| 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.
Ritual Care during Transitions (PS 8208)
June 2 – August 24, 2008
Elaine Ramshaw
3 units
Tuition for this course is $1755. 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 11, 2008.
This course will examine how pastoral concerns can help shape our ritual approach at times of transition and crisis in people's lives. We'll look at the traditional Christian rituals occasioned by sickness, marriage and death/bereavement, and also at the developing of rituals for other occasions, such as miscarriage/stillbirth, divorce, marriages that form stepfamilies, adoption, or the move into a nursing home. This is an online course; format will be lecture (instructor's lectures notes posted online) and discussion (participation in online discussion is required). There are three required papers: two short reflection papers and one final research paper. Prior coursework in pastoral care or worship is strongly recommended.
Pre-Course Requirement: Participants are required to complete a one-week online pre-course module May 19-June 1, 2008. Estimated time involved is 5-6 hours over the 14-day period. Contact Laurie Isenberg (lisenberg@cdsp.edu) to sign up for the pre-course.
In the Beginning: Reading Genesis (OT 8400)
September 2 – December 12, 2008
Teresa Brown
3 units
Tuition for this course is to be determined. 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 15, 2008.
This is an exegesis course on the book of Genesis through a variety of lenses. Participants will utilize basic forms of the historical-critical method like word study, historical, literary, form and social science criticism, as well as explore post-modern methods of criticism like feminist, post-colonial, and psychological analysis. This is an online course. Assignments will include weekly readings from primary and secondary sources, participation on the Discussion Board and completion of three short exegetically based projects and a final exegesis paper (10-12 pages).
Pre-Course Requirement: Participants are required to complete a one-week online pre-course module, August 25-31, 2008. Estimated time involved is 3 hours over the 7-day period. Contact Laurie Isenberg (lisenberg@cdsp.edu) to sign up for the pre-course.
History of Christianity II: 1300-1980 (HS 8015)
February 2 – May 22, 2009
Thomas Ferguson
3 units
Tuition for this course is to be determined. 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 16, 2009.
This course is an overview of the development of Christianity from the late Middle Ages to the present. The first half of the course will examine the development of late Medieval and Reformation Christianity, with an emphasis on the English Reformation. The second half of the course will look at the history of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion against the backdrop of broader developments in American religious history and global Christianity. This is an online course; format will be lecture (instructor's lectures notes posted online) and discussion (participation in online discussion is required). Take-home midterm and final examination to be returned by email.
Pre-Course Requirement: Participants are required to complete a one-week online pre-course module January 26-February 1, 2009. Estimated time involved is 3 hours over the 14-day period. Contact Laurie Isenberg (lisenberg@cdsp.edu) to sign up for the pre-course.
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