TESTIMONIAL:  What does Brad, online student from Austin, Texas, have to say about our online courses?

What made the online course effective and conducive to your learning? Clearly, the interactivity.  The course engaged us in some big, wide-open topics related to rural ministry, but the system enabled us to tackle them in an organized way.  It’s interesting how easy it is for everyone to be heard online; much tougher in classroom contexts, even in small groups.

What was a benefit with online learning?  The power of this medium for continuing education and for collegial association over distance.

Would you take an online course again?  Why or why not?  I will definitely continue to study online.  It affords me opportunities I can’t find locally and fits with my needs to scrupulously manage my time.

Single Credit WTS Online Courses

Tuition Information

Courses taken for Certificate Credit, Continuing Education Credit or Lifelong Learning are $225/course** + materials.

Courses taken as part of Wartburg Theological Seminary's
TEEM certification program to meet the ELCA's
TEEM (Theological Education for Emerging Ministries)
requirements are $695/course** + materials. 

**These fees apply to courses taken during the 2009-2010 academic year and reflect $100 online access fee (for TEEM candidates only) to off-set the expense of providing online courses.  TEEM candidates prior to July 1, 2009 continue at their previous tuition rate with the additional $100 surcharge for online courses.

FALL 2009 ONLINE COURSES      

TMx11  Hebrew Bible 1 

8 week online course [August 24-October23]

Kristine Ruffatto, Doctoral Candidate

Course Description:  This introductory course surveys the contents of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), its historical contexts and religious ideas.  It includes analysis of selected texts from representative sections of the Hebrew Bible and discussion of their various theological visions of God, the human person, and the people of God in interrelationship.  Special attention will be given to the themes and issues of the Pentateuch and the use of these narratives in preaching.

v  Hebrew Bible 1 and 2 can be taken in any order.  This course meets the Hebrew Bible 1 requirement for Wartburg's TEEM program and the Old Testament requirement for the Certificate in Town & Country Church Leadership.

TMx42 God and the World in Christ:  The Christian Narrative

9 week online course [October 5-December 13]

Duane Priebe, WTS Professor of Systematic Theology

The Nicene Creed briefly summarizes the basic Christian narrative of God’s engagement with the world.  It runs from creation through redemption in Jesus Christ to the ultimate consummation of all things in the power of the Holy Spirit in the resurrection of the dead.  This is the story of all creation it also is the story of each one of us.  This course will examine this basic story and ways of bearing witness to God’s engagement with the world in Jesus Christ.

v  This course meets the Systematic Theology 2 requirement for Wartburg’s TEEM certification and the Theology requirement for the Certificate in Town & Country Church Leadership.

TMx22E New Testament 2:  Engaging the Letters of Paul—Gospel and Community in Context

8 week online course [September  28-November23]

Dr. Ray Pickett

Professor of New Testament

Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

This on-line course is designed for those seeking a basic knowledge of Paul’s letters. The emphasis will be on understanding the distinctive message of each letter as a response to particular issues and circumstances in the early Christian communities within the environment of Greco-Roman society. Students will learn to read Paul’s letters as vehicles through which he sought to build Christian community by communicating how believers were to embody the gospel of Christ’s death and resurrection in the church and in the world. The class will also discuss the significance of Paul’s letters for contemporary ministry contexts.

v  This course meets the New Testament 2 requirement for Wartburg’s TEEM certification and the New Testament requirement for the Certificate in Town & Country Church Leadership.

SPRING 2010 ONLINE COURSES      

Lutheran Confessions  w/ Dr. Ralph Quere-Dates TBD   (meets Lutheran Confessions TEEM requirement )

Imagining Rural Ministry  w/Dr. Paul Baglyos-Beginning March 1, 2010   (meets Contextual Ministry TEEM requirement)

Loss & Grief  w/Dr. Dan Olson-Dates TBD     (meets Pastoral Care TEEM requirement)

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