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Master of Arts in Christian Education Concentrations

Administration

Course Title
Course Number
Hours
Required:
Equipping Believers to Serve or ADMIN 3403 or 3
The Healthy Church ADMIN 3353
Church Staff Leadership or ADMIN 4303 or 3
Church Business Administration ADMIN 4653
Choose at least nine hours from the following ADMIN electives: 9
The Healthy Church
ADMIN 3353
Equipping Believers to Serve ADMIN 3403
Missions Education in the Church ADMIN 3453
Christian Education and Missions ADMIN 3503
Leading Evangelistic Small Groups ADMIN 3553
Family and Church Financial Management ADMIN 3603
Church Staff Leadership ADMIN 4303
Church Business Administration ADMIN 4653
   
Field Experience ADMIN/FOUND 5902/12 2
  Total 17

Adult Ministry

Course Title
Course Number Hours

Ministry With Single Adults

ADUED 4233 3

Ministry With Older Adults

ADUED 4263 3

Adult Discipleship Strategies

ADUED 4383 3
Family Ministry and Counseling in the Church PSYCH 4403

3

Field Experience ADMIN/FOUND 5902/12 2
  Total 14

 

Children's Ministry

Course Title
Course Number
Hours
Required:    
Teaching Ministry in Early Childhood Education CHDED 4313 3
Parenting and Faith Development CHDED 4243 3
Teaching Ministry in Middle/Later Childhood CHDED 4323 3
Ministry with Exceptional Children and Their Families or CHDED 4343 or
Creative Arts and Drama for Children CMMAR 3523 3
Administration of Early Childhood Programs CHDED 4213 3
Children's Ministry Field Experience CHDED 5902/12 2
Total 17

Christian School Education

Course Title
Course Number
Hours
Required:    
Christian School Administration CSEDU 4753 3
Christian School Legal Issues and Finance CSEDU 4763 3
Philosophy of Christian School Education

CSEDU 4953

3
Christian School Curriculum CSEDU 4963 3
Methods and Instructional Strategies CSEDU 4973 3
Total 15

 

Church Planting

Course Title
Course Number
Hours
Required:
   
Missions Mentorship in Christian Education APLEV 5623 3
Introduction to Missiology
MISSN 3363
3
Missions Practicum MISSN 3100 0
Missionary Anthropology
MISSN 4373
3
Introduction to Church Planting
MISSN 4393
3
Globalization and Missions Strategies 1 MISSN 3373 or (3)
Models for Church Planting 2
MISSN 5353
(3)
  Total 15

1IMB- Church Planting Missionary

2NAMB - Church Planting Missionary

 

Church Recreation

Course Title
Course Number
Hours
Philosophical Foundations of Church Recreation CHREC 4243 3
Church Recreation Administration CHREC 4253 3
Church Recreation Facilities CHREC 4263 3
Choose at least three hours from the following: 3
Adventure Recreation CHREC 4213
Social Recreation CHREC 4223
Camp Administration CHREC 4233
Sports and Games CHREC 4273
Health/Fitness CHREC 4283
Church Recreation Ministry CHREC 4303
Resort and Leisure Ministry CHREC 4313
Supervised Internship CHREC 5326
Directed Study CHREC 5353 or 5363
 
Church Recreation Field Experience CHREC 5902/12 2
Total 14

 

Collegiate Ministry

Prepares individuals who will serve in collegiate ministries in the local church or on the university campus.

Course Title
Course Number
Hours
Understanding and Reaching Collegians COLMN 4503 3
Financing and Launching Collegiate Ministry COLMN 4513 3
The Collegiate Minister COLMN 4523 3
Developing Collegian Disciple-Makers COLMN 4533 3
Campus Ministry Internship COLMN 4393 3
Collegiate Ministry Field Experience COLMN 5912 2
Total 17

Counseling (Program will not prepare students for state licensure)

Course Title
Course Number
Hours
Family Ministry and Counseling in the Church PSYCH 4403 3
Basic Skills in Christian Counseling PSYCH 4003 3
Choose at least six hours from the following: 6
Research and Statistics for Advanced Studies FOUND 4383
Premarital and Marriage Counseling PSYCH 4343
Counseling Theory and Personality PSYCH 4333
Therapy with Children and Adolescents PSYCH 4513
Counseling with Older Adults and Their Families PSYCH 4553
Group Dynamics PSYCH 4383
Psychology of Religion and Personality PSYCH 3303
Counseling Field Experience: PSYCH 5902/12 2
  Total 14

 

Family Ministry

Course Title
Course Number
Hours
Parenting & Faith Development CHDED 4243 3
The Christian Home ETHIC 4303 3
The Role of the Minister to Families HUMGR 4313 3
Family Ministry & Counseling in the Church PSYCH 4403 3
Ministry with Families of Teenagers STMIN 4333 3
Field Experience ADMIN/FOUND 5902 2
  Total 17

Hispanic Studies

Course Title

Course Number

Hours

Introduction to Hispanic Studies

HSPST 3103

3

Choose three of the following:

9

Introduction to Latin American Theology HSPST 3203  

Evangelism and Church Planting in the Hispanic Culture

HSPST 3403

Pastoral Leadership and Ministry in the Hispanic Culture

HSPST 3503

Family Ministry and Counseling in the Hispanic Culture

HSPST 3603

Educational Ministries in the Hispanic Culture

HSPST 3703

The Ministry of Worship in the Hispanic Culture

HSPST 3803

Church Administration and Service in the Hispanic Context

HSPST 3903

 

Field Experience ADMIN/FOUND 5902/12 2
  Total 14

Missions

Course Title
Course Number
Hours
Missions Mentorship in Christian Education APLEV 5623 3
Introduction to Missiology MISSN 3363 3
Missions Practicum MISSN 3100 0
Missionary Anthropology MISSN 4373 3
Introduction to Church Planting MISSN 4393 3
Globalization and Missions Strategies 1 MISSN 3373 or (3)
Models for Church Planting2
MISSN 5353
(3)
  Total 15

1IMB- Church Planting Missionary

2NAMB - Church Planting Missionary

 

Student Ministry

Course Title
Course Number
Hours
Required:    

Student Developmental Psychology and Life Issues

STMIN 4313 3
Student Ministry Essentials STMIN 4323 3
Student Ministry Strategies STMIN 4343 3
Student Ministry Field Experience STMIN 5902 2
Choose at least six hours from the following: 6
Ministry with Families of Teenagers STMIN 4333
The Role of Students in Revivals and Awakenings STMIN 4363
Student Ministry Culture and Relationships STMIN 4373
  Total

17

Teaching

Course Title
Course Number
Hours
Choose twelve hours from the following: 12
Educational Psychology FOUND 3303
Philosophy of Education FOUND 3323
History of Biblical Education FOUND 4313
Curriculum Design for Christian Ministry FOUND 4353

Discipling and Equipping Across Cultural Barriers

FOUND 4373
Research and Statistics for Advanced Studies FOUND 4383
     
Field Experience ADMIN/FOUND 5902/12 2
  Total 14

Women's Ministry

Course Title
Course Number
Hours
Women's Ministry in the Local Church WOMIN 4223 3
Biblical Theology of Womanhood WOMST 3013 3
Choose nine hours from the following:   9
Reaching and Discipling Women WOMIN 3313
Engaging Women in Ministry WOMIN 3413
Leadership in Women's Ministry WOMIN 3513
Women's Issues WOMIN 4373
Women's Evangelism and Discipleship Practicum WOMIN 5303
WOMST Elective Any 3 hours
   
Women's Ministry Field Experience WOMIN 5902/12 2
  Total 17

Worship

Course Title
Course Number
Hours
Worship MUMIN 3362 2
Congregational Song MUMIN 4222 2
Philosophy in Ministry MUMIN 4312 2
Administration in Ministry MUMIN 4322 2
Auditioned Ensemble (2 semesters) ENSEM 3xx8 1
MUMIN Elective MUMIN (4252-4362,       4502-4651) 3
  Total 12