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Master of Arts in Christian Education: Student Ministry
and Master of Arts in Management Dual Degree Program
Dwayne Ulmer, Ed.D., MA Christian Education: Student Ministry Director
Joanne Hix, MA Management Director
The role of the student ministry leader continues to grow in complexity, heightening the need to blend theological knowledge, specialized student ministry training, and business management theory and application. Student ministers will pursue these degrees to gain the skills and competencies needed for effective church and parachurch leadership in areas such as student ministry or church planting.
PREREQUISITES:
Prerequisite course work must be satisfied for both degree programs.
- MAST prerequisites are 6 hours.
- MAM prerequisites are 4.5 hours at the 5000-level or 9 hours at the undergraduate level.
- Continuance in the MAM program past the first 12 hours is pending submission of a satisfactory score on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) or Graduate Record Examinations® (GRE®)
ADMISSION:
In order to pursue a Dual Master's Degree program, the applicant must apply to, meet the existing admission requirements for, and be accepted into each of the master's degrees which comprise the dual degree program.
Note: Church Membership Requirement (for Admission to Master’s Ministry Degrees and Advanced Ministry Certificate Programs): Within the last 12 months the applicant must have been an active member of a Christian church that holds Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Click here to download form.
STUDY PLAN:
Master of Arts in Management
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Master of Arts in Christian Education: Student Ministry
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Required Core Curriculum
(24 hours)
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Required Core Curriculum
(30 hours)
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| MANA 6310 Leadership in Management |
MACE 5302 Biblical Servant Leadership |
| MANA 6312 Communication and Business Behavior |
MACE 6301 Introduction to Christian Education |
MANA 6314 Organizational Change
and Development |
MAWL 6303 Spiritual Formation and Worship |
| MANA 6319 Operational Finance |
THEO 6305 Christian History and Heritage |
| MANA 6320 Business Ethics |
| MANA 6323 Human Resource Strategy (S-L) |
THEO 6306 Systematic Theology |
| MANA 6360 Managerial Strategy and Implementation (S-L) (Capstone) |
MACE 6310 Church Staff and Member Relations Practicum (S-L) |
| MRKT 6341 Advanced Marketing Strategies |
MAST 5313 Ministry with Students |
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or |
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MAST 6320 The Collegiate Campus Minister |
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MAST 6350 Family-Based Student Ministry |
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or |
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MAST 6354 Collegiate Ministry Strategies |
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MAST 6351 Student Cultural Issues |
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MAST 6356 Developing Student Ministry Lay Leaders |
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| Concentration (12 hours) |
Concentration (12 hours) |
| 12 hours (4 courses) transferred from MAST core |
12 hours (4 courses) transferred from MAM core |
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TOTAL HOURS: |
| Master of Arts in Management |
Master of Arts in Christian Education: Student Ministry |
| 24 hours from MAM Core |
30 hours from MAST Core |
| 18 hours from MAST Core |
12 hours from MAM Core |
| 12 hours transferred from MAST Core as MAM Concentration |
12 hours transferred from MAM Core as MAST Concentration |
| 54 hours |
54 hours |
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component |