I'll say here and there during the semester that I hope Doctrine makes reading the Bible more fruitful for you, and vice versa. I'd love your whole time at Westmont to do that, though the evidence of that happening doesn't encourage me as much as I'd like. If enriching your relationship with scripture is a priority for you, and I sure hope it is, then here is an exercise to encourage that.
Read the Bible! Read the passages listed in the syllabus alongside lectures, as well as any other passages you like.
Read them critically (as your OT and/or NT course taught you), theologically (as this course is teaching you), and devotionally (as the Word of God whose divine power is available to you personally). I don't mean that you'd be reading a passage once in each way, though at first you may need to do that to reintegrate these distinct aspects in your imagination. What I mean is to practice reading the Bible in light of all of these qualities: the texts' literary integrity and earlier locations, focus, and import. They need not pull against each other; in fact, they hang together.
If you find this difficult, see me during office hours or ask me about it in class. If you just love academic responses, check out this presentation.
Keep a journal of reflections as you do it. What do you see, especially as it pertains to our course topics?
Strive for ten or more entries. Bear in mind not only our lecture material but also your other readings and activities in the course. The format of these is open-ended. You can observe, preach, rant, exposit ... the church's servants do all of these, often well.
Conclude your journal with a brief summative reflection of some kind.
Remember, I always want to see proper style, clear writing, a thorough answer to the question, and explicit citations of course materials. I hope this assignment gives you experience reading the Bible regularly, substantively, wholistically, faithfully, and fruitfully—rather than splintering its uses into devotion, history, philosophy, practice, and the like and relegating it to the margins of your life and imagination.