| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Major in Business and Political Science (B.A.) | ||
| BUS 100M | Business Calculus | 3 |
| or BUS 130 | Business Problem Solving | |
| BUS 106 | Introduction to Business Applications | 1 |
| BUS 326 | Business Information Systems | 3 |
| ECO 202 | Principles of Microeconomics | 2 |
| ECO 203 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 2 |
| MAT 207M | Statistical Analysis | 3 |
| POS 211 | The Political Quest | 3 |
| POS 306 | Public Administration | 3 |
| POS/HIS/PHI 491 | Applied Humanities Seminar | 4 |
| Elective from 200 level or above economics course: | 3 | |
| Choose one of the following Field Survey in Political Science courses: | 3 | |
| American Politics and Government | ||
| Introduction to International Relations | ||
| Introduction to Comparative Politics | ||
| American Political Ideologies | ||
| Choose 15 credits from the following Business courses: | 15 | |
| Financial Accounting | ||
| Principles of Marketing | ||
| Principles of Management | ||
| Managerial Finance 1 | ||
| Business Law 2 | ||
| Choose any three courses in Political Science at 300 level or above not required above | 9 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Major | 54 | |
| General Education | 44-45 | |
| Electives | 23-24 | |
| Total Credits | 122 | |
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BUS 210 is a prerequisite for this course.
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BUS 230 and one other 200-level business course are prerequisites for this course.
Students may not declare a B.A. in Business and Political Science and a Minor in Business.
Students may not declare a B.A. in Business and Political Science and a B.A. in Business
Students may not declare a B.A. in Business and Political Science and a B.A. in Political Science.
Students may not declare a B.A. in Business and Political Science and a Minor in Political Science.
Courses whose number is followed by a letter fulfill a General Education requirement.
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.