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BIBL 2353 Survey of the Bible
3 Credit Hour

Instructor

Shared Faculty Course

Office

ACU - Fort Myers, FL

Phone

TBA

Email

faculty@ameschristian.org

Course Learning Resources:

    The Holy Bible (any translation)

     

Course Description

    An overview of the Bible as a source of historical, spiritual, moral, and intellectual literature. This course traces the development of the Bible as a document and provides an introduction to the major characters, events, and themes of the Christian scripture.

 Course Learning Objectives

    1. Have read and discussed the major Old Testament and New Testament books of the Bible;
    2. Have considered the Bible for its accuracy and relevance as historical literature;
    3. Consider the spiritual claim of the Bible as the Word of God;
    4. Have been exposed to the major characters of the Old and New Testaments;
    5. Understand the major general themes of the Bible;
    6. Develop a personal statement as to the Bible's truth claims.

Course Policies

    Attendance
    This is a 90 day independent study course, and is designed to be primarily self-paced. Its requirements include assignments and tests that you will complete and submit via the Internet.

    Your assignments should be submitted as file attachments in either Microsoft Word or HTML format. Each assignment will be evaluated, graded, and returned with feedback. Values for each assignment and test are provided in a table below.

    Timing
    Please be sure to time your assignments so that you have adequate time to complete the work in 90 days. Course tests are sent to you after you complete specific assignments (please see Test page), so be sure to give yourself enough space to pace the work comfortably.

Evaluation Material

Assignments and Final Paper
There are 9 course total assignments and a final paper.
Grade components are distributed as follows:

    Individual assignments: 10% each (90% of total)
    Final paper: 10% of total

Grading Scale

95-100

A

90-94

A-

87-89

B+

84-86

B

80-83

B-

77-79

C+

74-76

C

70-73

C-

67-69

D+

64-66

D

60-63

D-

0-59

F

How to Take This Course

Assignments are posted on the Assignment page.

 

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