Information About Course Listings

Organization and Abbreviations Used

In the following section the courses of the ACTS schools and SCUPE are listed for each quarter according to an outline of these major areas of study: Biblical, Historical, Theological, Ethical, Religion and Society, World Mission, History of Religions and Ministry. Each area is subdivided further (see the complete outline at the beginning of the section “Evening/Weekend and Intensive Courses”). In each unit of the outline, courses are listed in alphabetical order of the initials of the institutions as follows:

CTS	Chicago Theological Seminary
CTU	Catholic Theological Union
G-ETS	Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
LSTC	Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
ML	Meadville Lombard Theological School
MS	Mundelein Seminary
MTS	McCormick Theological Seminary
NBTS	Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
NPTS	North Park Theological Seminary
SCUPE	Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education
SWTS	Seabury Western Theological Seminary
TEDS	Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

All courses listed in this catalog may be open for cross-registration. For complete listings, prerequisittes and other specifics, contact the registrars.
H suffix—courses taught in Spanish
K suffix—courses taught in Korean
P — Permission of instructor
L — Limited enrollment
M, T, W, R, F, Sa, Su are used for days of the week. TBA indicates that professor or time remains to be arranged. (Contact the registrar for up-to-date course listings.)
Courses may be equivalent to quarter hours or semester hours; please consult with registrar.
Explanation of Course Numbers.
Information contained in some of the following tables may not be current. Please consult school websites.

Explanation of Course Numbers

CTS
Fields of study Levels of courses

CM	Christian Ministries	300–399	Introductory
RH	Religious Heritage	400-499	Intermediate
TEC	Theology, Ethics and Contemporary Culture	500–599	Advanced Doctoral

CTU
Fields of study Levels of courses

B	Biblical Studies	300	Foundation courses at introductory level
C	Cross-Cultural Studies	400	Foundation courses at the advanced level
D	Doctrinal Studies	500	Advanced seminars, require foundation courses
E	Ethical Studies	600	Advanced seminars, DMin and M.A. level
H	Historical Studies	Courses preceded by double or triple letters (with the exception of MW) are applicable to more than one academic area.
I	Interdisciplinary/Integrative Studies
M	Ministerial Studies
MP	Ministry Related to Pastoral Theology
MW	Ministry Related to Word and Worship
S	Spirituality Studies
W	Word and Worship Studies

G-ETS
Fields of study Levels of courses

11	Old Testament	501–599	Foundational
12	New Testament	601–699	Intermediate masters
13	Church History	801–899	Ph.D. (Advanced masters with permission)
21	Theology	901-999	Ph.D. only
22	Ethics and Society
31	Preaching, Worship, Church Music
32	Pastoral Psychology and Counseling
33	Christian Education
34	Church Administration, Evangelism, Spiritual Formation
35	Religion and Media
40	Interdisciplinary
41	Travel Courses
50	Theological Research

LSTC
Fields of study Levels of courses

B	Biblical Studies	300–399	Introductory
H	Historical Studies	400–499	Intermediate
T	Theological Studies	500–599	Advanced
E	Ethical Studies	600–699	Doctoral
W	World Mission Studies
M	Ministry Studies
I	Interdisciplinary/Integrative Studies

ML
Fields of study Levels of courses

B	Biblical Studies	300–399	Introductory
H	Historical Studies	400–499	Intermediate
T	Theological Studies	500–599	Advanced
E	Ethical Studies	600-699	Doctoral
W	World Mission Studies
M	Ministry Studies
I	Interdisciplinary/Integrative Studies

MTS
Fields of study Levels of courses

B	Biblical Studies	300–399	Introductory
H	Historical Studies	400–499	Intermediate
T	Theological Studies	500–599	Advanced
E	Ethical Studies	600–899	Doctoral
M	Ministry Studies
I	Interdisciplinary/Integrative Studies

NBTS
Fields of study Levels of courses

BL	Biblical Languages	300–399	Introductory
BS	Biblical Studies	400–499	Intermediate
CH	Church History	500–599	Advanced
CT	Church and Society	600–699	DMin
ED	Christian Education
IN	Integrative/Interdisciplinary
ME	Missions and Evangelism
MN	Pastoral/Parish Ministry
NT	New Testament Studies
OT	Old Testament Studies
PC	Pastoral Care
SM	Supervised Ministry
TE	Ethics
TH	Theological Studies
UR	Urban Ministry
WS	Worship and Spirituality
YM	Youth Ministry

NPTS
Fields of study Levels of courses

BIBL	Bible	0099	Noncredit foundational
CEDF	Christian Education and Formation	5100–5199	First.year core or introductory
HSTY	History	6200–6299	Second year core or elective
MNST	Ministry	7300–7399	Third year core or elective
SPFM	Spiritual Formation
THEO	Theology

SWTS
Fields of study Levels of courses

CH	Church History	300-499	Continuing Education
CD	Congregational Development	1000-1999	Introductory
ET	Ethics	2000-2999	Intermediate
TH	Theology	4000-4999	Advanced
SP	Spiritual Practices/Formation	5000-5999	DMIN
LM	Liturgy & Music
MNST	Ministry
BB	Bible

TEDS
Fields of study Levels of courses

NT	New Testament Studies	4000	Preparatory; not for graduate credit
CC	Christianity and Contemporary Culture	5000	Recommended first year courses
CM	Counseling Ministries	6000	Recommended second year course
CH	Church History	7000–7499	Recommended third year courses; Master's program capstones
OT	Old Testament and Semitic Studies and the History of Christian Thought	7500–8999	Advanced master's course; ThM level courses; available for doctoral credit
ME	Missions and Evangelism	9000	Doctoral only
ME	Missions and Evangelism
ST	Biblical and Systematic Theology
PR	Philosophy of Religion
CC	Christianity and Contemporary Culture
EM	Educational Ministries
CM	Counseling Ministry
CO	Counseling
H	Homiletics
ID	Interdisciplinary
PT	Pastoral Theology
BE	Bioethics

USML
Fields of study Levels of courses

BI	Sacred Scripture	200–299	Required
SY	Systematic Theology	300–399	Intermediate/Elective
CL	Christian Life	400–499	Advanced, requiring research
HI	Church History
WO	Worship
PL	Pastoral Life

How to Cross-Register

Students of any of the ACTS schools may take courses from any of the other member schools directly and with no added charges. Cross-registration into courses of the ACTS Urban Clinical Pastoral Education Program, SCUPE or Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies may involve different procedures and payment from each ACTS school; students are responsible to determine what particulars apply at their own schools.

Exceptions to the process of cross-registration exist (1) during the summer term when tuition is normally paid to the school offering the course; (2) for DMin courses other than Pastoral Care and Counseling, and for those students in the ACTS DMin in Preaching Program; and (3) in certain courses with limited enrollment. Each school in ACTS reserves the right to limit enrollment in certain courses for pedagogical reasons and to set its own policies for the admission of students from other schools to such courses. A student who cross-registers is subject to the policy for incompletes at the school offering the course.

Although every attempt is made to keep the course listings current on the Web, please consult the registrar of each school for changes, corrections and closed courses before registering.