RELT 8217 Comparative Religions 5 Credits
The course introduces the student to the study of the major religions of the world, namely: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and African Traditional Religion. The course surveys the beliefs and practices as they are taught and observed. The emphasis is on how the teachings, beliefs and practices are manifested in Africa.
RELT 8413 African Traditional Religions 5 Credits
The course gives the student opportunity to understand the beliefs and practices that are found in the many African Traditional Religions. It emphasizes the religious beliefs that encompass the totality of life in an African community.
RELT 8214 Christian Stewardship and Self Reliance 5 Credits
The course views stewardship and self-living as an integral part of living. It exposes the contribution of these concepts as able to make an individual’s lifestyles and express the biblical principles that underpin them
RELT 8321 Biblical Ethics 5 Credits
This course describes the basic principles of Christian ethics as derived from the knowledge of God. It further focuses on application to personal and social-political problems as it relates to the ongoing life and work of the Church in Africa.
RELT 8311 Biblical Spirituality 5 Credits
What is spirituality? How is it formed in private and in community? This module explores the meaning of Biblical Christianity and its relation to faith and practice within contemporary cultural contexts, giving special attention to the corporate dimensions of spirituality and spiritual formation as defined in the New Testament. The lectures analyze and discuss those historical and cultural factors that have led to the privatization of Christianity, and develop a paradigm of spiritual growth and maturity that focuses on the assembly rather than the individual.
RELP 8121 Personal and public Evangelism 10 Credits
The course introduces the student the theory of personal and public evangelism, the use of technology and social media in evangelism. Skills on how to reach disabled people will be also introduced. A field component is offered off-campus in collaboration with national church organization.
RELT 8415 Technology and Media in Ministry 5 credits
RELP 8213 Inclusive Ministry 5 credits
MATH 8112 General Mathematics 10 credits
Since mathematics is the foundation of many sciences, students should have basic fundamental notions in mathematics, high mathematics and statistics and probability theory and in other fields where mathematic knowledge is required. The subject is of theoretical and practical nature and is intended to provide students with the basic concepts of mathematical language, processes and procedures that enable students to develop the skills in the application of mathematics to problems related to their profession. The course includes: Fundamental review of algebra, Set Theory, Real numbers, Functions and Graphs, Matrices and Determinants, limits, the derivative, ant derivatives and its applications.
EDPC 8414 Human Development Psychology 10 credits
The course presents an overview of life span of human development. Topics covered include: determination of human development, beginning of life, birth, early childhood and the later years are discussed within a system perspective of human development.
RELP 8332 Ministerial Practicum 20 credits
The student is assigned one SDA church in the area for practical duties supervised by a qualified district leader. He/ She will be involved in all church activities like Sabbath school teaching, catering for children, plan for divine service, prepare and deliver sermons, catering for the youth, plan and conducting church meetings. The student will also be introduced to the administration of the district (all administrative documents). The student is expected to prepare a written report under the direction of the supervisor.
RELP 8332 Research Project (Memoire) 30 Credits
This course deals with a research problem that a student develops while taking classes at AUCA. The problem is approved by the Faculty of Theology. After approval, the student writes the introduction, reviews the literature related to the topic, writes the methodology in which the student shows how the data will be collected, collects the data, analyzes and interprets results and then gives appropriate conclusions and recommendations. This course is taken towards the end of the study.