Archives: Major/Minors

If you are called to minister to others, a minor from Trinity will prepare you academically and spiritually. Your studies within Trinity’s Christian ministry program will provide relationships and resources to help you investigate and begin a life in ministry. When you leave Trinity, you will be equipped to serve in leadership, evangelistic ministries, or administration.

Our small class sizes, access to a diverse range of churches and parachurch organizations, and an active campus ministry program provide opportunities for you to learn, grow, and prepare to participate in God’s mission. Through your coursework, you will learn practical approaches to administration and leadership, spiritual formation, worship leadership, and the nature and ministry of the church.

With our location just 25 miles from downtown Chicago, you will also have the opportunity to complete your field education in a range of settings that will give you hands-on, heart-engaged experience.

When you minor in theology at Trinity, you will be challenged with fundamental questions about the Bible, God, Christ, salvation, incarnation, and a host of other topics. All courses emphasize the development of a biblical perspective as an integrating element to learning.

A theology degree from Trinity will prepare you for a vocation in churches, non-profit organizations, schools, and mission agencies or to continue your studies in graduate or seminary school.

Trinity’s location, just 25 miles from downtown Chicago, offers numerous field experience and volunteer options for theology minors.

With a minor in Spanish from Trinity, you will connect to greater and be equipped to explore careers in advertising, airline service, broadcasting, business, civil service, consulting, customs, diplomacy, foreign service, health services, hospitality industry, journalism, immigration and naturalization, marketing, missionary settings, publishing and editing, sales and customer service, social work, tourism, and others.

With a minor in psychology from Trinity Christian College, you will gain insights into humanity, based on the Creator’s teaching. You will learn to blend natural science approaches with studies of the human experience, selfhood, and relationships among individuals. You will not only receive a strong, liberal arts based approach to psychological science–you will also be able to apply that knowledge to the art of understanding the self and relating to the contemporary world in all its complexity.

And your education won’t be just theoretical. With our 11-to-1 student to faculty ratio, our students get the opportunity to do serious research, guided by our caring professors. Our location just 25 miles from downtown Chicago means that you will also have the opportunity do internships and gain field experience in a variety of settings.

If you have a drive to become an excellent teacher and coach, a minor in physical education degree from Trinity will equip you to embrace and articulate a Christian perspective of physical activity and stewardship of the body.

Trinity is just 25 miles from downtown Chicago, so you will have tremendous opportunities to complete your field experience and gain hands-on experience. You’ll also always have a professional hometown team to cheer on, whether you love baseball, hockey, basketball, football, soccer—or all of them.

A minor in philosophy will help you to bring greater reflective depth and perspective to any major at Trinity.  And our graduates have found that minoring in Philosophy is excellent preparation for graduate or professional studies in your major area, whatever that major is.

Music is a fundamental expression of who we are as humans. The music department at Trinity seeks to teach our students to be skilled performers of music, discriminating listeners, and inspiring leaders and teachers.

Minoring in music may be the right path for you if you wish to develop further as a music performer and leader. You will intensify your understanding of music through courses in music history and theory and through participation in music ensembles. You also have the opportunity to pursue private lessons in voice, piano, guitar, and all orchestral instruments. As a Trinity student, you will reap the benefits of learning in Trinity’s Ozinga Chapel, which is equipped with outstanding music resources, including a recital hall, rehearsal space, individual practice rooms, and a music computer lab.

At Trinity, studies of history are shaped by the study of the outlines of what has happened in the past and by bringing you in contact with the sources which inform us about the past. Your professors emphasize skills in reading, writing, thinking, and speaking that are critical to gaining historical understanding, to communicate that understanding to others, and to apply historical understanding to responsible service.

Those who minorcontinue on to graduate school or into a wide range of careers in business, government, politics, journalism, and non-profit organizations.

With a minor in English Education, you will graduate from Trinity equipped to teach others about the beauty of language and how to become critical readers and careful writers.

Our English Education degree is built on our liberal arts foundation, where you will be exposed to theology, philosophy, history, communications, science, and many other areas that will help you to develop into the teacher and person God is calling you to be.

At Trinity, we see language as a God-given gift to humankind. The English program prepares you to be critical readers and careful writers who respond to the culture around you. The unique education and employment opportunities of nearby Chicago create a distinct advantage for Trinity Christian College English majors.

With Trinity’s 11-to-1 student to faculty ratio, you will work closely with professors and fellow students on your journey. In your junior and senior years, you will take part in small-group tutorials, conduct collaborative research with faculty, present your work to audiences outside the Trinity community, and participate in local internships.

A minor in English can prepare you for an exciting future. You will learn to think clearly, analyse carefully, organize material, and present results in clear and precise language. This discipline prepares you both for meaningful work and for effective citizenship as an agent of change.

And the skills you learn with your English degree from Trinity are in high demand. Our graduates go on to work in publishing, communications, and other fields, as well as continuing their studies in graduate and law school.