Jesus’
Life Foretold
Instructor Name: Dr.
Karen Lea
Phone: 509-891-7219
Office Hours: 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. PST Monday - Friday
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Jesus’ Life Foretold was written to help Christian school
teachers/administrators, pastors, and other individuals link and analyze the
historical prophecies of Jesus’ birth, life, death, and resurrection to the New
Testament records about Christ’s life. This course identifies many of the more
than 300 prophecies concerning Jesus and links those to the recorded events.
This
computer-based instruction course is a self-supporting program that provides
instruction, structured practice, and evaluation all on your home or school
computer. Technical support information
can be found in the Help section of your course.
Course Materials (Online)
Title: Jesus’ Life Foretold
Instructor: Dr. Karen Lea
Publisher: Virtual Education Software, inc. 2021
Academic Integrity
Statement
The structure and format of most distance-learning
courses presume a high level of personal and academic integrity in completion
and submission of coursework. Individuals enrolled in a distance-learning
course are expected to adhere to the following standards of academic conduct.
Academic Work
Academic work submitted by the individual (such as papers, assignments, reports, tests) shall be the student’s own work or appropriately attributed, in part or in whole, to its correct source. Submission of commercially prepared (or group prepared) materials as if they are one’s own work is unacceptable.
Aiding
Honesty in Others
The individual will encourage honesty in others by refraining from providing materials or information to another person with knowledge that these materials or information will be used improperly.
Violation of these academic standards will
result in the assignment of a failing grade and subsequent loss of credit for
the course.
Level of Application
This course is designed as a
course for Christian school teachers/administrators, pastors, and other
individuals to have a solid grasp on God’s Word so that they can integrate the
Word into their own lives and their teaching.
Expected Learning Outcomes
As a result of taking this
course, participants will be able to demonstrate their ability to:
- Identify the prophecies about Jesus’ birth, life, death, and
resurrection
- Identify the New Testament accounts linked to the prophecies
- Analyze the importance of such links to the Christian life
Course Description
The Bible contains more than
300 prophecies about Jesus’ birth, life, death, and resurrection. These
prophecies are realized in the New Testament, and
identifying the links and analyzing the importance of such historical
documentation is critical to understanding the importance of Jesus’ life.
Chapter 1:
Jesus’ Birth
This chapter focuses on the
Old Testament prophecies concerning Jesus’ birth and the New Testament
historical accounts.
Chapter 2:
Jesus’ Life
Chapter 2 focuses on the Old
Testament prophecies concerning Jesus’ life and on the New Testament historical
accounts.
Chapter 3:
Jesus’ Death
This chapter focuses on the
Old and New Testament prophecies concerning Jesus’ death and on the New
Testament historical accounts.
Chapter 4:
Jesus’ Resurrection
This chapter focuses on the
Old and New Testament prophecies concerning Jesus’ resurrection and on the New
Testament historical accounts.
Student Expectations
As
a student you will be expected to:
·
Complete all four
information sections showing a competent understanding of the material
presented in each section.
·
Complete all four section
examinations, showing a competent understanding of the material presented. You must obtain an overall score of 70% or higher, with no individual exam score below 50%, and successfully
complete ALL writing assignments to pass this course. *Please note: Minimum exam score requirements may vary by
college or university; therefore, you should refer to your course addendum to
determine what your minimum exam score requirements are.
·
Complete a review of any section on which your examination score was
below 50%.
·
Retake any examination, after completing an
information review, to increase that examination score to a minimum of 50%,
making sure to also be achieving an overall exam score of a minimum 70% (maximum
of three attempts). *Please note: Minimum exam score requirements
may vary by college or university; therefore, you should refer to your course
addendum to determine what your minimum exam score requirements are.
·
Complete all course journal article and essay writing assignments with
the minimum word count shown for each writing assignment.
·
Complete a course evaluation form at the end of the course.
Examinations
At the end of each course section,
you will be expected to complete an examination designed to assess your
knowledge. You may take these exams a total of three times. Your last score
will save, not the highest score. After
your third attempt, each examination will lock and not allow further
access. The average from your exam
scores will be printed on your certificate.
However, this is not your final grade since your required writing
assignments have not been reviewed.
Exceptionally written or poorly written required writing assignments, or
violation of the academic integrity policy in the course syllabus, will affect
your grade. As this is a self-paced
computerized instruction program, you may review course information as often as
necessary. You will not be able to exit any examinations until you have
answered all questions. If you try to exit the exam before you complete all
questions, your information will be lost. You are expected to complete the
entire exam in one sitting.
Writing
Assignments
All
assignments are reviewed and may impact your final grade. Exceptionally or poorly written
assignments, or violation of the Academic Integrity Policy (see course syllabus
for policy), will affect your grade. Fifty percent of your grade is determined
by your writing assignments, and your overall exam score determines the other
fifty percent. Refer to the Essay Grading Guidelines which were sent as
an attachment with your original course link. You should also refer to the Course Syllabus Addendum which was sent as
an attachment with your original course link, to determine if you have any
writing assignments in addition to the Critical Thinking Questions (CTQ) and
Journal Article Summations (JAS). If you
do, the Essay Grading Guidelines will
also apply.
Your writing assignments must meet the minimum word count and are not to include the question or your final citations as part of your word count. In other words, the question and citations are not to be used as a means to meet the minimum word count.
Critical
Thinking Questions
There are four CTQs that you are required
to complete. You will need to write a minimum of 500 words (maximum 1,000) per
essay. You should explain how the information that you gained from the course
will be applied and clearly convey a strong understanding of the course content
as it relates to each CTQ. To view the
questions, click on REQUIRED ESSAY and choose the CTQ that you are ready to
complete; this will bring up a screen where you may enter your essay. Prior to course submission, you may go back
at any point to edit your essay, but you must be certain to click SAVE once you
are done with your edits.
You must click
SAVE before you write another essay or move on to another part of the course.
Journal Article Summations
You are required to write, in your own
words, a summary on a total of three peer-reviewed or scholarly journal
articles (one article per JAS), written by an author with a Ph.D., Ed.D. or
similar, on the topic outlined within each JAS section in the “Required Essays”
portion of the course (blogs, abstracts, news
articles or similar are not acceptable). Your article choice must relate
specifically to the discussion topic listed in each individual JAS. You
will choose a total of three relevant articles (one article per JAS) and write
a thorough summary of the information
presented in each article (you must write a minimum of 200 words with a 400 word maximum per
JAS). Be sure to provide the URL or the journal name, volume, date, and any
other critical information to allow the facilitator to access and review each
article.
To write your summary, click on REQUIRED
ESSAYS and choose the JAS that you would like to complete. A writing program will automatically launch where you
can write your summary. When you are ready to stop, click SAVE. Prior to course
submission you may go back at any point to edit your summaries
but you must be certain to click SAVE once you are done with your edits. For
more information on the features of this assignment, please consult the HELP
menu.
You
must click SAVE before you write another summary or move on to another part of
the course.
Instructor Description
Karen Lea holds a Ph.D. in
education. Dr. Lea has fifteen years’ experience teaching at the K–12 level and
another fourteen years’ experience teaching education courses at the
undergraduate and post-graduate levels. Those fourteen years in higher
education included six years as a dean at a faith-based university and seven
additional years in charge of assessment and accreditation at a faith-based
university. Currently she is an Assessment Developer at Western Governor's
University and a full-time adjunct at Nazarene Bible College. Dr. Lea has been
professionally published over fifteen times and has served on more than a dozen
panels and boards, including the NCATE (CAEP) Board of Examiners.
Contacting the
Instructor
You may contact the instructor by emailing karen_lea@virtualeduc.com or by calling (509) 891-7219 Monday through Friday. Calls made during office hours will be answered within 24 hours. Phone conferences will be limited to ten minutes per student, per day, given that this is a self-paced instructional program. Please do not contact the instructor about technical problems, course glitches, or other issues that involve the operation of the course.
Technical Questions
If you have questions or problems related to the operation of this course, please try everything twice. If the problem persists please check our support pages for FAQs and known issues at www.virtualeduc.com and also the Help section of your course.
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Minimum Computer Requirements
Please refer to VESi’s website: www.virtualeduc.com or contact VESi if you have further questions about the compatibility of your operating system.
Refer to the
addendum regarding Grading Criteria, Course Completion Information, Items to be
Submitted and how to submit your completed information. The addendum will also
note any additional course assignments that you may be required to complete
that are not listed in this syllabus.
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