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Summer 13 Courses and Syllabi









 

Summer Session 2013
 Summer Session  2013 Booklet (PDF)
traditional Courses
All courses will meet as one week (5 day) intensives.
 
10276 REGR-6021-R01 NEW TESTAMENT Syllabus
Dr. Giovanna Czander
May 28th –June 1st 2103 –TWRFS 10:00AM -4:29PM

This course will engage questions about the development of the Christian canon while reading parts of the New Testament in the context of first century Judaism.

10277 REGR-8061-R01 PASTORAL COUNSELING SKILLS Syllabus
Dr. Kirk Bingaman
June 3rd –June 7th 2013 –MTWRF 10:00AM -4:29PM
Integrates humanistic counseling theory with intragroup practice. Focus on the listening skills of attending, accurate empathy, clarifying and focusing. Use of audio and video. No audit. 

10278 REGR-8061-R02 PASTORAL COUNSELING SKILLS Syllabus
Dr. Lisa M. Cataldo
June 10th –June 14th 2013 –MTWRF 10:00AM -4:29PM
Integrates humanistic counseling theory with intragroup practice. Focus on the listening skills of attending, accurate empathy, clarifying and focusing. Use of audio and video. No audit. 

10279 REGR-6838-R01 DEATH, DYING, & BEREAVEMENT Syllabus
Dr. Marybeth Werdel
June 10th –June 14th 2013 –MTWRF 10:00AM -4:29PM
Focus on integrating theoretical knowledge, ministerial skills and personal experiences in relation to specific topics and issues. Not just how to minister, but how one goes about explaining the meaning of loss, death and grief.

10304 REGR-6621-R01 EVANGELIZATION : FAITH AND CULTURE Syllabus
Dr. Colt C. Anderson and Dr. Thomas Beaudoin
June 17th –June 21st 2013 –MTWRF 10:00AM -4:29PM
This course will introduce students to the opportunities and challenges of the “new evangelization” by studying the history, theology, and practice of evangelization. Students will learn rhetoric and fundamental communication practices in order to consider or imagine what eloquentia perfecta would look like today.

10280 REGR-6014-R01 INTRO TO THE OLD TESTAMENT Syllabus
Fr. Joseph Wimmer
June 24th –June 28th 2013 MTWRF 10:00AM -4:29PM

An in-depth examination of the Old Testament. Historical origins of these texts in ancient Israel and the continuing significance of their central theological themes of promise, law, creation, election, redemption, and liberation. Introduction to the exegetical methods of modern biblical study.

10303 REGR-6424-R01 FOUNDATIONS OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Syllabus
Dr. Kieran Scott
July 8th –July 11th 2013 MTWR 10:00AM-4:29PM
An examination of the various theological, philosophical, and educational models that inform the foundations of religious education. The attempt will be made to show how these models have influenced different schools, theorists, practitioners and materials of religious education. Criteria for evaluating the adequacy of competing models will be offered.

10302 REGR-6841 SPECIAL ISSUES IN YOUTH MINISTRY Syllabus
Dr. Harold Horell
July 15th –July 18th 2013 MTWR 10:00AM -4:29PM
Offers a study of identity formation, sexual development, social consciousness, the influence of popular media culture, attitudes toward authority, and Generation X and Millennial Generation spirituality. Participants will explore ways of re-envisioning religious education and pastoral ministry to respond more adequately to contemporary youth culture.

 
                          Online  Courses                                              

Session A (8 weeks)
May 21st through July 14th

10281 REGR-6551-O01 HISPANIC FAMILY MINISTRY AND CATECHESIS Syllabus
Dr. Valerie Torres 
This course will study the lived reality of U.S. HispanicFamilies. It will challenge participants to critically reflect, analyze and articulate in what ways family ministry and catechesis is embodied in families and faith communities today

10282 REGR-6741-O01 CHURCH AND SOCIETY Syllabus
Fr. Claudio M. Burgaleta. PhD 
Explores various ways of envisioning how faith communities can structure their internal lives and their relationship to the world. Includes a historical survey of understandings of church and society from biblical times to the present, with specific emphasis placed on using the resources of Scripture and Christian Traditions to help faith communities discern what God is enabling and requiring of them in the world today

10283 REGR-6649O01 HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Syllabus
Dr. Zvi J. Bellin 
This course will explore the development from birth and adolescence through the tasks and crisis of middle and later life. Stage theories, cognitive, social and emotional development will be the focus of this course. Special consideration will be given tospiritual life issues throughout the development process. 
          
Session B (8 weeks)
June 24th through August 18th

10284 REGR-6014-O01 INTRO TO THE OLD TESTAMENT Syllabus
Dr. Giovanni R. Czander 
An in-depth examination of the Old Testament. Historical origins of these texts in ancient Israel and the continuing significance of their central theological themes of promise, law, creation, election, redemption, and liberation. Introduction to the exegetical methods of modern biblical study.

10285 REGR-6109-O01 THOMAS MERTON: MENTOR Syllabus
Dr. Elizabeth-Jane McGuire
Thomas Merton is the mentor for this course. As the student gets to know him, they will be invited to use Merton as model for their own spiritual journey and how this might apply to the social issues of the twenty-first century

 

                                        Other Courses                                                 
10286 REGR-8046-R01 FIELD PLACEMENT IN PASTORAL COUNSELING -TBA
10287 REGR-0900-O01 MAINTENANCE OF MATRICULATION –Dean Patrick Holt
10288 REGR-0900-R01 MAINTENANCE OF MATRICULATION –Dean Patrick Holt
10289 REGR-0925-O01 LEAVE OF ABSENCE –Dean Patrick Holt
10290 REGR-0980-R01 DISSERTATION QUALIFYING PAPER –TBA
10291 REGR-0990-R01 DISSERTATION FORMAT REVIEW –TBA
10292 REGR-8051-R01 6 CREDIT FIELD PLACEMENT –TBA
10293 REGR-8052-R01 CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION –TBA
10294 REGR-8052-O01 CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION –TBA
10295 REGR-0925-R01 LEAVE OF ABSENCE –Dean Patrick Holt

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