COUNSELING STUDIES
BC 500 Introduction to Christian Counseling
Survey of the main emotional and behavioral problems encountered in counseling. Theoretical frameworks for counseling. Principles of care and counseling, with strong emphasis on basic counseling skills and the ability to relate to others. How do people change? How does God’s truth and power work into daily life? This course will seek to answer these questions.
BC 501 Individual Counseling
This course is to design to expose students to seminal leaders, concepts, and trends in the field of educational counseling. Students will practice listening and responding counseling skills, complete self- assessments, and process peer and instructor feedback. An important characteristic of an effective counselor is knowledge of self in relation to others.
BC 504 Marriage and Family Counseling
This seminar provides the student with intensive study in the principles and methods of pastoral counseling as related to the dynamics of marriage and family life. Family development, communication, conflict resolution, child rearing, and divorce counseling will be discussed (Previous number BC 504).
BC 507 Crisis Counseling
The crisis phase is a critical period that all may experience many times throughout the course of life. It behooves the counselor to develop theoretical rationale and a course of action that will guide him/her as he/she works as intervener in the counselee’s situation.
BC 520 Counselor Identity and Ethics
This course focused on the ethical standards of the major professional counseling associations such as AAMFT and APA. The course is about professional counselor ethics. This course includes the development of a professional attitude and identity for the student who is preparing for a counseling field. The course is designed to evaluate the student's readiness as a counselor by assessing the cognitive, affective, spiritual, behavioral, and professional development, skills, and knowledge learned by the student from entire counseling program experience.
BC 607 Counseling Families and Children
This course is designed to expose students to important problems and procedures in counseling families and children. It will also explore various methods of family counseling. The course will also include a review of problems of parenting, early childhood problems, and counseling adolescents.
BC 610 Abnormal psychology and Counseling
Understanding abnormal mental mechanism and symptoms. Understand counselee’s behavioral abnormality which occur problems in normal social life. Develop counseling approaches of each abnormal psychological problems, sexuality, and personality.
BC 613 Pastoral Counseling
An intensive study in a specific subject of Professional Counseling. A study of definition of pastoral counseling, understanding of problems of pastoral situation, qualification and requirement for pastoral counselor. This course allows variation in the approach and content of the regular curriculum, and often will be used by visiting professors.
BC 615 Psychopathology and Treatment
This course studies various forms of psychopathology, etiological factors, differential diagnoses, and current therapeutic approaches. Students are introduced to the DSM, with attention also given to relational and systemic considerations.
BC 620 Counseling Practicum (3 credit)
Case study with Christian counseling theory and principles. Students apply biblical basis in counseling practice, learn skills and attitude as a counselor. self-analysis and evaluation of mentor.
BC 627 Substance Abuse and Addiction
This course covers current information about the addictive processes associated with chemical dependencies and other addictions, as well as assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and intervention within individual and family systems frameworks. Issues related to addictions, such as family dynamics, structure, roles, and codependency are explored.
BC 628 Theology and Counseling
This is a study of evangelical theological and ethical perspectives and their impact on pastoral and professional counseling. Particular emphasis is placed on biblical themes related to human nature, its ideal vs. its present condition, and the divine design for its restoration, health, and destiny.
BC 629 Group Counseling
A study of group development, dynamics, and theories in relation to group guidance, group counseling, and group therapy. Students review leadership styles in task-oriented and personal growth groups. Current research on group leadership models and application is critiqued. Emphasis is placed upon leadership behaviors that are most facilitative to the group process.
BC 630 Mental Health Counseling
This course focuses on the clinical mental health counseling. The course includes an exploration of the history, philosophy, trends, and practices of clinical mental health counseling, the roles and functions of clinical mental health counselors across practice settings, methods and other related professional issues.
BC 632. Counseling Theory and Psychotherapy
Students learn that counseling theory is an important principle in psychotherapy. This course aims to help improve mental health and apply various counseling theories to psychotherapy. This course also will focus on problems involved in Psychotherapy practice.
BC 634 Human Growth and Development I
A study of child growth and development from birth to puberty. Examination of the basic theory’s principles and practices of childhood training and education. Deal with the cognitive, language, emotional, social, physical, and personality development.
BC 635 Marriage and Family System
This course examines theoretical approaches including major systems theories, strategies and techniques of family and relationship therapy. Emphasis is on understanding the structure and function of marriage, the various aspects of the marital relationship and family systems. The impact of cultural and social forces upon the family system is explored.
BC 640 Multicultural Counseling
This course is designed to provide a deeper understanding of the cultural, socioeconomic, and ethnic variables that influence the counseling relationship and process in a growing pluralistic society. In addition, students will examine some of the major cultural groups in the United States and abstract implications for practice in counseling.
BC 645 Career Development and Counseling
This course provides students an understanding of career development and related life factors. Students study career development theory and decision-making models, procedures for planning and conducting effective job searchers, assessment instruments and techniques relevant to career planning and decision-making, and the use of career information.
BC 648 Conflict Transformation
This course focused on the study of diagnosis and treatment of behavioral deviations, determining factors and differential diagnoses of behavior, considered to deviate from normal patterns. This course also will focus on behavioral diagnoses given to the DSM.
BC 650 Seminar in Counseling
An intensive study of a specific subject in counseling. This course allows variation in the approach and content of the regular curriculum. This course aims to help improve mental health and apply various counseling theories to psychotherapy.
BC 653 Counseling and Sexuality
An introduction to the etiology and dynamics of selected disorders; sexual abuse and sexual addictions to be used as models for counseling theory and therapy; students to explore the basic treatment procedures used in Christian counseling.
BC 660 Faith and Counseling
This course provides students with the basic relationships between Christian faith and counseling. It deals with how Christian faith helps caregivers and counselors understand and explore counselees’ suffering, grief, loss, problems, and pain.
BC 664 Self-Appraisal
This course provides an overview of the use of a variety of standardized personality tests, with an emphasis on history, validity, reliability, administration, and interpretation issues surrounding this branch of counseling assessment. This course will provide students how they care not only for others but for themselves.
BC 670 Growth and Development of contemporary Christian Worker
An in-depth look at the person in the ministry. Extensive testing will form the foundation for this course, and the results of the testing will be used to develop a growth-profile for the individual student.
BC 690 Research & Program Evaluation
Students learn the importance of scientific inquiry in the fields of counseling. Emphasis is on research methods (designs, statistical analysis, needs assessment, and program evaluation) and locating, interpreting, and evaluating research and program evaluation articles that inform evidence-based practice.
THEOLOGICAL AND PRACTICAL STUDIES
ED 501 Christian Education
An overview of the educational and training education of school, including biblical, theological, psychological foundations, the aims, methods, curriculum, organization, leadership of teachers and evaluation of the teaching/learning process for various setting age groups.
ED 503 Christian Education History
A survey of the educational theory and history from the early church fathers to modern times, including biblical, theological, psychological foundations, the aims, methods, curriculum, organization, leadership of teachers in Church history.
ED 600 Human Development and Faith Education
The course will help students learn characteristics of human development theory and faith development theory for effective Christian education. This course is to relate to advanced and up to date theory and knowledge concerning the human development and faith development theory. Students are to perform research work on these subjects.
ED 607 Education and Theology
This course examines the implications of theological propositions, assumptions, and traditions for the practice of Christian Education. Theological approaches to Christian Education are examined from the perspectives of knowledge about God, revelation, the nature of the church, the nature of humanity, and the mission of the Church in the world. The aim of the course is to ensure consistency between theology and Christian Education in the Church’s educational programs and ministries.
ED 614 Current Issues of Christian Education
This is a reading course conducted under the guidance of a Christian Education professor. Students explore current issues in the field or in a particular area of educational ministry specialization. The professor and student, in consultation, will determine topics to be studied and reading assignments. Grading is to be Pass/ Fail unless the course is approved by the seminary faculty for a letter grade. (Previous number ED.714).
HI 503 The Reformation
A broad survey of the Reformation movements as a whole. The conditions which prepared the way and the forerunners. The leaders and the environments in which they worked. The revolution in the message and methods of the church.
NT 500 Introduction to the New Testament I
A Background and language of the New Testament; principles of textual criticism and their application; the New Testament books as canon, from a historical and theological perspective. The course covers from the Gospel of Matthew to the Acts of the Apostles. Some Greek texts will be selected for in-depth study, exegesis, and applications to the current ministry.
NT 503 The Synoptic Gospels
A selective survey and critique of historical-critical investigation of the Gospels; questions of special introduction; the earthly ministry and teaching of Jesus Christ; the theology of the Gospel (Matthew, Make, Luke).
NT 509 The Acts of the Apostles
This course seeks to understand the message of Acts by exercising the following issues; origin and purpose, history of interpretation and preaching, teaching of Acts. Questions of special introduction; basic themes in the theology of Acts.
NT 628 Biblical Hermeneutics
Prolegomena to biblical interpretation; principles and practice of biblical exegesis; the question of hermeneutics in the historical-critical tradition. (Previous number NT.828).
OT 500 Introduction to the Old Testament I
This course is a study of the Pentateuch and historical books and a biblical-theological analysis of Old Testament history development in terms of the covenantal structure of the history of OT. A Canon- doctrine, history of collection, classification, and attestation; Text- language, transmission, versions; Higher criticism- history, types, and current directions. (Previous number OT 504).
OT 506 The Genesis (3 credits)
An optional credit course which provides a thorough survey of the content of OT Genesis and which seeks to equip future church leaders with skills for teaching OT Genesis in the local church. Assigned reading of the entire OT Genesis, written exercises, class discussions and laboratory experience in study methods.
OT 507 The Exodus (3 credits)
Exegesis focused on the interplay of theology and overall discourse structure. Special attention will be given to biblical-theological themes from Exodus which are developed throughout the rest of Scripture.
OT 510 Old Testament History I
A biblical-theological analysis of Old Testament history developed in terms of the covenantal structure of the history of the kingdom of God, giving consideration to the Near Eastern historical and cultural setting of the biblical events, and dealing with the pre-redemptive and redemptive eras.
PA 503 Ministry Leadership
The development of leadership in contemporary society usually emphasizes the skills and tasks of the minister. Research has indicated that the role of the minister which relates to the life and inner person of the individual needs a special consideration. This course will focus on such topics as the care of the minister’s personal and family life, warnings that will prevent major hardships in ministry, prayer.
PA 505 Conflict Resolution
This course surveys various approaches to dealing with intergroup conflicts: preventing escalation, minimizing harmful consequences, ending violence, improving intergroup relations and building stable peace. This course considers various routes to conflict resolution and a formal ending of the conflict.
PA 509 Pastoral Care and Practice
The character and source of authority exercised in the order and offices of the church. The pastoral diagnosis and treatment of spiritual conditions. Methods and models of pastoral care. A segment of the course will focus on problems involved in pastoral care within a Korean- American context.
TH 500 Reformed Systematic Theology I
A study of nature, method, and sources of theology. This course examines the doctrines of God, Man, Jesus Christ. It includes the Holy Scripture, Nature and Work of Triune God, Creation, Providence, Original Image of man, Christ the Mediator as the Names and Natures of God the Son; His Deity, Humanity of Christ. Using both historical and modern materials, this course aims to deepen awareness of major doctrine of Christian theology. (Previous Number TH 501A)
TH 502 Trinitarianism
A study of the unity and Persons and functions in the Trinity; God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, with special attention to Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit and the Triune God as well as the perfect love and unity within the Godhead model for us. A Research seminar on Scripture’s teaching on the Trinity.
TH 504 Christology
A systematic presentation of the Son of God. A study of the person and work of Christ, include the nature and purpose of special grace of cross and mediator of covenant of grace with emphasis on the doctrine of substitutionary atonement as well as Scripture teaching us.