| 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 Laurie Isenberg.
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.
Greening North American Christianity (STCE 8362)
June 1 – August 21, 2009
Kate Alexander
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 May 15, 2009.
This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of "green studies" and its impact on Christian spirituality, theology, ethics, and pastoral life, especially in North America. In addition to an overview of contemporary works and issues in ecological theology, primary and secondary texts ranging from ecological classics to contemporary nature writers provide the "green" context for understanding how recent eco-theory and praxis present a challenge and opportunity for religious peoples and communities. Format: brief lectures and on-line discussion in a seminar format. Requirements: weekly post on readings, one presentation to post, 10-15 page final research paper. Participants are required to complete a one-week online pre-course module prior to the first class session.
Pre-Course Requirement: Participants are required to complete a one-week online pre-course module, May 26 – May 31, 2009. Estimated time involved is 3 hours over the week-long period. Contact Laurie Isenberg (lisenberg@cdsp.edu) to sign up for the pre-course.
New Testament Exegesis: Luke and Acts (NT 8260)
September 8 – December 18, 2009
Bob Kramish
3 units
Tuition for this course is $1980. 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 21, 2009.
Since the earliest days of the Church, The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles have been recognized as the combined work of a single author. This online exegesis course will offer an in-depth study of Luke's history of the origins of Christianity, using a variety of exegetical methods, including rhetorical, feminist and socioeconomic criticisms. We will also examine Luke's use of Jewish scriptures and Hellenistic literature in the composition of his two-part epic.
Assignments will include weekly readings from primary and secondary sources, participation on the class discussion board, and an exegesis paper. Participants are required to complete a one-week online pre-course module prior to the first class session.
Pre-Course Requirement:Participants are required to complete a one-week online pre-course module, August 31-September 6, 2009. Estimated time involved is 3 hours over the week-long period. Contact Laurie Isenberg (lisenberg@cdsp.edu) to sign up for the pre-course.
Anglican Spiritual Practices (SP 8300)
February 1 – May 21, 2010
Elizabeth Drescher
3 units
Tuition for this course is $1980. 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 15, 2010.
The living out of faith in the in Anglican tradition is sustained by diverse spiritual resources drawn from scripture, early church prayer and liturgy, medieval spiritualities, the Book of Common Prayer, and contemporary adaptations of spiritual practices from throughout the global Anglican Communion and beyond. This course explores a range of such practices as they have developed historically, as they function as embodied theologies, and as they may function in Anglican communities today. Assignments will include weekly readings, discussion board reflections on weekly spiritual exercises, and a 10-12 final paper drawn from students’ experience preparing for and leading a spiritual practice with a small group in their own worship community. Participants are required to complete a one-week online pre-course module prior to the first class session.
Pre-Course Requirement:Participants are required to complete a one-week online pre-course module, January 25 – January 31. Estimated time involved is 3 hours over the 7-day period. Contact Laurie Isenberg (lisenberg@cdsp.edu) to sign up for the pre-course.
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