Seminar: Advanced Research Methods and Writing

Regent College’s educational vision describes our mission as a handing forward of living faith from one generation to another. This is a mission that Regent students inherit as they go out into the world and share what they learn here. But how do we do this, given the variety, breadth, and depth of what we study? How do we gather up our particular (and sometimes peculiar) academic interests and communicate them for the benefit of others?

This seminar prepares all ThM students and MATS thesis students for their final degree project. Together, in a community of your academic peers, you will write your thesis proposal or prepare your ThM major paper. Elements will include developing a research question and thesis statement, describing your research methodology, engaging with primary sources, and coming to an understanding of current scholarship in your chosen field. But beyond this, we will use the nuts and bolts of preparing a major academic project to hone skills in writing and research, and to explore what it means to be scholarly writers who work together in order to hand forward the riches of our theological study.