Certificate in Public Theology
Academic Overview
IOPT’s inaugural program for pastors and Christian leaders will challenge and equip students with studies through the breadth and depth of Scripture and practical application to today’s most pressing cultural and theological issues. This certificate is open to all serious Christians who desire to wield the Sword of the Spirit effectively in the world.
Program Overview
Courses and credits
64 Credit Hours
CHIS – Church History
CHIS 121 – Church History 1 (4 Credit Hours)
CHIS 142 – Church History 2 (4 Credit Hours)
ATH – Applied Theology
ATH 430 – Theology, Worldview, & Ethics (4 Credit Hours)
ATH 500 – Ecclesiology (4 Credit Hours)
ATH 600 – Political Theology (4 Credit Hours)
ATH 710 – Cultural Apologetics (4 Credit Hours)
THEO – Theology
THEO 300 – Systematic Theology 1 (4 Credit Hours)
THEO 320 – Systematic Theology 2 (4 Credit Hours)
STH 400 – Law and Gospel (4 Credit Hours)
THEO 400 –Symbolics (4 Credit Hours)
BI – Biblical Interpretation
BINT-HERM 400 – Hermeneutics (4 Credit Hours)
Metaphysics
CLASS 310 – Metaphysics (3 Credit Hours)
BS – Biblical Studies
BS 211 – Old Testament Survey 1 (4 Credit Hours)
BS 222 – Old Testament Survey 2 (4 Credit Hours)
BS 300 – New Testament Survey 1 (4 Credit Hours)
BS 350 – New Testament Survey 2 (4 Credit Hours)
PHIL – Philosophy
PHIL 440 – The Modern Self (4 Credit Hours)
Program Overview
Program Matriculation Track (Two Years)
| Year 1 | Year 2 | |
| Fall | BS 211 – Old Testament Survey 1 | BS 300 – New Testament Survey 1 |
| BINT-HERM 400 – Hermeneutics | CHIS 121 – Church History 1 | |
| STH 400 – Symbolics | STH 400 – Law & Gospel | |
| ATH 710 – Cultural Apologetics | PHIL 440 – The Modern Self | |
| THEO 300 – Systematic Theology 1 | ATH 530 – Pastoral Theology | |
| Spring | BS 222 – Old Testament Survey 2 | PHIL 430 – Logic and Rhetoric |
| ATH 430 – Theology, Worldview, & Ethics | CHIS 142 – Church History 2 | |
| ATH 500 – Ecclesiology | BS 350 – New Testament Survey 2 | |
| THEO 320 – Systematic Theology 2 | ATH 600 – Political Theology |
