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2024/25 courses coming soon. Below are spring/summer 2024 courses.
Biblical and Theological Studies courses for 2023/24 Unless otherwise indicated, courses are in person with the option that students can access the course online if they are living at a distance (beyond the Winnipeg perimeter). When accessing online, the courses are delivered synchronously (live streamed) via zoom. Local students who are not able to attend in person are asked to contact their instructors to get permission to attend classes online.
Please note that the syllabi attached to the courses below are preliminary as of July 15. Students may wish to contact instructors if they are interested in updates.
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Course ID | Hrs | Course | Instr | Sm | Time | Room | Syl |
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BTS-5310 | 3.0 | Christian Worship: Patterns and Practices | Christine Longhurst | S24 | May 13-17, 2024. 9:00-5:00 PM | ||
PCD-5590-2 | 3.0 | Christianity and the Mass Media | David Balzer | S24 | May 6-10, 2024. 8:30 AM-4:30 PM | In-person | |
BUSI-5230 | 3.0 | Human Capital Development | MBA Instructor | S24 | Apr. 17 - May 22, 2024. W 6:00-8:45 PM | ||
PCD-5590-1/BTS-5700 | 3.0 | Land Based Relationality: Community and Reconciliation | Adrian Jacobs | S24 | June 10-14, 2024 | In-person ONLY Sandy Saulteaux Spiritual Centre | |
PCD-5850 - 3 | 1.5 | Practice Skills: Skills for Leading Meetings and Small Group Facilitation | Karen Ridd | S24 | June 14-16, 2024 | In-person only | |
BTS-5950 | 6.0 | Supervised Psychospiritual Education CPE Unit 1 | Chenene Layne | S24 | May 6, 2024 - Jul 19, 2024 | In-person ONLY, off-site | |
BUSI-6800 | 3.0 | Sustainable Organizations and Global Citizenship | MBA Instructor | S24 | June 12 - Aug. 14, 2024. W 6:00-8:45 PM | ||
PCD-5390 | 3.0 | You're Not the Boss of Me: Authority, Legitimacy, and Resistance | Jon Sears | S24 | May 1-June 5, 2024. MW 6:00-9:00 PM | Online |
BTS-5310
Christian Worship: Patterns and Practices
(3.0 credit hours)
BTS-5310 Christian Worship: Patterns and Practices (3.0 credit hours) An introduction to the shape and content of congregational worship, exploring faithful and vital expressions of worship throughout history and in contemporary practice. The course will also examine some of the challenges and opportunities facing worshiping communities and explore recent movements in worship renewal. BTS Category: Practical Theology; Worship Arts; MB GTE.
PCD-5590-2
Christianity and the Mass Media
(3.0 credit hours)
PCD-5590 Christianity and the Mass Media (3.0 credit hours) This course will investigate the relationship between Christian faith and the mass media through a series of case studies. It will explore two key questions. First, how do the faith convictions of the producer, host, or interviewer shape creative mass media (e.g., TV, radio) production? And second, how has mainstream media reported and portrayed Christian faith? The course will focus largely on current practices. PCD Category: Theological and Religious Encounters with Peace-Justice.
BUSI-5230
Human Capital Development
(3.0 credit hours)
Developing human capital means creating and nurturing organizational environments in which human beings can develop and apply new ideas, competencies, skills, attitudes, and behaviors. This course will enhance your knowledge and understanding of the value created by an engaged workforce. The course will focus on supporting employees developing skills and abilities in an intrinsically engaging environment. In addition, we will study ways individuals and organizations benefit from well-managed conflict while limiting destructive conflicts that sap organizational creativity and energy.
Restricted to students in the MBA program.
PCD-5590-1/BTS-5700
Land Based Relationality: Community and Reconciliation
(3.0 credit hours)
PCD-5590/BTS-5700 Land Based Relationality: Community and Reconciliation (3.0 credit hours) This course will explore an Indigenous framework for relationship building and nurturing in the context of community well-being on the land. This is a land-based reconciliation course that will include a 3-day field school where CSOP participants will participate in a learning circle at the Sandy Saulteaux Spiritual Centre (SSSC). Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre's beautiful and peaceful retreat grounds by the Brokenhead River just east of Beausejour, MB is the ideal setting for Indigenous ceremony and perspective on peacebuilding in relative and treaty making efforts. The field school component of this course is grounded in the idea that working toward settler-Indigenous reconciliation requires learning and building face-to-face relationships that honour Indigenous knowledge, including connections to the land. There will be opportunities for dialogue and discussion on topics such as the legacy of colonization and pathways toward enacting forms of land-based reconciliation while collaborating to promote peace and regional resilience. An extra course fee will cover room, board and transportation. PCD Category: Theological and Religious Encounters with Peace-Justice.
PCD-5850 - 3
Practice Skills: Skills for Leading Meetings and Small Group Facilitation
(1.5 credit hours)
PCD-5850 Practice Skills: Skills for Leading Meetings and Small Group Facilitation (1.5 credit hours) This course will teach students about planning, facilitating, and conducting successful meetings. After the workshop, students will be able to: effectively facilitate groups through meetings and problem-solving sessions; prepare effective agendas and other documents that provide structure and clarity to meetings or facilitated sessions; and manage difficult discussions and challenging behaviours demonstrated by group members. This course will focus on various aspects that support the constructive development of group dynamics as well as strategies to surmount challenges for the facilitator. The course will include facilitator inputs, small group discussions and the practice of professional skills to manage groups and meetings confidently. PCD Category: Skills.
BTS-5950
Supervised Psychospiritual Education CPE Unit 1
(6.0 credit hours)
BTS-5950 Supervised Psychospiritual Education CPE Unit 1 (6.0 credit hours) This course provides students with an introduction to the foundational skills of practicing effective spiritual care through the use of the experiential method of learning. With a focus primarily on the development of self-awareness, students will gain an understanding of their personal philosophy of ministry, including how to provide and utilize feedback, and how to conduct spiritual care visits safely and effectively. BTS Category: Spiritual Care Practice and Competencies.
BUSI-6800
Sustainable Organizations and Global Citizenship
(3.0 credit hours)
This course integrates the three pillars of the Collaborative MBA Program; management, leadership and stewardship for organizational effectiveness and serving the common good. The keystone of the course is an 8-day international residency designed to engage students as reflective practitioners and invite them to develop an openness to new ways of experiencing and thinking about the world through interactions and learning in a different country. One core value of the Collaborative MBA is global citizenship, recognizing that organizations are interdependent and mutually accountable to local, national, and global communities. This suggests that a global perspective is important for today's business and organizational leaders, and it is a significant purpose of the international residency.
Restricted to students admitted to the MBA program.
PCD-5390
You're Not the Boss of Me: Authority, Legitimacy, and Resistance
(3.0 credit hours)
PCD-5390 You're Not the Boss of Me: Authority, Legitimacy, and Resistance (3.0 credit hours) This course explores relationships between those in power and those subject to that power. Key texts and case studies will be from different contexts -- historical, cultural, and institutional (governmental, corporate, non-governmental and community-based organizations). These will illustrate how claims to govern are made, reinforced, made to seem acceptable or legitimate, and are challenged. Students will also consider critically their place within various structures of authority in daily life. Readings will include voices rooted in historical and contemporary Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia and from Post-Colonial, Intersectional feminist, Faith-based, and Indigenous traditions. PCD Category: Collaborative and Transformative Development.