TUL500 Biblical Theology of Development

MA in Transformational Urban Leadership

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Assessment Activities

 

Assignment	Due	%
Readings:  2-3 book chapters per week related to that module.  Summarize them ready to present to the class, identifying a key question and contributing to discussions. Reading and summary of each chapter should take no more than 30 to 40 minutes and demonstrate an understanding of the issues raised by the author. (relates to Learning Objective 1).	Weekly Final integration module 13	8
Bible Readings: Read 2 assigned Bible chapters per day and check off on a Bible Reading chart.  Pass in on the 8th and 13th module. (Relates to Learning Objective 1)	Weekly & 8th module Final on13th	8
Integrative paper: Integrate from your reading summaries, an analysis of how the unfolding Biblical story impinges on one of the following: urban, poverty, oppression, justice, societal structures and other cultural issues. 10 page single spaced paper. (Learning Objective 1)	Module 12	16
Paradigm Shift Summary: Do a one page analysis of which paradigms in this course have most impacted you and how this may affect your future directions. (Learning Objective 2)	Module 15	4
Online Community: Build community with the other students online, contributing to the weekly online threaded discussions, utilizing the online community building tools.	Weekly	28
Community Conversations: Engage in weekly conversations with people in your community seeking to learn from them about the topic of the week and to communicate to them the stories of the scripture with which you have been engaging. This should lead to developing a small evangelistic Bible Study group. Write up weekly and integrate these into a final analysis of the values, aspirations, goals of your community, with a parallel pathway as to which Biblical stories would best interface with these. (Learning Objective 3:1; 3:2)	Weekly report Final write up in 12th module	8 12
Presentation: Present the story-telling analysis to the class using a 15 minute presentation delivered online using power point, video, featuring artifacts of drama or artwork for critique. (Learning Objective 3:1; 3:2) .	Module 13	16
Total Points		100

Expectations & Grading

Attendance is an essential in any learning community, as each class builds on the previous, paradigms reflecting an expanding matrix of foundational to complex ideas.

Writing Assignments: papers are due on assigned dates.  All assignments should be:

• Times New Roman
• single spaced
• 12 point
• 1 inch margins
• Titled
• Name and date in right uphand corner
• Page numbers in right lower corner

Late assignments will be deducted 5% for each week late (1 week late = 5% deduction, 2 weeks = 10% deduction).  After 2 weeks they receive a zero.  If late please note at the top left 1 week or  2 weeks.

Study time: Students earn one unit of credit for an average of three hours of work per week, including online class time, over the length of a regular 15 week semester.  The general rule of thumb is that a Session class requires at least two hours of work off line for each hour the student spends online in class each week.  The aim of a course is not to kill you with stress but create a positive learning environment.  Your workload should not be excessively more or excessively less, despite the drivenness of the culture around.  Learning a healthy work-life balance is part of the graduate experience.  Work hard, play hard! 

Academic Integrity: see the academic integrity statement in the catalog.  References to author and text must be included whenever the author is quoted or ideas used.  This is simple respect. Use the APA Author-Date system.  It is helpful to get a copy of EndNote for keeping your references over the years.  It will do most of the formatting for you.

Grades are assigned according to the following levels of proficiency:

Grading Comparisons

School		APU		ATS		HBI	Carlile	UNEPH	Nagpur
Grade	Ranges	GPA	Numeric	GPA	Numeric
A+				1.0	96-100	80+
A		4.0	93-100	1.25	91-95	75
A-		3.7	90-92	1.5	86-90	70
B+		3.3	87-89	1.75	80-85	65
B		3.0	83-86	2.0	75-79	60
B-		2.7	80-82	2.25	70-74	55
C+		2.3	77-79		None	50
C		2.0	73-76	2.5	60-69	45
C-		1.7	70-72	3.0	50-59	40
D+		1.3	67-69		None	none
D		1.0	63-66		None	D = Fail 39% or below
D-		0.7	60-62		None	None
F		0	0-59		Below 50	D= Fail
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APU Grades calculated on a 100 point scale as follows:
100-90 points (A); 89-80 points (B); 79-70 points (C); 69-60 points (D)

ATS Grades are standardized and recorded using the following scale:

1.0 1.25 1.5 1.75 2.0 2.25 2.5 3.0

A+ A A- B+ B B- C C- F

Outstanding Performance Superior Performance Satisfactory Performance Minimum Acceptable Performance Unsatisfactory Performance Fail

96-100 91-95 86-90 80-85 75-79 70-74 60-69 50-59 Below 50

HBI Grades are Assigned to the following levels of proficiency

First Class- strong understanding of theoretical perspectives, terms, and positions; and demonstrated ability of applying that material to particular situations.

A+ (80% & above)
A   (75%)
A- (70%)

Second Class - Understanding of the basic theoretical perspectives terms and issues: and demonstrated ability to recall examples and make partial application.

B+ (65%)
B (60%)
B- (55%)

Third class -   Misunderstanding of some theoretical views and limited ability to relate material to particular situations.

C + (50%)
C   (45%)
C – (40%)

Fail (D = 39% or below)- Significant failure to understand material and/or make appropriate application of course material.