1946-1947 Academic Catalog

44 DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 3-4. Discussion and Debating Group discussion of timely questions. Study of argumentation, analysis, evidence, and persuasion. Brief-drawing. Extemporaneous arguments. Practice debating. Inter-collegiate debating. Elective. Two hours a week throughout the year. 11-12. Homiletics Elementary Homiletics. A study of the theory and principles of the preparation and delivery of sermons. Two hours a week through– out the year. Required for candidates of the Gospel Ministry. 13-14. Homile'tics Advanced Homiletics. Practice in the preparation and delivery of sermons. One hour a week throughout the year. Required for candi– dates of the Gospel Ministry. Religion: Professor Jurkat 2. General Course in Missions The problems, possibilities, :µieans and obligations of evangeliz– ing the world and t he motives, aims, and methods of the foreign mis– sionary. Elective. Two hours a week, one semester. Not given every year. Required of Seminary students. 5-6. Religious Education A study of Pedagogy, History, Curricula, Principles, Organiza– tion, and Administration of Religious Education. Three hours throughout the year. 7-8. Bible Theology A study of the facts of revelation in the Scriptures and the de– velopment of doctrines of the Bible. Two hours a week throughout the year. Required of candidates for the Gospel Ministry. 9 -10. Sy.s'tematic Theology The study of the science of God and of relations between God and the universe. Three hours a week for three years. Required of all candidates for the Gospel Ministry. 11-12. Pastoral Theology A study of the character and conduct of ministers of the Gospel and their relations to the church in particular and general. Two hours a week throughout the year. Required of candidates for the Ministry of the Gospel. 13-14. Church Government A study of church law and its application to members, congrega– tions, and the larger organizations of the Church. Two hours a week, one semester. Required of all candidates for the ministry.