Specialization in Student Ministry
- Each course you take will require you to recruit a small group of adults and teach them for five hours. You will teach them information you learned in that course.
- Each course you take will require that you travel to campus for ten hours of face-to-face interaction in the classroom with your instructor and other students in the course.
- You must achieve a grade of “C-” or above in all classes, and a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.
- There are 48 hours required in this degree. Courses are listed here in the order they should be taken:
First Year, Fall Semester:
Orientation to Online Graduate Theological Studies
Literature and History of the Old Testament I
Constructive Theology I
First Year, Spring Semester:
Literature and History of the Old Testament II
Constructive Theology II
Church of God Reformation Movement (or your Denominational History in the Summer)
First Year, Summer:
The LOGOS Ministry (This course can be taken Spring semester if you are not Church of God)
Your Denominational History (if you are not Church of God)
Leading, Teaching, and Discipling Children
Second Year, Fall Semester:
Literature and History of the New Testament I
History of the Christian Church
Clinical Pastoral Education (one-half unit) - or - Mentoring (one credit hour per semester for three semesters, during any three semesters of your choice)
Second Year, Spring Semester:
Literature and History of the New Testament II
Ethics for the Vocation of Ministry
Second Year, Summer:
Leading, Teaching, and Discipling Youth
Third Year, Fall Semester:
Biblical Foundations of Mission
Capstone: Practice of Children's Ministry - or - Practice of Youth Ministry
Click here to begin the application process for this degree specialization.
For further information, please contact Dr. John Aukerman,
Director of Distance Education:
By e-mail at jhaukerman@anderson.edu
By phone 765-641-4530
Or on Skype.
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