Building Respect, Seeking Truth
On-line courses
Coming next semester:​
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Mondays 0800-1000 OR Fridays 1930-2130, Jan 6th - Mar 28th 2025
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Christian Responses to Islam (new course)
Wednesdays 0800-1000 Jan 8th - Mar 26th 2025
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Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (new course)
Tuesdays and Thursdays 0800-1000 Jan 9th - Mar 27th 2025
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Qur'anic Hermeneutics (in collaboration with the Maqasid Institute)
Saturdays Jan 22nd-Feb 8th and April 12nd-May 3rd 1500-1700 Mecca Time
RESEARCH AND WRITING FOR MUSLIM & CHRISTIAN STUDIES (start any time)
Coming in Fall 2025:
Qur'an and Bible 1
History of Muslim-Christian Dialogue 2
Courses Offered (click title for details)
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History of Muslim-Christian Dialogue 1 & 2: Case studies over the centuries
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Contemporary Issues in Muslim&Christian Dialogue: Historical, theological and practical approaches
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Qur'an and Bible 1: Parallel narratives in the Torah and the Qur'an
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Qur'an and Bible 2: Interpreting the texts in today's world
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Research and Writing for Muslim & Christian Studies (Start any time)
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NEW THIS YEAR!!
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Introduction to Qur'anic Arabic
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History of Muslim Views of the Bible
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A unique suite of courses:
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Each taught by a team of specialists selected from our teaching panel and our collaborating institutions in Texas, Oxford and Ghana
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Open internationally (students from 31 countries have attended to date)
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Muslim and Christian students (and sometimes others) studying together and working together in groups
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Can be accessed for accreditation by institutions world-wide
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Canvas learning platform
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Access to Houston Christian University's online library facilities
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Can combine on-line learning with local face-to-face study
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These courses build credit towards a CMCS Houston Certificate in Muslim & Christian Studies.
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Credit students receive one-to-one tutorial guidance from a specialist scholar as they write their assessed essay during the 6 weeks after the end of the course.
Courses are suitable for accreditation at final year undergraduate or master's level. Doctoral and post-doctoral scholars are also welcome.
Credit may be obtained from CMCS Houston credit or, in some cases, from the institution through which the student is taking a degree. Auditing students who complete the class and group participation and short writing assignments will be awarded a certificate of completion.
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Most courses require 3 credit hours of study:
40-45 hours of classes, including online lectures and small group work.
80-90 hours of additional reading, research and writing.
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Courses are usually taught over 12 week periods.
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CMCS Houston's online courses may be taught for institutions which wish to incorporate them into their accredited courses.
For example, students from Baylor University, the Theological College of Northern Nigeria, the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Beirut, and Houston Christian University can receive credit from their own institutions for our courses.
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An institution may nominate a faculty member who takes responsibility for assessment and accreditation. Alternatively, the institution may request CMCS Houston to carry out assessment on its behalf. We can consider delivering a course at the request of a particular institution.
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Each course has tutorial and discussion classes which are, where possible, conducted in local face-to-face groups. For institutions, these are normally facilitated by the nominated faculty member.
"CMCS Houston online courses are well packaged and delivered by seasoned lecturers and experts in the field of Muslim-Christian relations. The content of the course is very rich, the lecturers are friendly and you will have a lot to think about and engage with in your career pursuits and personal relationships with people of other faiths. Their courses provide a helpful opportunity to study together, share and learn from other participants in a very open and inspiring environment." (Summer 2020 student)