ETS4960EN - Theological Studies Bachelor Capstone

Course description

A final academic experience designed to complement and enhance your program learning. A Capstone enables you to demonstrate mastery of your degree program content and practices by synthesizing (creating and integrating) that knowledge within a multifaceted project such as a portfolio, publication, journal, film or play, presentation etc. The specific Capstone project will directly relate to your degree program. Specific course numbers by department include: ETS 4961 - Biblical Studies; ETS 4962 - Missional Theology & History; ETS 4963 - Moral & Social Theology; ETS 4964 - Cultural & Contextual Theology; ETS 4965 - Ecotheology Studies.

How this course benefits students

Capstone experiences provide students an opportunity to reflect upon all course learning and to integrate it into a culminating project.

Why this course is important

Experiential learning courses move students beyond the eclassroom to a sequence of experiences that foster practical interaction with course concepts as a means of preparing the student for lifelong mission in the service of God within their respective academic disciplines and equipping students to become missional professionals and leaders in their chosen fields of endeavors.

Credit hours
3 hours
Subject area
Experiential Learning STS
Educational level
Bachelor
Learning type
Instructional
Prerequisites
None
Upcoming terms
Pending
* Schedule subject to change. Please contact the Registrar's office with schedule questions.

How this course relates to missional core values

Biblically based

Capstone are rooted in the New Testament concept of "witness" as the person who explains what he has seen and heard.

Missionally driven

Students will reflect upon and provide evidence of growth in their understanding of and participation in missio dei.

Contextually informed

Students provide evidence of their growth in understanding sociocultural contexts missional ministry and practice.

Interculturally focused

Students provide evidence of their ability to identify and value diversity.

Practically minded

The Capstone enables students to demonstrate their giftedness and their unique missional and ministry role.

Experientially transformed

Capstone creation is an experiential activity intended to allow students to integrate the content and skills that have been acquired in their major of study.