Master of Divinity – Student Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate ability to engage in issues using sound, ethical, multicultural and justice-focused decision-making
• Demonstrate ability to engage social issues using sound, ethical, multicultural, and justice-focused, critical decision-making
• Develop ecumenical awareness as it impacts effectiveness in ministry practices
• Increase competence in dealing with interfaith issues
• Demonstrate competence in dealing with interfaith issues
• Become effective leaders in contemporary spiritual, justice, and religious issues of the day
• Demonstrate effective leadership in contemporary spiritual, justice, and religious issues
• Prepare and implement worship services with sound biblical and theological principles
• Demonstrate effective leadership, administrative, and critical thinking skills, reflecting on contemporary issues
• Demonstrate the ability to critically articulate the biblical, theological, and historical development of the Christian tradition and relate it to contemporary religious issues
• Demonstrate competence in biblical interpretation when addressing contemporary justice issues
• Demonstrate historical awareness when addressing contemporary justice issues

Master of Arts (Academic) – Student Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate a diverse knowledge of Scripture, theology, ethics and moral theology in historic and the modern global context.
• Understand how contextuality informs theological interpretation.
• Interpret Scripture in a wide range of ministry contexts.
• Understand how contextuality informs ethical considerations.
• Perform scholarly interdisciplinary research.
• Effectively serve faith-based organizations as leaders and teachers.
• Ability to utilize multiple theological methodological approaches.
• Produce a scholarly thesis/research paper.

Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry – Student Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate ability to engage in issues using sound, ethical, multicultural and justice-focused decision-making
• Develop ecumenical awareness as it impacts effectiveness in ministry practices
• Increase competence in dealing with interfaith issues
• Become effective leaders in contemporary spiritual, justice, and religious issues of the day
• Prepare and implement worship services with sound biblical and theological principles
• Demonstrate effective leadership, administrative, and critical thinking skills, reflecting on contemporary issues
• Demonstrate the ability to critically articulate the biblical, theological, and historical development of the Christian tradition and relate it to contemporary religious issues

Doctor of Ministry – Student Learning Outcomes

• Examine and analyze ethical, multi-cultural, and justice-focused study that impacts ministry for the poor and the privileged
• Engage in ecumenical practices and dialogues to understand the various ministry contexts
• Enhance effective leadership skills by integrating social, racial, economic, environmental, cultural, and political issues in their research and practice of ministry
• Establish effective administrative practices through efficient ministerial supervision, pastoral analysis, and organizational management
• Demonstrate integration of new biblical, theological, and historical reflection in their context of ministerial leadership

Urban Ministry Diploma – Student Learning Outcomes

• Effectively serve faith-based organizations as leaders and teachers.
• Successfully communicate with people of diverse gender, racial, experiential, and faith backgrounds, and articulate ways in which systemic dynamics (such as power) effect and influence these communications.
• Interpret Scripture in a wide range of ministry contexts using solid principles of exegesis.
• Communicate in effective ways your knowledge of scripture, theology, and ethics to a variety of contemporary ministry contexts.
• Understand how contextuality informs theological interpretation and ethical considerations.