to complete a one-week online pre-course module January 26 - February 1, 2009. Estimated time involved is 5-6 hours over the 7-day period. Contact Jennifer Robinson (jbroughton@cdsp.edu) to sign up for the pre-course.
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