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.