OBST 515 - Old Testament Orientation I

OBST 515 Discussion Board Forums (2)

Discussion boards are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student will read articles associated with each Discussion Board Forum and answer the questions found in the corresponding instructions for his or her thread. The student will post a thread interacting in a critical, but collegial manner with the associated article. In addition to the thread, the student must reply to one classmate’s thread by engaging specific issues, questions, or passages related to the thread. The reply must be a minimum of 200 words. The reply is a collegial analysis of what the other student has written and not about the viewpoint of the student who is writing the reply. The student must use current Turabian format to cite any outside sources that are referenced, but there is no minimum number of citations required. Supports Learning Outcomes A, B, D, E.

OBST 515 Reading Reports (8)

The student will complete the required reading each week and report the completion of reading each week in Blackboard. Supports Learning Outcomes A and C.

OBST 515 Presentation Reports (8)

The student will complete the required visual presentation(s) each week and report the completion each week in Blackboard. Supports Learning Outcomes A and C.

OBST 515 Old Testament Interpretive Commentary: Ruth

The student will write a minimum 2500 word interpretive commentary on the Old Testament (OT) book of Ruth, in current Turabian format, that will include the following major components: 1) an introduction to the historical setting (approximately 200 - 300 words); 2) an exegetical outline of the book (that provides structure for the commentary with content oriented subheadings); 3) an interpretive commentary on Ruth for chapters 1-4 (approximately 500 words per chapter); as well as 4) a conclusion that supports at least 3 applications to the Christian life drawn from the interpretive analysis performed in the commentary (approximately 300 – 500 words). The student will submit a title page and bibliography in module week 2 containing a minimum of 5 scholarly sources (that will provide a basis for research in the interpretive commentary), and the completed commentary will be submitted in module week 7. Supports Learning Outcomes A, B, C, D, E.

OBST 515 Exams (4)

The student will take 4 exams throughout the duration of this course. Each exam will cover the reading and study material from the 2 most recent modules/weeks preceding it and are not otherwise cumulative. Each exam will be made up of 2 objective parts: 30 multiple-choice and 30 true/false. Each exam will be open-book/open-notes and have a 1-hour and 30-minute time limit. Supports Learning Outcomes A, B, C, D, E.