Courses
Office Practice & Procedures
BUS 111 | 2 Credit Hours
Instruction in the ethics, protocol, etiquette, and demeanor of a church secretary or administrative assistant. Instruction includes the establishment and maintenance of a filing system, proper phone procedures, receiving of guests and dignitaries, handling of complaints and emergencies, and interaction with supervisors and coworkers.
Computer Applications I
BUS 201 | 2 Credit Hours
Instruction and practice in Microsoft® word processing and spread sheets with an emphasis on producing documents, reports, charts, graphs, and tables commonly used by churches and ministries.
Computer Applications II
BUS 202 | 2 Credit Hours
Instruction and practice in Microsoft® database, communication, presentation, and publishing programs with an emphasis on maintaining ministry records and producing ministry bulletins, brochures, programs, catalogs, fliers, and presentations.
Church Finance Principles
BUS 209 | 2 Credit Hours
Study of bookkeeping and accounting principles used to establish and maintain a bookkeeping system within a church or ministry setting.
Church Finance Procedures
BUS 210 | 2 Credit Hours
Study of procedures for using QuickBooks® for Non-Profit Organizations. Students will set up and maintain a financial system on QuickBooks® for a church or a ministry.
Web Development Fundamentals
BUS 211 | 2 Credit Hours
This course is designed to lay the foundations for successful website creation and development. Throughout the course students will be taught planning considerations, best practices for layout and design, HTML and CSS fundamentals, optimization practices, and the process for getting a website online.
WordPress Development
BUS 212 | 2 Credit Hours
This course covers the installation, configuration, development, and maintenance of a WordPress site. The student will be instructed and given practice in WordPress fundamentals and a variety of tools that can be used to build and extend a ministry website in practical ways.
Personal Evangelism
CED 101 | 2 Credit Hours
A training course in personal evangelism with an emphasis on doing, rather than on discussion. The students will be motivated to win souls and be equipped for this great task.
Song Leading
CED 103 | 2 Credit Hours
A basic course in the fundamentals of song-leading patterns, techniques of directing, and platform personality. Included is some basic music theory so that the hymnbook is understood. Choral directing is also introduced.
Student Success Seminar
CED 105 | 1 Credit Hours
A course designed to help the new student succeed at Indiana Baptist College. It will guide student to success in time management, academic pursuits, personal protocol, and personal finances.
Discipleship I
CED 107 | 1 Credit Hours
This course will help students develop their Christian life and prepare them to help others so develop. Areas covered include the establishment of new Christians, the development of Biblical standards, principles of a victorious life, and the high expectations of leadership.
Discipleship II
CED 108 | 1 Credit Hours
This course will help students develop their Christian life and prepare them to help others so develop. Areas covered include the establishment of new Christians, the development of Biblical standards, principles of a victorious life, and the high expectations of leadership.
Personal Purity
CED 110 | 1 Credit Hours
The course encourages the Christian student to live a life of personal freedom, by recognizing and removing the hindrances to purity, by learning the foundational truths necessary for purity, and by implementing life patterns to ensure purity for a lifetime.
Personal Development
CED 111 | 1 Credit Hours
Introduction to Christian Education
CED 201 | 2 Credit Hours
This course provides an apologetic for Christian education based on the Great Commission and encourages integration of Christian education principles in the home, the school, and the church. The course also provides useful and inspiring historical background for American education and discusses practical aspects of Christian education.
