Florida Bible College of Tampa, Inc.

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 331	Principles of Teaching	2
CE 422	Principles of Discipleship	2
PM 321	Pastor's Books & Tools	1
PM 342	Preaching	2
PM 421	Psychology & Counseling	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 Teaching Women	2
CE 322	Organization & Management	2
CE 212	Child Growth & Development	2
PM 421	Psychology & 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 331	Principles of Teaching	2
CE 422	Principles of Discipleship	2
PM 342	Preaching	2
PM 321	Books & Tools	1
PM 342	Preaching	2
YM 321	Youth Leadership	2
YM 342	Conference Planning	1
YM 421	Youth Psychology	2
YM 440	Youth Ministry Practicum	1

	Total Hours	15

Summary
	Core Requirements Semester hours*	Free Electives Semester hours*
1 year Certificate	24	8
2 year ABS	42	22
4 year BBS	98	30
With minor	113	15

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 Teaching Women	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	Science & the Bible	2
TH 360	Archaeology & the Bible	2
TH 420	Senior Doctrine Study	2
YM 462	Senior Youth Seminar	2

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
EI 121/122	Bible Doctrine 1 & 2	2
EI 114	Spiritual Life	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
EI 252	Science & the Bible	1
EI-152	Uniquely You	1

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