2024-2025 Accredited course offerings
- ACP1000 Orientation to EuNC (0 ECTS) with Alan Schrock. This orientation is required before taking any courses at the EuNC Digital Campus. Its purpose is to give you the necessary information on using our online systems and general academic procedures/processes to provide you with success as you start your first class. You can work through this orientation at any point after you are accepted into the college.
- MIS1000 Mentoring (0,5 ECTS) with Alan Schrock. This activity is designed to assist students in their studies and personal development. Mentoring may include a wide range of activities, which are all intended to help guide student development, whether through academic advising, corporate worship, spiritual direction, or small group discussion of relevant issues connected to their studies.
- MIN1101/2/3 Practicum (1-3 ECTS) with Alan Schrock. Practicum credits allow students to gain supervised, practical experience by participating in the ministry of their local church or local context during the course of study. Practicum hours are earned by joining and participating in an ongoing, active ministry team or group. The student’s participation within the team and the contribution of the ministry to those being served must be evaluated for the practicum hours to be earned.
- BIB1105/BIB1113/BIB1123 Introduction to the Old Testament (5 ECTS/3 ECTS/3 ECTS) with Howard Culbertson. 5 ECTS: 9 September 2024 to 29 November 2024, 3 ECTS-1: 9 September 2024 to 27 October 2024; 3 ECTS-2: 28 October 2024 to 13 December 2024. This course is an introduction to the literature of the Old Testament. It examines the themes, history, and literary character of the Old Testament’s books and reflects upon the relevance of their messages for contemporary society. NOTE: For those wanting it for 6 ECTS, they will take the two 3 ECTS courses.
- THE2503 Christian Ethics (3 ECTS) with Davide Cantarella. 7 October 2024 to 22 November 2024. This course aims at helping the students form a personal approach to ethics and ethical issues that is faithful to the witness of Scriptures and the doctrines of the Church as expressed in the Wesleyan tradition. Thus, the course will overview the ethical teachings of Scriptures, analyse the relationship between theology and ethics, and examine the teachings of major ethical systems. If appropriate to the context, relevant ethical issues will be examined in detail.
- BIB4203/5 Psalms and Wisdom Literature (3/5 ECTS) with Wolfgang Köhler. 3 ECTS: 30 September 2024 to 11 November 2024; 5 ECTS: 30 September 2024 to 8 December 2024. This course consists of a study of Psalms and Old Testament wisdom literature (Job, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes), with emphasis upon the literary and devotional characteristics of these genres.
- BIB1405 Foundations for Biblical Studies (5 ECTS) with Howard Culbertson. 6 January 2025 to 16 March 2025. This course provides foundations for Biblical Studies. It is designed for developing an understanding and appreciation for hearing God’s Word for today through Scripture. It will focus on learning the appropriate tools and the process of Biblical exegesis, understanding the principles of interpretation that are specific to the various types of literature in the Bible, and engaging the various issues and hermeneutical problems that affect how Scripture is interpreted in the church.
- THE1303/5 Holiness and Identity (3 ECTS/5 ECTS) with Olga Druzhinina. 3 ECTS: 6 January 2025 to 16 February 2025; 5 ECTS: 6 January 2025 to 16 March 2025. This course explores the biblical concept of holiness, the doctrine of Christian perfection as taught by John Wesley in the 18th century, and the doctrine of entire sanctification as expressed by the Wesleyan-Arminian tradition. Through this biblical, theological, and historical survey the question will be raised how the Wesleyan-holiness denominations need to articulate their identity in contemporary culture.
- MIN2901 Introduction to Theological Reflection (1 ECTS) with Matteo Ricciardi. 6 January 2025 to 2 February 2025. This course introduces students to the discipline of theological reflection, exploring individual and corporate experience in conversation with the wisdom of a religious heritage and the need for theological reflection in the Christian community and one’s personal life. The nature of the course is such that the process of theological reflection is embedded in the student’s development in content, competency, character and context throughout the studies, thus, students will do the reflections in relation to the praxis and knowledge gained through the praxis courses and the content-oriented courses.
- MIS1303 Spiritual Formation (3 ECTS) with Raquel Pereira. 20 March 2025 to 7 May 2025. This course seeks to communicate an understanding of the means of grace and to establish spiritual disciplines in the lives of students preparing for ministry to a broken world in need of holy transformation. Time is given to the classical spiritual disciplines, and opportunities are given throughout the course for application of learning in both personal and corporate spiritual formation.
- BIB2203/5 Synoptic Gospels (3 ECTS/5 ECTS) with Svetlana Khobnya. 3 ECTS: 20 March 2025 to 7 May 2025; 5 ECTS: 20 March 2025 to 28 May 2025. This course is a study of the first three Gospels, with attention to their context, literary structure, and theological message, as well as their similarities and differences. The course will feature exegetical study of these Gospels based on a modern translation. This course extends students’ foundational learning from introductory biblical subjects and provides opportunities to develop exegetical and expositional skills that are necessary for effective Bible study, preaching, and ministry. These books are studied in the framework of their significance for the community of faith.
- MIN2403/5 Pastoral Care and Counselling (3/5 ECTS) with Tamara Patterson. 3 ECTS: 12 May 2025 to 22 June 2025; 5 ECTS: 12 May 2025 to 20 July 2025. The course addresses the theory and best practices of pastoral care as a holistic approach for providing guidance, support, and pastoral counselling to the community. It emphasizes essential skills and methods for caring for people’s growth and handling personal/interpersonal issues and crises.
- PAS1103 Faith Development in the Local Congregation (3 ECTS) with Olga Druzhinina. 12 May 2025 to 22 June 2025. This is an introductory course that explores the place, significance, and role of Christian Education (Discipleship) in the context of the total ministry of the local church, and focuses on faith development for believers of all ages. Theological foundations and educational principles and practices will be studied and applied throughout the course.
- PAS2103 Christian Worship (3 ECTS) with Jason Veach. 23 June 2025 to 3 August 2025. The focus of this course is to help students develop a theology of worship and a clear understanding of the relationship between the believer’s daily worship lifestyle and the congregation’s weekly worship activities. Special attention is given to the biblical basis for worship, the historical development of worship and liturgy, the spiritual life of the minister, the various elements of a worship service and the exploration of models of worship that are relevant for today’s Church.
2024-2025 Non-accredited course offerings
- DCLGDPR-15 General Data Protection Regulation (15 Learning Hours) with Tanja Baum. 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025. Since the 25th May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fully applies in all countries in the European Union. Like many other organizations, it also affects churches and colleges. The course will look at some basics and terms as well as the principles of data protection. From there, it will discuss how one can lawfully process data, what the legal bases are, and what the rights are of the individuals whose data is processed. Then, it will look at how consent works and how an organization can transfer and publish data. In addition, the course will cover topics such as data security, documentation and accountability. This is a self-paced course over the dates provide with a few zoom sessions for question and answers. The cost is €30.
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