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Viterbo University offers the unique opportunity to study scripture at a more relaxed, four-year pace through the Diocesan School of Biblical Studies. Classes meet once a month on a Saturday, nine times/year. (See Course Calendar.) DSBS students can earn up to SIX CREDITS for four years of study; Viterbo University students have saved $$$ and used their earned credits toward completion of a Religious Studies Minor, which is 18 credits. (Students, you would need only 12 more credits beyond DSBS to earn your Religious Studies Minor!)
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT VITERBO CREDIT, CONTACT Dr. Michael Lopez-Kaley! |
Dr. Michael Lopez-Kaley
Associate Professor of Religious Studies - Viterbo University 608.796.3709 mdlopezkaley@viterbo.edu |
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Religious Studies 215—Biblical Studies I, 3 Cr.
This course is the first two years of a four-year program supported by the La Crosse Diocesan School of Biblical Studies. Year I offers Old Testament foundations: Genesis through 1 & 1 Kings discussing Creation, Abrahamic covenant, Moses and the exodus and the establishment of the nation and kingdom of Israel. Year II offers an introduction to the New Testament foundations: the Gospels and the life of Christ, early church development (Act of the Apostles), substantive Pauline literature (1 & 2 Corinthians, Romans), and a review of the Book of Revelation. Restricted to students in the Diocesan School of Biblical Studies. May be repeated once for credit. Graded CR/NC.
Religious Studies 216—Biblical Studies II, 3 Cr.
This course is the last two years of a four-year program supported by the La Crosse Diocesan School of Biblical Studies. Year III offers the Old Testament history: the Babylonian captivity, the work of the major and minor prophets, and the return from exile. Year IV offers an introduction to the poetry and wisdom of the Old Testament, a review of the Gospel of Matthew, the Pauline pastoral letters, and the Catholic Epistles. A brief review of the Epistle to the Hebrews will conclude this course. Restricted to students in the Diocesan School of Biblical Studies. May be repeated once for credit. Graded CR/NC.
This course is the first two years of a four-year program supported by the La Crosse Diocesan School of Biblical Studies. Year I offers Old Testament foundations: Genesis through 1 & 1 Kings discussing Creation, Abrahamic covenant, Moses and the exodus and the establishment of the nation and kingdom of Israel. Year II offers an introduction to the New Testament foundations: the Gospels and the life of Christ, early church development (Act of the Apostles), substantive Pauline literature (1 & 2 Corinthians, Romans), and a review of the Book of Revelation. Restricted to students in the Diocesan School of Biblical Studies. May be repeated once for credit. Graded CR/NC.
Religious Studies 216—Biblical Studies II, 3 Cr.
This course is the last two years of a four-year program supported by the La Crosse Diocesan School of Biblical Studies. Year III offers the Old Testament history: the Babylonian captivity, the work of the major and minor prophets, and the return from exile. Year IV offers an introduction to the poetry and wisdom of the Old Testament, a review of the Gospel of Matthew, the Pauline pastoral letters, and the Catholic Epistles. A brief review of the Epistle to the Hebrews will conclude this course. Restricted to students in the Diocesan School of Biblical Studies. May be repeated once for credit. Graded CR/NC.