Academic Programs - Dallas Theological Seminary

Academic Programs
Missions electives should be selected
as follows:
1 Contexts course 2
1 Strategic Approaches course 2 or 3 *
1 Biblical and Theological
Studies course 2 or 3 *
*
If WM405 Christian Education in Intercultural Contexts,
WM410 Theological Education in Intercultural
Contexts, and/or WM505 Christianity and Non-
Christian Religions are elected, students not needing
the third hour of those courses for normal program
requirements may reduce expenses by taking WM405,
WM410, or WM505 for two hours of credit and one
hour audit. Contact the Registrar’s Office for details.
Students are required to do an intercultural
or missions-related internship as part of their
missions electives before completing the
program. The acceptability of this experience
is determined by the Department of World
Missions and Intercultural Studies faculty.
Those interested in the TESOL certificate
must take TESOL courses in addition to
missions electives. This will require an
additional 10 hours of course work.
No thesis is required for the M.A./CM degree.
SPIRITUAL FORMATION
Because Dallas Seminary values character and
spiritual maturity, M.A./CM students are required
to register for and participate in Spiritual Formation
groups each of their first four semesters of
study. Extension students must contact the Spiritual
Formation director regarding fulfillment of their
Spiritual Formation requirements.
In the Spiritual Formation curriculum small
groups of six to eight students focus on identity,
community, integrity, and ministry. The groups
also provide an atmosphere for prayer, fellowship,
career assessment, and the integration of learning
with ministry. Additionally, the groups act as the
small-group component of all required internships.
As courses should be taken consecutively, students
are encouraged to arrange their schedules so that
they may stay in the same group each semester.
Spiritual Formation is a noncredit, transcripted
experience. The prerequisite for all required internships
is SF101 Spiritual Formation I (Identity).
Additional Spiritual Formation courses focusing
on leadership may be taken as electives.
M.A. in Cross-cultural Ministries (M.A./CM)
FALL SEMESTER
No. Courses Sem. Hours
First Year
BE101
Bible Study Methods
& Hermeneutics 3
ST101 Intro. to Theology 3
PM101 Spiritual Life 2
PM102 Evangelism 2
WM101 Intro. to World Missions 3
WM205 Cultural Dynamics in Ministry 3
SF101 Spiritual Formation I
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Second Year
BE103 OT History II & Poetry 2
BE104 OT Prophets 3
BE106 Acts/Pauline Epistles 3
ST103 Angel./Anthropology/Sin 3
ST105 Sanctification/Ecclesiology 3
Missions Elective 1 2
SF103 Spiritual Formation III
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CURRICULUM
(M.A. IN CROSS-CULTURAL MINISTRIES)
SPRING SEMESTER
No. Courses Sem. Hours
First Year
BE102 OT History I 3
BE105 The Gospels 2
BE109 Ruth, Psalms, Jonah, &
Selected Epistles 3
ST102 Trinitarianism 3
WM210 Intercultural Communication 3
SF102 Spiritual Formation II
Missions Elective 1 2
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Second Year
BE107 Heb., Gen. Epis., & Rev. 3
ST104 Soteriology 3
ST106 Eschatology 3
WM215 Dynamics of Missionary
Development 3
SL140 Intercultural Ministries Internship 2 2
1 Missions electives should include a Contexts course (2 hours), a Strategic Approaches course (2 or 3 hours), and a Biblical and Theological
Studies course (2 or 3 hours). Students electing the three-hour courses may be adding hours to the normal requirements for the M.A./CM
degree. Students not needing the extra hours may reduce expenses by taking WM405, WM410, or WM505 for two hours of credit and one hour
of audit. Contact the Registrar’s Office for details. Students lacking adequate missions experience will be required to complete a missions-related
internship as part of their elective requirements.
2 SL140 Intercultural Internships can be taken after one full year of the program. The internships may include missions done during the summer, in
foreign settings, or with minority cultures in the United States. TESOL students need only 1 hour of credit.
SF104
Spiritual Formation IV
Missions Elective 1 2
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Students wishing to earn a TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) certificate must take the following
courses in addition to the six hours of missions electives. This will require an additional 10 hours of course work.
WM605 General Linguistics (3)
WM610 Introduction to TESOL (3)
WM615 Methodology and Practice of TESOL (3)
SL205 TESOL Internship (1)
M.A. IN CROSS-CULTURAL MINISTRIES (M.A./CM)
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