(Program students only)
This course is designed to introduce students to Briercrest College and Seminary and helps them identify and develop the academic and organizational skills needed to succeed in distance learning.

This course introduces students to the principles of a balanced Christian world view. World view principles established in class are applied to a selection of issues in the natural and applied sciences, humanities, and social and behavioural sciences.

ENG 100 Literature and Composition I
This course is a literature survey with a composition component. Most of the literary periods are represented—Medieval, Renaissance, eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries—as well as the major genres (drama, poetry, and prose). Works are selected from British and Canadian literature.

ENG 101 Literature and Composition II
This course continues the literature survey and composition component of ENG 100 Literature and Composition I, but focuses on American and Continental literature.

GEN 120 Research and Composition
This course introduces students to the principles and methods of scholarly research. It reviews the essentials of English, with emphasis placed on paragraph organization, sentence structure, grammar, and usage skills.

GEN 225 Composition and Communication
This course teaches students the skills necessary for expository, analytic, and argumentative writing. It also examines the process of planning and preparing for effective oral communication.

HIS 237 History of Christianity I
A study of the church in the Roman and medieval worlds from the first to the sixteenth century, this course includes topics such as the expansion of Christianity, the development of doctrine and struggle against heresy, the establishment of Christendom and the rise of the papacy and monasticism, the decline of the Roman Empire, the Dark Ages, the contribution of the Celtic church, the papacy, the Crusades, the Renaissance, medieval monasticism and mysticism, Scholasticism, and the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.

HIS 238 History of Christianity II
This course, a study of the church in the modern world from the seventeenth to twentieth century, includes topics such as the Reformation, the Counter-Reformation, Puritanism, Pietism, the first and second Evangelical Awakenings, the development of liberalism and fundamentalism, and recent movements in ecumenism.

A study of the mission and message of Jesus as viewed from the perspective of one or more of the four evangelists, with special emphasis on developing interpretive skills and an introduction to current issues in gospel studies.

This course provides an overview of the Old Testament, emphasizing its theological, historical, and literary dimensions.

This course focuses on the nature of personal and corporate spiritual growth. A study of the Bible’s teaching about conversion serves as the foundation for an investigation of the classic spiritual disciplines.

An introduction to the basic teachings of the Christian faith, this course includes discussions of the nature and task of theology and of the Christian understanding of God, revelation, creation, spiritual powers, and sin.

A continued study of the basic teachings of the Christian faith, exploring a Christian understanding of Christology, the Holy Spirit, salvation, the church, and the future.

(Program students only)
In this seminar, students have the opportunity to synthesize their previous learning in a variety of areas, as well as explore how this learning might shape their future activities. Students are also prepared for their graduate interviews.

A foundational course that includes both an introduction to basic hermeneutical theory and an emphasis on developing interpretive skills.

(Program students only)
This seminar is designed to lead students in a distance learning program through a thoughtful analysis of the dynamics of a mentoring relationship and to provide an opportunity to formulate a mentoring plan that is of greatest benefit to them personally as both a protégé and a mentor.

This course carefully examines wholistic evangelism based on an understanding of salvation and conversion. In addition, the course prepares students for discipling others through in-class and out-of-class opportunities.

(Program Students Only)
The DL internship is intended to help prepare students to be well-grounded in areas specific to their vocational/lay direction as it pertains to their chosen field of internship. The internship is a practical, supervised experience in the tasks, attitudes, and skills necessary for leadership and effective ministry within the context of a church or para-church organization.

An introduction to the ministry of the church in all of its functions: worship, equipping, fellowship, and evangelism. The course includes a study of the structure, leadership, and objectives of the various ministries of the church, with special attention given to the role of the laity in all aspects of church ministry.

This course develops a theological understanding of worship as it relates to Old and New Testament literature. The sacrificial worship of the Old Testament is related to and contrasted with New Testament worship and the worship of today. Current worship trends are evaluated in light of biblical material and students develop a theological understanding of the centrality of worship in the church today.

This course provides a biblical basis for mission. It explores some of the biblical, historical, and contemporary examples of thinking about what it means to follow Jesus Christ and point others to him in fulfillment of the Great Commission. It further teaches what it means to sensitively and effectively represent Jesus Christ in cultures other than our own.

A practical, weekly ministry assignment in evangelism, discipleship, church-related ministry, or community service, combined with evaluative written work.

See FE 101 course description.

See FE 101 course description.

See FE 101 course description.