CDSP offers online graduate courses for credit each semester. If you are not currently a student at CDSP or one of the other seminaries in the Graduate Theological Union, you must be admitted to CDSP as an online student to register for an online class. This requirement includes students at seminaries outside the GTU who wish to transfer credit to another school. To receive an application form as an online student, contact the CDSP admissions office.

Orientation to Online Learning

All students are required to participate in a mandatory Orientation to Online Learning offered online prior to the beginning of each course or to have completed it within the past year. Anyone who does not complete orientation will not be enrolled in the course. The orientation is available at http://moodle.gtu.edu/ and requires a User ID and Password, available from the registrar of your school. Completion of the orientation requires about three hours.

Computer literacy level: familiarity with word processing, search engines, internet browser, e-mail.

Fall 2012

Liturgics (LSST 8206)

September 6 – December 14
Ruth Meyers
3 units

Tuition for this course is $2040. Course fee must be paid before a student can be enrolled in the class.

Deadline to submit application for admission as an online student for this course is August 16, 2012.

Liturgics is a lecture/discussion course in sacramental theology with special attention to sacraments and sacramental rites as acts of the church. Primary focus will be on rites of Christian initiation and eucharist, with a secondary focus on ordination, confession, anointing the sick, marriage, and burial. Particular attention will be given to the Anglican tradition and the rites of the Episcopal Church. Evaluation is based on weekly online assignments and major written assignments; 10-12 hours per week of reading and online work is required. Intended for MDiv and MA/MTS students. Prerequisite: One introductory course in Liturgics. Auditors excluded.

Orientation to Online Learning: Students who take a CDSP online course must complete the Orientation to Online Learning before the course begins, or have completed it within the past year. It is available at http://moodle.gtu.edu/ and requires a User ID and Password available from your school’s registrar. Completion takes about three hours.

Postmodern Christian Education (ED 8010)

September 6 – December 14
Susanna Singer
3 units

Tuition for this course is $2040. Course fee must be paid before a student can be enrolled in the class.

Deadline to submit application for admission as an online student for this course is August 16, 2012.

This foundational course in Christian Education attends to the plural cultures of the postmodern world, which form the context within which Christian Faith must be formed and nurtured. Using approaches that integrate theory, practice and critical reflection within the course’s pedagogy, students will be enabled to foster the same capacities for critically-reflective and committee Christian Praxis in persons of all ages, within their particular contexts for ministry. Lecture, discussion and student presentation class format. Evaluation of regular reflection papers and book reports, in-class presentations, and an ethnographic site observation. Intended audience: MDiv and MTS students preparing for pastoral ministry. 10 max enrollment; PIN code required; Auditors excluded. Before registering, students must contact the instructor at ssinger@cdsp.edu for the PIN code. Auditors excluded.

Orientation to Online Learning: Students who take a CDSP online course must complete the Orientation to Online Learning before the course begins, or have completed it within the past year. It is available at http://moodle.gtu.edu/ and requires a User ID and Password available from your school’s registrar. Completion takes about three hours.

Spring 2013

The Writings (OT 8260)

February 4 – May 24
Donn F. Morgan
3 units

Tuition for this course is $2040. Course fee must be paid before a student can be enrolled in the class.

Deadline to submit application for admission as an online student for this course is February 1, 2013.

This course studies the third part of the Hebrew Bible in the context of Post-exilic Israel and emergent Judaism. Evaluation through exegesis papers, discussion, special projects focusing on particular voices and concerns (prayers, wisdom, community building, etc.). Intended for MDiv and MA/MTS students. Prerequisite: One semester of Old Testament Introduction. Auditors excluded.

Orientation to Online Learning: Students who take a CDSP online course must complete the Orientation to Online Learning before the course begins, or have completed it within the past year. It is available at http://moodle.gtu.edu/ and requires a User ID and Password available from your school’s registrar. Completion takes about three hours.

The Writings (CE 8220)

February 4 – May 24
Austin Leininger
3 units

Tuition for this course is $2040. Course fee must be paid before a student can be enrolled in the class.

Deadline to submit application for admission as an online student for this course is February 1, 2013.

The study of ethics in the Anglican tradition draws on a rich history of ethical discourse as we have striven throughout our long history to engage with our faith as we live it out in an imperfect world (and an imperfect Church!). Ethical dilemmas continue to challenge lay and ordained leaders across the wide diversity of our church - and nowhere more frequently than in our own parishes. There, as leaders in the church, each of us may find ourselves continuing in this tradition of engaging our faith to face the challenges that surround us. As a basic course for the MDiv program and an elective for many areas at CDSP and the GTU, this course offers an Anglican spin on Ethics from their foundations in ancient Greece and the early church, through the tumult of the English (and continental) reformation, and into the modern era. Format: ONLINE (asynchronous) - reading, discussion, and lecture. Evaluation Method: 30% Weekly reflection, 30% active engagement in discussion forum, 40% final project/paper. Intended audience: MDiv, MA, CAS (upgrades also welcome).

Orientation to Online Learning: Students who take a CDSP online course must complete the Orientation to Online Learning before the course begins, or have completed it within the past year. It is available at http://moodle.gtu.edu/ and requires a User ID and Password available from your school’s registrar. Completion takes about three hours.