Course Overview
Section outline
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Introduction to Chaplaincy (3 credits) Instructor: Bob Zomermaand
CLA Volunteer Teacher Assistant: Dee Davenport (introtochaplaincysupport@christianleaders.net)
Overview: This course explores various kinds of chaplaincy, such as prison, military, and hospital chaplains, along with the potential for using online chat to minister as "chaplains." Students will engage in biblical and theological reflection about chaplaincy, develop personal qualities and skills, and learn basic practices for bringing Christ's healing presence into challenging situations.
Course Outcomes:- Know biblical principles and practical guidelines for chaplains.
- Develop personal qualifications and skills to be a chaplain.
- Understand basic practices for ministering to the ill, grieving, and dying.
- Know several types of chaplaincy positions and general guidelines for serving in them, including firehouse chaplain, military chaplain, and prison chaplain.
- Recognize theological aspects of chaplaincy.
Assignments:
- Read the written materials and watch the videos for each unit.
- Professor Bob Zomermaand presents content that can be used as grist for your own thinking in the ministry of chaplaincy.
- Review the materials carefully so you have a good grasp of them before attempting the quizzes. The instructor believes the quizzes will be difficult for anyone who has not spent a good bit of time reading, re-reading, and pondering the material presented. The same goes for the videos included as material for our instruction.
- Use the discussion forum to ask questions and exchange ideas with others. However, DO NOT discuss quiz questions and answers in a class forum, and do not communicate privately with other students about the answers to a quiz. That is cheating. Such cheating on quizzes can be detected through CLI's computer servers. Cheaters will fail the class and will be expelled from Christian Leaders Institute. As a side note, the questions, as well as the answers in the quizzes of this course, will be randomized—that means that question 1 will be different each time you take the quiz, and the answers will be arranged differently in each response section of the question.
- Take the online quiz for each unit. You will have 45 minutes to answer 20 multiple-choice questions for each quiz. Once a quiz starts, you must finish it and can't retake it. So be ready ahead of time. While taking the quiz, you may use your notes and refer to articles and other materials.
Tips for taking quizzes: Print out the readings for each unit, or save them in a folder on your computer. If you don't know a quiz answer, you can refer back to an article or to your notes. First, answer all the questions you know. Then try to look up answers to questions you don't know. When you have entered an answer for every question, submit the quiz for grading before the 45-minute limit.
*The course has a total of 200 points: 20 points for each of the ten quizzes.
Grading Scale:
A 95-100% A- 90-94% B+ 87-89% B 83-86% B- 80-82% C+ 77-79% C 73-76% C- 70-72% D+ 67-69% D 63-66% D- 60-62% F 0-59%
Your average grade must be at least 60%. Otherwise, you will fail the class and will receive no course credit.
Course Forum: Each course forum is at the beginning of the course, right before the first-course content section, and has comments and questions from other students in the class. The forum is a great way to post a question or comment for other students who are currently enrolled in the course to see. Additionally, you can search the forum to see if anyone in the past has addressed or discussed the issue, question, or comment you wanted to post about.
Deadline: You have 180 days to finish the course. Complete all assignments before the final deadline, or you will be automatically withdrawn from the course and all coursework will be removed. You will have to start over and retake the class to receive credit.