Ministry Minors – Florida Bible College of Tampa

Ministry Minors

Candidates for four year degrees are advised (but not required) to choose a minor emphasis in an area of ministry (fifteen semester hours*) to better equip them for their life work.

Children’s Ministries

Course ID	Description	Semester Hours*
CM 212	Child Growth & Development	2
CM 213/214	Children in the Church 1 & 2	4
ME 320	Child Evangelism	3
ME 321	Children’s Music	2
CM 440	Bible Club Practicum	1
CM 441	Object Lessons, Puppets & Games	1
CM 462	Senior Children’s Seminar	2

	Total Hours	15

Christian Education

Course ID	Description	Semester Hours*
CM 212	Child Growth & Development	2
CE 321	Educational Psychology	2
CE 331	Principles of Teaching	2
CE 342	General Curriculum	2
CE 411	Materials & Methods	2
CE 421	Tests & Measurements	2
CE 430	Student Teaching	3

	Total Hours	15

Church Music

Course ID	Description	Semester Hours*
FM 321/322	Music Theory 1 & 2	4
FM 331/332	Sight Singing 1 & 2	2
FM 341	Hymnology	2
FM 340/360/380	Applied Music	4
FM 442	Choral Conducting	1
FM 462	Senior Music Seminar	2

	Total Hours	15

Ministry Administration

Course ID	Description	Semester Hours*
CE 322	Organization & Management	2
CO 320	Journalism & Publication	1
PM 321	Pastor’s Books and Tools	1
MA 111	Office Operations	1
MA 112	Communications Media	1
MA 211/212	Technology & Web Tools 1 & 2	4
MA 311	Advertising & Graphics Design	2
YM 342	Conference Planning	1
MA 462	Senior Admin Seminar	2

	Total Hours	15

Missions & Evangelism

Course ID	Description	Semester Hours*
CE 331	Principles of Teaching	2
ME 221/222	Missionary Language	3/3
ME 341	Perspectives	1
ME 342	Cross-Cultural Exposure	2
ME 361	“Least of These” Evangelism	1
ME 362	Traveling Evangelism	1
ME 462	Senior Missions/Evangelism Seminar	2

	Total Hours	15

Pastoral Ministry

Course ID	Description	Semester Hours*
BL 321/322	Greek Exegesis 1 & 2	4
CE 322	Organization & Management	2
CE 422	Principles of Discipleship	2
PM 321	Pastor’s Books & Tools	1
PM 342	Preaching	2
PM 421	Introduction to Christian Counseling	2
TH 311	Advanced Hermeneutics	2

	Total Hours	15

Women’s Ministry

Course ID	Description	Semester Hours*
CE 203	Survey of Women’s Ministries	2
PM 222	Leadership Development for Women	2
CE 402	Women in Christian Work	2
CE 322	Organization & Management	2
CE 212	Child Growth & Development	2
CE 331	Principles of Teaching	2
PM 421	Introduction to Christian Counseling	2
PM 401	Women’s Ministry Practicum	1

	Total Hours	13

Youth Ministry

Course ID	Description	Semester Hours*
CE 322	Organization & Management	2
CE 422	Principles of Discipleship	2
PM 342	Preaching	2
PM 321	Pastor’s Books & Tools	1
PM 342	Preaching	2
YM 321	Youth Leadership	2
YM 342	Conference Planning	1
YM 421	Youth Psychology	1
YM 440	Youth Ministry Practicum	1
MA 112	Communications Media	1

	Total Hours	15

Summary

	Core Requirements Semester hours*	Free Electives Semester hours*
1 year Certificate	22 (275 clock hours)	10 (125 clock hours)
2 year ABS	43 (537.5 clock hours)	21 (262.5 clock hours)
4 year BBS	99 (1237.5 clock hours)	29 (362.5 clock hours)
With ministry minor	114 (1425 clock hours)	14 (175 clock hours)

Courses beyond the minimum requirements may be completed to attain a minor emphasis in more than one area of ministry.

Other Elective course offerings:		Semester hours*
BL 100	Read through the Bible / 100 Days	1
BI 301/302	New Testament Survey 1 & 2	6
BI 252	Matthew	2
BI 401/402	Old Testament Survey 1 & 2	6
BI 420	Senior Book Study	2
BI 452	Life of Christ	3
BL 110	Bible Languages Introduction	1
BL 421/422	Biblical Hebrew Elements	6
CE 203	Survey of Women’s Ministries	2
CE 402	Women in Christian Work	2
CO 320	Journalism & Publication	1
ME 211/212	Missionary Language	6
ME 321/322	Advanced Missionary Language	4
ME 411/412	Bible for a Non-Literate Culture	4
FM 120	Basic Guitar	1
FM 140	Guitar Pedagogy	1
FM 322	Composition Practicum	2
FM 350	Church Music History	2
FM 421/422	Music Theory 3 & 4	4
FM 431/432	Sight Singing & Ear Training 3 & 4	2
FM 440	Piano Pedagogy	2
FM 441	Music Teaching Methods	2
FM 460	Organ Pedagogy	2
FM 480	Voice Pedagogy	2
ME 320	Child Evangelism	3
PM 222	Leadership Development for Women	2
PM 401	Women’s Ministry Practicum	1
PM 462	Senior Pastoral Seminar	2
SO 352	Psychology Introduction	2
SO 411/412	Western Civilization 1 & 2	4
TH 252	Bible Customs & Geography	2
TH 320	Unseen World	2
TH 340/350	Science and the Bible 1 & 2	2/2
TH 360	Archaeology & the Bible	2
TH 420	Senior Doctrine Study	2
YM 462	Senior Youth Seminar	2

Other electives may be offered from time to time.

Evening Bible Institute

Some evening school offerings are equal to their day-school counterparts, and may be taken for full credit toward day school degree requirements.

These have recently included Galatians, BI-212 (2 semester hours), and Romans, BI 312 (2 semester hours).

Other evening course offerings will be finalized at a later date; evening offerings may include:

		Semester hours*
EI 111	Personal Evangelism	2
EI 112	Cults & Religions	1
TH 121E/122E	Bible Doctrine 1 & 2	2/2
EI 114	Spiritual Life	1
EI 152	Uniquely You	1
EI 231	Revelation	1
EI 232	Daniel	1
EI 241	Introduction to Bible Languages	1
EI 242	How We Got Our Bible	1
EI 251	The Unseen World	1
TH 340E/350E	Science and the Bible 1 & 2	1/1

*One semester-hour is equal to one fifty-minute class-period meeting each week for at least fifteen weeks.