Current Online Courses

Southern Seminary Online (SSO) and Hybrid Modular (MD) courses can be applied to any master’s program that requires that particular course. The courses available have been carefully selected to fit the requirements of the many programs here at Southern. A limited number of elective courses are also offered.

Listed below are the current and future Southern Seminary Online and Hybrid Modular course offerings. Check this Academic Records page for semester registration and start dates. For more about the two sub-terms (16-weeks) in both fall and spring semesters, follow this  8-Week Terms link.

The online course schedule is subject to change and Southern Seminary reserves the right to cancel any course.

Current Southern Seminary Online Courses

WW for SBTS – Spring 1 Term (Feb. 5 – Mar. 31, 2024): 

  • 20200AWW – Introduction to the Old Testament, Part I (Betts, T.J.)
  • 20220AWW – Introduction to the Old Testament, Part II (Hamilton, Jim)
  • 20400WW – Elementary Hebrew (SP1-SP2) (Garrett, Duane)
  • 20440WW – Hebrew Syntax and Exegesis (SP1-SP2) (Garrett, Duane)
  • 21589WW – Studies in Old Testament: Amos (Betts, T.J.)
  • 22100AWW – Biblical Hermeneutics (Vickers, Brian) 
  • 22200AWW – Introduction to New Testament, Part I (Pennington, Jonathan) 
  • 22220AWW – Introduction to the New Testament, Part II (Williams, Jarvis) 
  • 22400WW – Elementary Greek (SP1-SP2) (Plummer, Rob) 
  • 22440WW – Greek Syntax and Exegesis (SP1-SP2) (Plummer, Rob) 
  • 25100AWW – Introduction to Church History, Part 1 (Haykin, Michael) 
  • 25270WW – St. Ptc: Early Christian Doctrines (Presley, Stephen) 
  • 25920WW – Calvin and the Reformed Tradition (Wright, Shawn) 
  • 26720WW – Classics of Christian Devotion (Harrod, Joseph) 
  • 27060WW – Systematic Theology I (Wellum, Steve) 
  • 27080WW – Systematic Theology III (Allison, Gregg) 
  • 27177WW – Studies in Theology (course is during part of SP1 and SP2) (Mohler, R. Albert) 
  • 27800WW – Theology of the Old Testament (Garrett, Duane) 
  • 28700WW – Christian Apologetics (Thacker, Jason) 
  • 28999WW – Apologetics Thesis Research & Writing (SP1-SP2) (Jones, Timothy Paul)
  • 29250WW – Survey of Christian Ethics (Walker, Andrew) 
  • 30000WW – Christian Preaching (York, Hershael) 
  • 30020WW – Preaching Practicum (SP1-SP2) (York, Hershael) 
  • 32960WW – Introduction to Missiology (Akin, Paul) 
  • 32980WW – World Religions & Christian Mission (Martin, George) 
  • 32996WW – Introduction to Modern Arabic II (SP1-SP2) (Ibrahim, Ayman)
  • 33830WW – Intercultural Church Planting (McKinley, Keith) 
  • 34300WW – Biblical Counseling and Personal Ministry of the Word (Pierre, Jeremy) 
  • 35100WW – Marriage and Family Counseling (Jones, Robert) 
  • 35585WW – Biblical Counseling Practicum I (SP1-SP2) (Pierre, Jeremy)  
  • 40080WW – Christian Leadership (Irving, Justin) 
  • 40150AWW – Personal Spiritual Disciplines (Whitney, Don) 
  • 40615WW – Guiding the Worship Ministry (Westerholm, Matthew) 
  • 40625WW – Leading Worship Ensembles (Westerholm, Matthew) 
  • 44910WW – Applied Ministry: Theology (SP1-SP2) (Reinhardt, Dan)
  • 44920WW – Applied Ministry: BGS (SP1-SP2) (Reinhardt, Dan)
  • 45150WW – Christian Discipleship (Trentham, John) 
  • 45450WW – Christian Teaching Practicum (SP1-SP2) (Ibrahim, Emily) 

MD for SP1 for SBTS: 

  • 22100MD – Biblical Hermeneutics (Williams, Jarvis) 
  • 22440MD – Greek Syntax and Exegesis (SP1-SP2) (Plummer, Rob) 
  • 25100MD – Introduction to Church History, Part I (Wright, Shawn) 
  • 26200MD – Southern Baptist Heritage and Mission (Smith, Eric) 
  • 27060MD – Systematic Theology I (Wellum, Steve) 
  • 40080MD – Christian Leadership (Irving, Justin) 
  • 44910MD – Applied Ministry: Theology (SP1-SP2) (Reinhardt, Dan) 
  • 44920MD – Applied Ministry: BGS (SP1-SP2) (Reinhardt, Dan) 

WW for SBTS – Spring 2 Term (April 8 – June 2, 2024): 

  • 20080WW – The Old Testament and the Land of the Bible (Ozolins, Kaspars)
  • 20200BWW – Introduction to the Old Testament, Part I (Hamilton, Jim)
  • 20220BWW – Introduction to the Old Testament, Part II (Betts, T.J.)
  • (contin. – 20400WW – Elementary Hebrew (SP1-SP2) (Garrett, Duane) )
  • (contin. – 20440WW – Hebrew Syntax and Exegesis (SP1-SP2) (Garrett, Duane) )
  • 22100BWW – Biblical Hermeneutics (Williams, Jarvis)
  • 22200BWW – Introduction to the New Testament, Part I (Cook, Bill) 
  • 22220BWW – Introduction to the New Testament, Part II (Schreiner, Tom) 
  • (contin. – 22400WW – Elementary Greek (SP1-SP2) (Plummer, Rob) )
  • (contin. – 22440WW – Greek Syntax and Exegesis (SP1-SP2) (Plummer, Rob) )
  • 23000WW – The Parables of Jesus (Pennington, Jonathan) 
  • 25100BWW – Introduction to Church History, Part I (Presley, Stephen) 
  • 25120WW – Introduction to Church History, Part II (Wright, Shawn) 
  • 26200WW – Southern Baptist Heritage and Mission (Smith, Eric) 
  • 26610WW – American Patriotism and Theology (Wilsey, John) 
  • 27070WW – Systematic Theology II (Wellum, Steve) 
  • 27177WW – Studies in Theology (course is during part of SP1 and SP2) (Mohler, R. Albert) 
  • 27400WW – The Doctrine of the Person of Christ (Wellum, Steve) 
  • 27820WW – Theology of the New Testament (Pennington, Jonathan) 
  • 28730WW – History of the Bible (Hussung, Ben) 
  • (contin. – 28999WW – Apologetics Thesis Research & Writing (SP1-SP2) (Jones, Timothy Paul) )
  • 29370WW – Moral Theory (Walker, Andrew) 
  • (contin. – 30020WW – Preaching Practicum (SP1-SP2) (York, Hershael) )
  •  32100WW – Personal Evangelism (Beougher, TImothy) 
  • Biblical & Historical Foundations of Missions (Akin, Paul) 
  • 32988WW – Texts of Islam (Ibrahim, Ayman) 
  • 32990WW – Islam and the Christian Mission (Martin, George) 
  • (contin. – 32996WW – Introduction to Modern Arabic II (SP1-SP2) (Ibrahim, Ayman) )
  • 34325WW – The Care of Souls in the Congregation (Jones, Robert) 
  • 34830WW – Trauma and Crisis in Counseling (Henderson, John) 
  • (contin. – 35585WW – Biblical Counseling Practicum I (SP1-SP2) (Pierre, Jeremy) )
  • 40150BWW – Personal Spiritual DIsciplines (Harrod, Joseph) 
  • 40200WW – Introduction to Biblical Worship (Westerholm, Matthew) 
  • 40301WW – Pastoral Ministry (York, Hershael) 
  • 40610WW – Worship Ministry as Discipleship (Westholm, Matthew) 
  • 42450WW – Leading Change in Ministry (Irving, Justin) 
  • (contin. – 44910WW – Applied Ministry: Theology (SP1-SP2) (Reinhardt, Dan) )
  • (contin. – 44920WW – Applied Ministry: BGS (SP1-SP2) (Reinhardt, Dan) )
  • 45250WW – Christian Discipleship (Trentham, John) 
  • 45260WW – Discipleship Ministry (Williams, Jamaal) 
  • (contin. – 45450WW – Christian Teaching Practicum (SP1-SP2) (Ibrahim, Emily) )

MD for SP2 for SBTS: 

  • 22200MD – Introduction to the New Testament, Part I (Pennington, Jonathan) 
  • (contin. – 22440MD – Greek Syntax and Exegesis (SP1-SP2) (Plummer, Rob) )
  •  27080MD – Systematic Theology III (Allison, Gregg) 
  • 40150MD – Personal Spiritual Disciplines (Harrod, Joseph) 
  • 40200MD – The Worshipping Church (Westerholm, Matthew) 
  • (contin. – 44910MD – Applied Ministry: Theology (SP1-SP2) (Reinhardt, Dan) )
  • (contin. – 44920MD – Applied Ministry: BGS (SP1-SP2) (Reinhardt, Dan) )

WW Summer Term (June 3 – July 28, 2024): 

  • 20200WW – Introduction to the Old Testament, Part I (Betts, T.J.) 
  • 20400WW – Elementary Hebrew (SU-FA1) (Garrett, Duane) 
  • 20440WW – Hebrew Syntax and Exegesis (SU-FA1) (Garrett, Duane) 
  • 20720WW – Hebrew Exegesis: Ezekiel (Garrett, Duane) 
  • 22060WW – Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha (Williams, Jarvis) 
  • 22100WW – Biblical Hermeneutics (Vickers, Brian) 
  • 22200WW – Introduction to the New Testament, Part I (Pennington, Jonathan) 
  • 22400WW – Elementary Greek (SU-FA1) (Plummer, Rob) 
  • 22440WW – Greek Syntax and Exegesis (SU-FA1) (Plummer, Rob) 
  • 22790WW – Greek Exegesis: Revelation (Plummer, Rob) 
  • 23020WW – The Sermon on the Mount (Pennington, Jonathan) 
  • 23440WW – Ephesians and Colossians (Cook, Bill) 
  • 25100WW – Introduction to Church History, Part I (Haykin, Michael) 
  • 25120WW – Introduction to Church History, Part II (Haykin, Michael) 
  • 25235WW – Theology of Augustine (Presley, Stephen) 
  • 27080WW – Systematic Theology III (Allison, Gregg) 
  • 27640WW – Doctrine of the Church (Allison, Gregg) 
  • 28500WW – Christian Philosophy (Wilsey, John) 
  • 28700WW – Christian Apologetics (TBD) 
  • 28970WW – Logic (Green, Brad) 
  • 29250WW – Survey of Christian Ethics (Walker, Andrew) 
  • 30000WW – Christian Preaching (Kuruvilla, Abraham) 
  • 32100WW – Personal Evangelism (Beougher, Timothy) 
  • 32960WW – Introduction to Missiology (Akin, Paul) 
  • 32980WW – World Religions & Christian Mission (Martin, George) 
  • 33477WW – Topics in Missions: Biblical Counseling in Missions (Neimeyer, Jeffery) 
  • 40150WW – Personal Spiritual Disciplines (Harrod, Joe) 
  • 40301WW – Pastoral Ministry (York, Hershael) 
  • 42210WW – Shared Leadership in the Local Church (Irving, Justin) 
  • 44910WW – Applied Ministry: Theology (SU-FA1) (Reinhardt, Dan)
  • 44920WW – Applied Ministry: BGS (SU-FA1) (Reinhardt, Dan)
  • 50002WW – Worship Musicianship II (Bishop, Will) 

MD Summer Term:

  • 34300MD – Introduction to Biblical Counseling (Pierre, Jeremy) 
  • 34325MD – The Care of Souls in the Congregation (Jones, Robert) 
  • 44910MD – Applied Ministry: Theology (SU-FA1) (Reinhardt, Dan)
  • 44920MD – Applied Ministry: BGS (SU-FA1) (Reinhardt, Dan) 

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