Religion, A.A.S.

Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) Degree

The A.A.S. degree program is designed to track directly into the B.A.S. degree. Students desiring to continue in their educational pursuits can do so at the baccalaureate level with no loss in credit between the A.A.S. and the B.A.S. degrees. The Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree is a 64-semester hour degree which requires 31 semester hours in a general education core and 33 semester hours from an approved major. The residency requirements on the A.A.S. degree count toward the B.A.S. residency of 31 hours. The A.A.S. residency is 18 hours. The ﬁve majors include applied science, business administration, human services, justice administration, and religion. Eighteen semester hours must be completed at Wayland.

Religion

Course Requirements

Students majoring in Religion must complete 33 semester hours and must take courses from each of ﬁve separate areas: Biblical, historical, theological, educational, and practical. Course requirements for each area include the following:

RLGN 0001 - Theological Research and Writing Lab 0 hrs
RLGN 4302 - Christian Theology 3 hrs
RLGN 4314 - Biblical Interpretation 3 hrs
RLED 4315 - The Christian Ministry 3 hrs or
RLGN 4315 - The Christian Ministry 3 hrs
One (three hour) upper-level New Testament elective
One (three hour) upper-level Old Testament elective.

Three semester hours from:

(the course not taken in the general education core)

RLGN 1301 - Old Testament History 3 hrs
RLGN 1302 - New Testament History 3 hrs

Three semester hours from historical area:

Three hours from the educational area:

RLED 3309 - Spiritual Formation 3 hrs ** or
RLGN 3309 - Spiritual Formation 3 hrs **
RLED 4301 - Survey of Christian Education 3 hrs
RLED 4302 - Church Administration 3 hrs

Six hours from the following:

RLED 4361 - Supervised Ministry 3 hrs ** or
RLGN 4361 - Supervised Ministry 3 hrs **
or
Six hours upper-level religion electives (three of the hours can be work experience)

Notations:

**Students in the BGCT Ministerial Financial Assistance program are required to take RLED 1301 Introduction to Baptist Ministry , **RLED 3309 /RLGN 3309 Spiritual Formation , and RLED 4361 /RLGN 4361 Supervised Ministry .

*Wayland Baptist University will not accept RLGN 1301 Old Testament History or RLGN 1302 New Testament History , or their equivalents, from any institution except other Baptist institutions to meet the core requirement in any Wayland degree. If a student has taken RLGN 1301 Old Testament History and/or RLGN 1302 New Testament History , or their equivalents, at any institution except other Baptist institutions, then the student has two options to meet the core requirement: (1) take RLGN 1301 and/or RLGN 1302 at Wayland or (2) take RLGN 4306 , RLGN 4316 , RLGN 4317 , or RLGN 4318 in lieu of RLGN 1301 ; and/or take RLGN 4306 , RLGN 4320 , RLGN 4322 , or RLGN 4324 in lieu of RLGN 1302 . RLGN 4306 may be an option for either RLGN 1301 or RLGN 1302 as stated above, but may not count for both on the same degree plan. No other RLGN/RLED courses may substitute for either RLGN 1301 or RLGN 1302 . The Dean of the School of Religion & Philosophy must approve any exception to this policy. RLGN 1301 Old Testament History or RLGN 1302 New Testament History , or their equivalents, taken at non-Baptist institutions, may be transferred as elective credit with approval of the Dean of the School of Religion and Philosophy and the Registrar.