Here’s the schedule for the semester:
Christian Ethics: no complaints, but I’ve had psych ethics, biomedical ethics, and legal ethics. Joan took this class when we were roommates, and she’d ask me what I thought of various topics. This will be an interesting, but intensive, class.
Christian Stewardship and Entrepreneurship: I have no idea what this is, but suspect it’s about teaching stewardship, as well as how the priests can be entrepreneurs to boost their income, as well as build and launch programs in the parish. This is going to be interesting, as the last two are very new to me. Read: I have no idea how I’m going to do the assignments, much less the exam, for this class.
Old Testament Wisdom Literature: I’m hoping this will be one of the lighter classes, but given the lecturer, who knows. It should definitely be interesting.
African Traditional Religion and Islam: this is the new class, and while it’ll be interesting, I know nothing about African Traditional Religion (ATR). I can regurgitate whatever Dr. Opol teaches us (and I really enjoy his teaching), but since I don’t come from this place culturally, I think this is going to be a challenge.
Church Leadership, Management and Finance: yes, this is different from stewardship. I’m curious how there will pan out. It will be rather enlightening, as all I know is how we do things in the US.
John/Mark and Romans/1 Corinthians: I’m looking forward to having this lecturer again, though he’s already told us that he intends to bury us in work. Fabulous. And no, I don’t know why John and Mark together. I actually thought John was going to be on his own since he’s not one of the Synoptic Gospels.
Christianity in Uganda: again, since I come from a different place culturally and historically, this class has potential to be exciting, especially for the final.
Weekly breakdown (though the timetable is always subject to change): four classes on Mondays, two on Tuesdays, three on Wednesdays, two on Thursdays, and three on Fridays (which go until 7:00. Sheer meanness.)
Two new developments from the end of last semester are that 1. We are no longer to take classes with the Bachelor of Divinity students. This came from an external examiner who was examining our exams (who also gave all of us five points for a class when the lecturer I will have for OT Wisdom Literature failed everyone on her exams; my final grade was a B, and it’s unclear whether she failed absolutely everyone or that class, but I’ll always take five points), and 2. Rather than 50 being the minimum passing score, it has been raised to 60 for masters students. This was applied to us retroactively for the semester; I just learned of it on Tuesday. Nice, huh? It doesn’t worry me much, especially now that coursework has been increased to 60% of our grade, rather than 50%, which also happened last semester, but at least we knew about it. And it works in my favor, so I’m rather pleased with that one.
Let the games begin!
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