After the formal class sessions, the student completes any reading and research assignments during the fall semester. The other classes, either core or elective, are held throughout the academic year, on Saturdays and weeknights. The student, the faculty advisor and the mentor formally evaluate the practicum experiences. Students are responsible for an integrative paper. The second practicum experience requires the development and implementation of an original ministry project in the student's area of specialization.
Elective courses meet in traditional and non-traditional formats.
At least once a semester students meet with an advisor and evaluate the goals they set at the time of their assessment in the areas of academic course work, pastoral skill development and spiritual growth. This course provides an introduction to theology and ministry. It acquaints the student with the program's content and methodology, its adult learning orientation and its academic resources. It enables the students to discern if this program will serve their goals and needs. This course introduces the student to the study of the Christian Scriptures.