School of Theology English
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Jan–May 2024
Do you want to renew your thinking on current issues or update your theological training?
Every semester, SOTE makes a selection of our courses available to alumni and interested individuals without requiring them to be currently enrolled in an SBC programme.
Whether you are our alumni or have not taken any of our postgraduate programme, you are welcome to register for these electives at the School of Theology English.
- 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31 May (Weekdays)
- 7:00 to 9:30 p.m
- 25 May; 01 Jun (Saturdays)
- 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 Noon
- Online or Onsite (in SBC)
- REGISTER NOW
The Gospel in the Digital Era: Practice, Spirituality, and Theology
This course provides an introduction to the Gospel in the digital era, focusing on four subject areas: (1) social media, (2) the online church, (3) virtual reality, and (4) artificial intelligence. The course offers the foundational concepts to think about digital technology and draws on Christian, secular, Asian, and Western sources for discussion and reflection. The aim is to give students a grounding on issues in our digital world and to understand their implications to ministry and life. It uses a combination of in-class instruction and discussion, academic publications, and video clips.
Dr. Paul Woods
Paul serves with OMF International in the UK as an outward-facing Theological Educator at Large. He is an experienced PhD supervisor and lecturer, having previously taught at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies and Singapore Bible College. He maintains research interests in contextual theology and artificial intelligence (AI). He is part of the Ethical Futures Group of the William Temple Foundation, which focuses on AI and green issues and their integration. He holds a PhD in Chinese Corpus Linguistics from the University of Sheffield, a PhD in Biblical Theology from Asia Graduate School of Theology (AGST) Alliance, and an MTh in Applied Theology from Spurgeon’s College.
Course Fees*
Credit Course Tuition fee (w/GST): S$523.20 (3 credit units)
Audit Course Tuition fee (w/GST): S$359.70
* Credit course participants can earn credit units that are transferable to our programmes. No credit/s will be awarded for audit class takers.
Registration Requirements
The following category of applicants will be considered for eligibility of admission as special students:
- SBC alumni recommended by their churches or organizations to do certain courses for the sake of their ministries.
- Pastors and Missionaries on furlough. These special students may be allowed to attend just certain portions of a course, as long as they may benefit from the course if their furlough schedules do not fit our semester schedule. Pastors on sabbatical leave may apply to attend courses as special students for a semester or two.
- Staff of churches, mission organizations, and para-church organizations that are recommended by the organization to attend certain courses for the sake of the ministry of that organization.
- Spouses of International full-time students only
- Students from another seminary who are recommended by the seminary to attend certain courses to fulfill the requirement in order to complete the programme of that seminary.
- Leaders of a church or parachurch organization in a leadership position who are recommended by the organization to attend certain courses for the sake of the ministry of that organization.
- Applicants enrolled into the courses are to abide by the Academic Policy and Guidelines set by the respective schools.
- Applicants will have to register and make payment for the Library Membership Fee in order to use the library facilities.
Closing date : 1 Feb 2024
SOTE/SOC/SCM/ThM Courses
Application for Jan semester – closing date 1 Nov
Application for July semester – closing date 1 May
For each approved application, applicant can take 3-6 credits course per semester up to 2 consecutive semesters. Only alumni, pastors and missionaries can renew the application subsequently for courses to be taken as audit.
For each approved application, applicant can take 3-6 credits course per semester up to 2 consecutive semesters. Only alumni, pastors and missionaries can renew the application subsequently for courses to be taken as audit.
Transfer of Credits
- Special students can transfer a maximum of 12 credits taken that does not exceed one-third of the total credits of any programme.
- The request is subject to the Dean’s approval based on transfer credits guidelines.?
Please download the appropriate form:
For any enquiries, please contact us at reg@sbc.edu.sg.
