TE 3 Course at a Glance

Advanced Theological Writing I

Lecturing Faculty: Leslie Altena

Effective for the 2023-2024 Academic Year

Course Description

This course will play a role in your theological development by helping you express yourself more clearly and accurately in theological writing. You will learn how your paragraphs can be better unified, organized, and developed. You’ll practice expressing your main point and giving evidence and reasons for your position. You will quote, summarize, and interact with sources and analyze their content. As a result, you will become more accurate and fluent in using English phrases and clauses and combining them into theological paragraphs. You will also practice choosing the right word for the context, citing sources in Turabian, and using available software to cite. In sum, this course will help you increase the complexity, accuracy, and completeness of your theological writing, and it will give you the knowledge and skills needed to prevent plagiarism.

Books to Purchase

The books listed below are required readings which students should acquire by the start of the term. Additional required readings will be listed in the course syllabus and available electronically in Canvas.

All reading resources for this course will be provided upon payment of the materials fee for this course

Estimated Workload

Lectures Readings Assignments
1-1.5 0-5 3-4
Hours Per Week Pages Per Week Hours Per Week

Course Assignments

The assignments listed below are provided for general guidance for students to reference as they plan and register. Please reach out to support@wts.edu if you have any questions.

  • Weekly In-Class Exercises [1 hour per week]
  • Weekly Vocabulary Quizzes [1 hour per week]
  • Weekly Paragraphs [1.5 hours per week]
  • Grammar Correction [1 hour per assignment]
  • 2 Midterm Exams [2 hours each]
  • 1 Final Vocabulary Exam [3 hours]
  • 1 Final Writing Exam [3 hours]

Synchronous Meeting Times

Please note the synchronous sessions listed below. These sessions are live class meetings where you will meet with your instructor and fellow classmates. Though attendance is highly encouraged as these sessions are integral to the course, students may submit an alternative assignment. Please note, attendance is required during the meeting times listed. If you cannot attend regularly, then please reach out to support@wts.edu before registering for the course.

  • Weekly - unless noted: Wednesdays (6:00pm ET)