Houston Christian University Online
Master of Arts in Apologetics - Cultural Apologetics Emphasis - Online
Online, USA
MA
DURATION
36 hours
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
About: The Master of Arts in Apologetics (Cultural Apologetics emphasis) is offered fully online or residentially in Houston. It combines imaginative and rational defense of faith across philosophy, literature, arts, and cultural issues to engage culture at intellectual and popular levels, including creative work. The online option is 100% online with no residency, features small seminar-style classes, mentoring, strong writing and communication training, and a thesis option that supports PhD preparation.
Career Outcomes: Graduates enter parachurch ministry, pastoral roles, Christian education, and academia; they work as pastors, professors, authors, bloggers, speakers, teachers at Christian schools, cultural commentators, or pursue PhD.
Master of Arts in Apologetics - Cultural Apologetics Emphasis - Online focuses on integrating imaginative and rational defense of the faith, studying a range of issues in philosophy, literature, and the arts, and cultural issues in order to analyze and engage with culture at both the intellectual and popular level (including creative work).
Online and Residential Degree Options
The MAA has both a residential (Houston) and an online option. The online program is 100% online with no residency requirement. It has the same curriculum as the residential program and features the same small, seminar-style classes with our excellent faculty.
UK students in the online program have the additional benefit of having Dr. Michael Ward, who is based in Oxford, as their faculty advisor.
Advantages and Opportunities
Students in the MAA program will benefit from small classes with faculty committed to excellence in both teaching and scholarship.
The program is committed to mentoring graduate students and developing the program as a spiritual, as well as intellectually, strengthening experience. It includes a strong component of coursework in writing and communication designed to help students achieve excellence in writing, speaking, and other forms of engagement with the larger community through conferences, faculty scholarships, and cultural and arts programs.
The degree includes a thesis option and provides the academic foundation for further study at the PhD level, as well as for further academic work in philosophy, theology, or the humanities.
To earn a Master of Arts in Apologetics, emphasis on Cultural Apologetics, 36 semester hours are required.
MAA Core
- APOL 5310 Apologetics Research & Writing
- APOL 6310 Apologetics Communication
- APOL 5320 Philosophy of Religion: Faith and Reason
- APOL 5380 “Mere Christian” Theology & Apologetics Implications
- APOL 6380 Scripture & Apologetics Implications
MAA Cultural Apologetics Emphasis
- APOL 5330 Ancient Philosophy and Culture
- APOL 5340 Medieval Philosophy and Culture
- APOL 5350 Modern and Post-Modern Culture
- APOL 5370 CS Lewis and Imaginative Apologetics
Graduates of the MAA program will be equipped for a variety of master's in apologetics jobs and opportunities. The MAA can provide the educational framework needed for parachurch ministry and teaching opportunities. Apologists can work as pastors, professors, authors, bloggers, speakers, or teachers at Christian schools. In addition, graduates may choose to pursue further education at the PhD level.
