| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Major in International Relations (B.A.) | ||
| ECO 202 | Principles of Microeconomics | 2 |
| ECO 203 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 2 |
| GEO 120 | Introduction to Geography | 3 |
| POS 202U | Introduction to International Relations | 3 |
| POS 205 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | 3 |
| POS 211 | The Political Quest | 3 |
| POS 250 | Political Science Practicum 2 | 1 |
| POS/HIS/PHI 491 | Applied Humanities Seminar | 4 |
| Choose one of the following from Business and Economics courses: | 3 | |
| Global Marketing 5 | ||
| Intermediate Microeconomics | ||
| Intermediate Macroeconomics | ||
| Choose from the following Political Science/History courses: | 9 | |
| Revolution and Political Development 3 | ||
| The Cold War 3 | ||
| Human Rights in International History 3 | ||
| African Politics 3 | ||
| Modern Middle East 3 | ||
| Political Parties 3 | ||
| American Foreign Relations 3 | ||
| Globalization and International Institutions 3 | ||
| The Politics of Terrorism and Counterterrorism 3 | ||
| Contemporary Democracies 3 | ||
| Choose from the following courses: 1 | 15 | |
| Biblical and Theological Studies | ||
| Introduction to Religious Studies | ||
| Religions of India, China and Japan | ||
| Christianity and the World's Religions | ||
| Christian Social Ethics | ||
| Post-Reformation to Contemporary Theology in Trans-Atlantic Perspective | ||
| Christian Theology in Africa, Asia, and Latin America | ||
| History | ||
| History of China, Japan, and Korea | ||
| History of Islam | ||
| World War I | ||
| World War II | ||
| Revolution and Political Development 3 | ||
| The Cold War 3 | ||
| History and the Human Environment | ||
| Human Rights in International History 3 | ||
| Muslim Women in History | ||
| African Politics 3 | ||
| Modern Europe | ||
| Modern Middle East 3 | ||
| Philosophy | ||
| The Modern Mind | ||
| Political Science | ||
| Political Psychology | ||
| Topics in Political Science | ||
| Psychology | ||
| Social Psychology 4 | ||
| Cross-Cultural Psychology | ||
| Languages and Cultures | ||
Any world language course at the intermediate level or above | ||
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Major | 48 | |
| General Education | 44-45 | |
| Electives | 29-30 | |
| Total Credits | 122 | |
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At least 3 credits must be outside the departments of political science, business and economics, and history as well as classes cross-listed with those departments. At least 9 credits must be at the 300 level or above.
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Students must receive departmental approval for at least 3 credits of study in an off-campus program that contributes to their educational goals. Departmental approval will also enroll a student in a 1 credit post-experience seminar where they will present on their off-campus work.
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Students can only receive credit for this course toward their degree once.
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PSY 100 is a prerequisite for this course.
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BUS 220 is a prerequisite for this course.
Courses whose number is followed by a letter fulfill a General Education requirement.
Students may not declare a B.A. in Political Science and B.A. in International Relations.
Overview
The Ministry Scholars program is Bethel University's bachelors to master's degree program that reduces cost and time-to-completion by streamlining undergraduate and graduate education. Graduates receive a bachelor's degree from Bethel University's College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and a master's from Bethel Seminary. This program is well suited for a variety of majors who want to become equipped to lead churches, parachurch organizations, and other ministries. It is also a good fit for ministry-minded students who want to pursue bi-vocational ministry or work outside of professional ministry. Students learn from successful ministry leaders and experts in Biblical and Theological Studies, Spiritual and Personal Formation, and Transformational Leadership. This program offers supplemental training resources, developmental activities, and discipleship opportunities to prepare ministry-minded students for effective ministry leadership. Students also gain valuable field experience in local churches and ministry settings.
The objectives of the program are that graduates will demonstrate age-appropriate growth and ultimately ministry leadership preparedness in the following domains:
- Spiritual life: Students will grow spiritually, deepening their love for, commitment to, and dependence on God, and develop an instinct to trust in God and to connect intimately with God.
- Discernment of call: They will clarify and reaffirm their sense of calling to vocational ministry and what that looks like in a changing world.
- Emotional maturity: They will become emotionally mature adults, possessing the ability to sense and manage emotions, to see others’ perspectives, to sympathize and empathize, to follow and lead as appropriate and to foster healthy relationships.
- Cultural competence: They will become culturally aware, gaining a perspective that all cultures possess strengths and vulnerabilities, an ability to work across cultural lines and an appreciation that diverse teams are stronger teams.
- Bible knowledge: They will gain a clear understanding of the Bible’s content and a deep and abiding passion for the truth of the Gospel.
- Spiritual wisdom: They will grow in wisdom, possessing a capacity to apply the Bible so that others are inspired by their teaching and preaching to live out biblical truth and experience human flourishing.
- Intellectual virtues: They will develop virtues such as critical thinking, respect for data, intellectual humility, and thirst for learning, combined with the skill to interpret and teach the Bible accurately.
- Leadership capacity: They will learn to follow leaders and to lead followers—enlisting people, building teams, leading change and achieving results.
- Godly character: They will become virtuous people—individuals who love others, speak truth, live humbly, sacrifice their own interests, live justly, express joy and show compassion.
What is Bethel looking for in a Ministry Scholar?
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Ability to maintain a minimum of 3.0 GPA (cumulative college grade point average or unweighted high school GPA if the student has less than one year of college experience) throughout the duration of the Ministry Scholars program while enrolled at CAS and Seminary.
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Ability to provide a pastoral and ministry leader reference that speaks to the student’s character and call to ministry.
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Commitment to prioritizing activities, discipleship opportunities, and retreats offered to Ministry Scholars, designed to enable the individual to develop a strong sense of community.