PTC 243 Course at a Glance
Theology & Secular Psychology
Lecturing Faculty: Todd Stryd
Effective for the 2024-2025 Academic Year
Course Description
This course aims to show how Christian faith meaningfully engages a body of thoughts and practices connected to the discipline of psychology. It will consider how biblical counseling fits in our cultural context and will develop students’ skills in both critical thinking and biblical reinterpretation.
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.
Personality Theories from Freud to Frankl
by C. George Boereet
Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2017
ISBN: 9781979563109
Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends
by Michael White & David Easton
W.W. Norton & Co., 1990
ISBN: 9780393700985
Estimated Workload
| Lectures | Readings | Assignments |
| 1.5-2 | 10-60 | 1.5-3.5 |
| 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.
- Small Group Meetings [4 - 1 hr mtgs]
- Response Paper [0.5-1 page]
- Psychological Experiement Paper [3 pages]
- Carl Rogers Paper [4 pages]
- Reinterpretive Paper [4-7 pages]