This is an introduction to the historical background of Pentateuch and the “former prophets”. The course covers the old testament canon, the foundations of Israel in the Patriarchal, the conquest and settlement in Canaan by Israelites and reasons for the establishment of the united Monarchy under David and Solomon and the subsequent division into two Kingdoms.

This course consists of the basic spiritual disciplines, which include the inward disciplines of meditation, prayer, fasting and the outward disciplines of simplicity, submission service, with major emphasis in relationship to God and in personal as well as corporate aspects of the Christian life.

An introduction to the grammatical structures including the present, and imperfect and aorist tenses of verbs and vocabulary of the New Testament Greek.

This course introduces the basic research methods, strategies and the fundamental skill of writing papers. Critical writing with particular attention to logical fallacy will also be studied.

Explore the styles and historical development of western music from Ancient to Rococo period.

Develop conducting skills, method of choral singing, analyze the style of music from different periods and from different cultures.

Improve the score-reading skill and learn to become more sensitive to music, rhythm, differentiate intervals, chords, and 4-part music by writing out the notation.

Emphasize on technique of vocalization and diction, learn to sing choral music from different periods and from different cultures: contextual and global to enhance and widen music appreciation from ancient to contemporary, from our own context to worldwide.

Develop the skill of singing: breathing management, resonant, placement, diction, dynamic control, and knowing the structure and singing mechanism.

Develop the skill of playing, accompaniment, hymn playing, so-fa notation playing, modulation, sight-reading and keyboard harmonization.

Practical Divinity is an integrated course with the following components:

1. Class-based
2. Non-class based
3. Field-based

Field-based component deals with the weekend and Sunday practical ministry in local churches. Non-class area involves campus spiritual activities such as Friday Fasting prayer, chapel time, personal devotion and evangelism work. For class-based portion, students need to attend seminars. These include the introduction to Field Education and other church’s disciplines in line with the field education for the respective years as required by the School.

The second part of this introductory course includes a survey of the minor prophetic, wisdom and apocalyptic literatures. The course covers the studies of the divided kingdom; the impart of the dominance of the Assyrian and Babylonian empires on the life and faith of Israelites, the incidents resulting the Exile and thereafter and their restoration before Maccabean War.

This introduces the principles of interpretation with special attention to both the content and context in the interpretation of words and texts in the Bible. Recent theories of interpretation are critically taken into consideration.

This continuing course of Greek I will continue to study the basic grammar and vocabulary of New Testament Geek. Emphasis is also given to the reading of select passages from Greek texts.

This course is an in-dept of IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), to enable the students to pronounce Latin, Italian German and French more accurately.

Explore the styles and historical development of western music from Classical to Contemporary period.

Develop the conducting skill, method of choral singing, analyse the style of music from different periods and from different cultures.

Improve the score-reading skill and learn to become more sensitive to music, rhythm, differentiate intervals, chords, and 4-part music by writing out the notation.

Emphasize on technique of vocalization and diction, learn to sing choral music from different periods and from different cultures: contextual and global to enhance and widen music appreciation from ancient to contemporary, from our own context to worldwide.

Develop the skill of singing: breathing management, resonant, placement, diction, dynamic control, and knowing the structure and singing mechanism.

Practical Divinity is an integrated course with the following components:

1. Class-based
2. Non-class based
3. Field-based

Field-based component deals with the weekend and Sunday practical ministry in local churches. Non-class area involves campus spiritual activities such as Friday Fasting prayer, chapel time, personal devotion and evangelism work. For class-based portion, students need to attend seminars. These include the introduction to Field Education and other church’s disciplines in line with the field education for the respective years as required by the School.

This general introductory course covers the historical, political and cultural background of the Jewish people from 168BC to AD135. A comprehensive survey of the four Gospels including authorship, dating crucial issues and with special reference to the life and ministry of Jesus will be studied.

This introductory course is to study the theory of preaching, including principles of sermon preparation, the nature and content in preaching. Different types of sermons will be prepared and discussed.

Explore in detail the styles and historical development of church music from Biblical time to Baroque periods; these include the development of Western, Asian, African and Latin American church music.

Study the basic harmony (triads, chords, cadences, inversions, figured basses), and learn the skills and rules of writing 4-part writing, chord progressions, keyboard harmonization, melodic decorations, and suspensions.

Focus on some of the major choral works, anthems, oratorios, and cantatas. Score study, analysis, preparation and conducting will be the main emphasis.

Improve the score-reading skill and learn to become more sensitive to music, rhythm, differentiate intervals, chords, and 4-part music by writing out the notation.

Emphasize on technique of vocalization and diction, learn to sing choral music from different periods and from different cultures: contextual and global to enhance and widen music appreciation from ancient to contemporary, from our own context to worldwide.

Develop the skill of singing: breathing management, resonant, placement, diction, dynamic control, and knowing the structure and singing mechanism.

Develop the skill of playing, accompaniment, hymn playing, so-fa notation playing, modulation, sight-reading and keyboard harmonization.

Practical Divinity is an integrated course with the following components:

1. Class-based
2. Non-class based
3. Field-based

Field-based component deals with the weekend and Sunday practical ministry in local churches. Non-class area involves campus spiritual activities such as Friday Fasting prayer, chapel time, personal devotion and evangelism work. For class-based portion, students need to attend seminars. These include the introduction to Field Education and other church’s disciplines in line with the field education for the respective years as required by the School.

This course explores the growth of the apostolic church and the life and ministry of Paul. An introduction to Pauline Epistles and other writings of the New Testament, including the background, main themes and critical matters related to the crucial texts will be discussed.

This introduces the constitution, general rules, social principles, organization and administration and general services of the Methodist Church in Malaysia. Leadership concerns and its practical functions will be identified.

Explore in detail the styles and historical development of church music from Classical to Contemporary periods; these include the development of Western, Asian, African and Latin American church music.

Study of dominant 7th, modulations, chromatic chords, and harmonic analysis.

Focus on some of the major choral works, anthems, oratorios, and cantatas. Score study, analysis, preparation and conducting will be the main emphasis.

Improve the score-reading skill and learn to become more sensitive to music, rhythm, differentiate intervals, chords, and 4-part music by writing out the notation.

Emphasize on technique of vocalization and diction, learn to sing choral music from different periods and from different cultures: contextual and global to enhance and widen music appreciation from ancient to contemporary, from our own context to worldwide.

Develop the skill of singing: breathing management, resonant, placement, diction, dynamic control, and knowing the structure and singing mechanism.

Develop the skill of playing, accompaniment, hymn playing, so-fa notation playing, modulation, sight-reading and keyboard harmonization.

Practical Divinity is an integrated course with the following components:

1. Class-based
2. Non-class based
3. Field-based

Field-based component deals with the weekend and Sunday practical ministry in local churches. Non-class area involves campus spiritual activities such as Friday Fasting prayer, chapel time, personal devotion and evangelism work. For class-based portion, students need to attend seminars. These include the introduction to Field Education and other church’s disciplines in line with the field education for the respective years as required by the School.

Systematic theology is the subject studying the foundational doctrines of the Christian faith. It will be studied biblically, historically, and contemporarily. This course covers the following areas:

1. Introduction to Theology, which includes the definition, nature, methodology and task of theology, its relation to other theological disciplines, revelation, and authority of the Words of God.
2. The doctrine of God, which includes the person, his Trinitarian mode of existence and attributes, and the work of God.
3. Christology and Soteriology, which study the person and work of the Lord, Jesus Christ, including the two natures, the names and offices of Christ, the covenant of grace and various aspects of his atonement.

This course is a study of structure, theological motifs and exegesis of the texts of the Pentateuch. Selected texts and portions from the Pentateuch will be studied.

Study the historical development of the hymnody and expand the hymns understanding through.

1. analyzing its texts for: theme; biblical allusions; use of image and metaphor; poetic meter, accent, and rhyme.
2. analyzing its music for: shape and character of the melody; significance of the rhythm; nature and character of the harmony; keys and modulation; and ways in which music enhance the text.
3. Developing techniques of teaching and leading the congregation in singing hymns.

Study and analyze the forms, structures and harmonic progressions of from Baroque to Contemporary music composition, and Choral composition.

Focus on some of the major choral works, anthems, oratorios, and cantatas. Score study, analysis, preparation and conducting will be the main emphasis.

Emphasize on technique of vocalization and diction, learn to sing choral music from different periods and from different cultures: contextual and global to enhance and widen music appreciation from ancient to contemporary, from our own context to worldwide.

Develop the skill of singing: breathing management, resonant, placement, diction, dynamic control, and knowing the structure and singing mechanism.

Practical Divinity is an integrated course with the following components:

1. Class-based
2. Non-class based
3. Field-based

Field-based component deals with the weekend and Sunday practical ministry in local churches. Non-class area involves campus spiritual activities such as Friday Fasting prayer, chapel time, personal devotion and evangelism work. For class-based portion, students need to attend seminars. These include the introduction to Field Education and other church’s disciplines in line with the field education for the respective years as required by the School.

This course is the last portion of the Christian faith, which covers the following areas:

1. Pneumatology. This part of study emphasizes the person and work of the Holy Spirit. The contemporary charismatic movements may also be discussed.
2. Ecclesiology. The study of the Church will consider the nature, role and government of the Church, the initiatory rite and continuing rite of the Church as well as the unity of the Church.
3. Eschatology. The study of Last Things will cover the status and classification of eschatology. Individual eschatology, the second coming, millennial and tribulation views and the general eschatology (final states).

This course is a study of the structure, and probable setting of Mark in relation to the other Gospels. That includes the outlining the argument of passages, doing word studies, validating exegetical decisions.

Study the historical development of the hymnody and expand the hymns understanding through.

1. analyzing its texts for: theme; biblical allusions; use of image and metaphor; poetic meter, accent, and rhyme.
2. analyzing its music for: shape and character of the melody; significance of the rhythm; nature and character of the harmony; keys and modulation; and ways in which music enhance the text.
3. Developing techniques of teaching and leading the congregation in singing hymns.

This course is to examine the biblical and theological foundations of worship, and the development of worship in church history to the present day. It also explores the theological implications of the Church Calendar, music, arts and the use of symbols in worship. Furthermore, the students are equipped with the skills of creative worship design and leadership.

Focus on some of the major choral works, anthems, oratorios, and cantatas. Score study, analysis, preparation and conducting will be the main emphasis.

Emphasize on technique of vocalization and diction, learn to sing choral music from different periods and from different cultures: contextual and global to enhance and widen music appreciation from ancient to contemporary, from our own context to worldwide.

Develop the skill of singing: breathing management, resonant, placement, diction, dynamic control, and knowing the structure and singing mechanism.

Develop the skill of playing, accompaniment, hymn playing, so-fa notation playing, modulation, sight-reading and keyboard harmonization.

Practical Divinity is an integrated course with the following components:

1. Class-based
2. Non-class based
3. Field-based

Field-based component deals with the weekend and Sunday practical ministry in local churches. Non-class area involves campus spiritual activities such as Friday Fasting prayer, chapel time, personal devotion and evangelism work. For class-based portion, students need to attend seminars. These include the introduction to Field Education and other church’s disciplines in line with the field education for the respective years as required by the School.

This introductory course is designed to provide an overview upon the meaning, role and function of Christian education in the total ministry of the Church. Theory of the formulation of Christian education will be studied with the purpose of guiding the students with the necessary resources so as to build a contextualized Christian education for the local Church.

Develop the basic skill in hymn writing and composing hymn tunes and responses.

Introduce, sing, and analyze church music other than Western countries in appreciation to music from different cultures and witness God’s almighty works in other parts of the world. Malaysian Music is highlighted to promote the contextual Music.

Focus on some of the major choral works, anthems, oratorios, and cantatas. Score study, analysis, preparation and conducting will be the main emphasis.

Emphasize on technique of vocalization and diction, learn to sing choral music from different periods and from different cultures: contextual and global to enhance and widen music appreciation from ancient to contemporary, from our own context to worldwide.

Practical Divinity is an integrated course with the following components:

1. Class-based
2. Non-class based
3. Field-based

Field-based component deals with the weekend and Sunday practical ministry in local churches. Non-class area involves campus spiritual activities such as Friday Fasting prayer, chapel time, personal devotion and evangelism work. For class-based portion, students need to attend seminars. These include the introduction to Field Education and other church’s disciplines in line with the field education for the respective years as required by the School.

This course is the implementation act upon the theoretical stage in the Christian Education I. It includes planning of educational ministries for children, youth, adults and elderly people in the local Church. The special attention is given to adaptation and use of curriculum resources with the aim of developing the students to conduct the education work such as leading bible-study, Sunday school, home cell group, membership and lay-leader training in the local Church.

This continuing course of Homiletic I will help students to prepare a variety of sermons and to learn to preach in classes or videotaped for a critical review by classmates and lecturer. M. Div. Students will take this course in the second semester of their third-year study.

Explore the theological and historical development of worship and liturgy in Methodist tradition, and the methodologies of practicing in local churches.

Focus on some of the major choral works, anthems, oratorios, and cantatas. Score study, analysis, preparation and conducting will be the main emphasis.

Emphasize on technique of vocalization and diction, learn to sing choral music from different periods and from different cultures: contextual and global to enhance and widen music appreciation from ancient to contemporary, from our own context to worldwide.

Practical Divinity is an integrated course with the following components:

1. Class-based
2. Non-class based
3. Field-based

Field-based component deals with the weekend and Sunday practical ministry in local churches. Non-class area involves campus spiritual activities such as Friday Fasting prayer, chapel time, personal devotion and evangelism work. For class-based portion, students need to attend seminars. These include the introduction to Field Education and other church’s disciplines in line with the field education for the respective years as required by the School.

This course is the study of missions in the theological base. Topics include the biblical basis of missions, the history of Christian missions and the principles of missionary strategy. The significance and position of missions in the local church ministry will also be explored.

Biblical and Theological foundations of Christian Apologetics are examined. A survey of its historical background will be undertaken forms skills of Christian Apologetics are to be introduced.

This course provides students with a foundational understanding of ethical considerations, including those related to gender and/or sexuality, women, and children, within the framework of Christian beliefs and practices. Through the study of Christian Ethics, students develop the necessary knowledge and skills to critically analyze and engage with gender-related and other ecclesial and social issues from an ethical perspective, fostering a commitment to promote social holiness, justice and peace within the Methodist community and the public arena.

An introductory course to understand the spirituality and the theology of John Wesley. Its purpose is to restore the distinctive Wesleyan heritage to the Methodist people. Attention will also be given to Wesley’s class system and meeting. Classic & contemporary Wesleyan hymns will be introduced.

Study and learn how to arrange music for an orchestra or musical ensemble. Knowing the characters of different western musical instruments especially their register and tone colors.

Emphasize on technique of vocalization and diction, learn to sing choral music from different periods and from different cultures: contextual and global to enhance and widen music appreciation from ancient to contemporary, from our own context to worldwide.

This course provides an introduction to basic counseling theory, in which students will be equipped as a knowledgeable pastoral counselor. It includes the basic counseling skills in terms of basic methods of interviewing and intervention. It also stresses the practices of counseling skills. This includes examination of oneself, and an experimental learning approach to integrate information with life experiences. Students may also offer case-study during class sessions to allow demonstration of counseling skills in terms of role play.

Understand the importance of children music ministry, principles of teaching, learn to design the teaching materials according to children’s different learning stages.

Explore the theology and Christian’s faith in Church Music, and music as a tool in learning and teaching Christian’s faith, doctrines, and theology. Acquire the church music administrative skills: planning, organizing, utilizing resources, cultivating and monitoring those who serve in music.

Inspire students in developing the teaching art and skills of their subject majored in.

Emphasize on technique of vocalization and diction, learn to sing choral music from different periods and from different cultures: contextual and global to enhance and widen music appreciation from ancient to contemporary, from our own context to worldwide.