The CBTE Minor offers six courses, two each term, in a set sequence. All learners will complete these six courses in the same sequence over the course of their first year of study. Learners may be able to transfer in equivalent courses from Bethany Lutheran College or Wisconsin Lutheran College.
Learners do not need to register for these courses on their own. Their faculty mentor will complete the process of registering them for their classes.
A survey of God's grace through the literature of the Old Testament's historical and wisdom writings, with a focus on the promises God made throughout the history of ancient Israel.
A study of those truths that the Bible, as the divinely inspired source of doctrine, presents concerning the author, the object, and the mediator of salvation.
A survey of God's grace through the literature of the Old Testament major prophets and the New Testament gospel accounts set in the context of exilic, post-exilic literature and Intertestamental historical record.
The scriptural truths concerning the blessing the Holy Spirit showers on believers, individually and collectively, in the presentation and appropriation of the gift of salvation.
A survey of God's grace through the literature of selected New Testament epistles set in the context of the book of Acts. This is a writing intensive course in undergraduate General Education programs.
The origin, content, and significance of the confessions of the Lutheran Church as contained in the Book of Concord (1580).
Learners may bring in credits from DMLC, MLC, Northwestern College (Watertown, WI), Bethany Lutheran College, and Wisconsin Lutheran College to meet some or all of these required courses. If courses do not follow the prescribed two-courses a term schedule outlined above, CBTE Minor courses must be completed in the following sequence:
THE 1001 Biblical History and Literature I
THE 1002 Biblical History and Literature II
THE 3001 Christian Doctrine I
THE 3002 Christian Doctrine II
THE 2001 Biblical History and Literature III (may be taken concurrently with THE 3002 with the permission of the faculty mentor)
THE 4001 Lutheran Confessional Writing
Only THE 4001 Lutheran Confessional Writing can be completed after the student teaching term.