Master or Arts
Pastoral Counseling
Degree Overview
The Master of Arts in Counseling with a concentration in Pastoral Counseling is designed to equip servant leaders to address emotional, behavioral, interpersonal, and spiritual needs of others. The degree teaches the professional and practical knowledge and skills needed to serve others in a variety of community and ministry roles*, including local church ministry, local community ministry, cross-cultural ministry, and mission care ministry.
*Please note that this degree does not prepare students for licensure as a professional counselor.
Degree Details
Degree Type: MA
Credit Hours: 36
Curriculum
Total hours: 36
- Foundation (9 hours)
- Counseling Techniques
Spiritual Disciplines
Human Growth and Development
- Counseling Techniques
- Core (18 hours)
- Marriage & Family Counseling
- Multicultural Counseling Applications
- Integration of Psychology and Theology
- Professional Orientation and Ethics
- Crisis Counseling
- Group Counseling & Discipleship
- Concentration (9 hours)
Concentration
Courses
- Advanced Counseling Techniques
- Psychopathology
- Pastoral Care Giver
Completion Plans
The MEd offers a rolling enrollment. Students may begin an MEd degree in any session.
Standard Track
- Fall A – Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
- Fall B – Multicultural Counseling Applications
- Spring A – Counseling Techniques
- Spring B – Group Counseling and Discipleship
- Summer A – Spiritual Disciplines and Professional Orientation and Ethics
- Summer B – Crisis Counseling
- Fall A – Integration of Psychology and Theology*
- Fall B – Psychopathology
- Spring A – Integration of Psychology and Theology*
- Spring B – Advanced Counseling Techniques
- Summer A – Marriage and Family Counseling
- Summer B – Pastoral Care Giver
- *only need to take this course once
Accelerated Track
- Fall A – Growth and Development Across the Lifespan and Integration of Psychology and Theology*
- Fall B – Multicultural Counseling Applications and Psychopathology
- Spring A – Counseling Techniques and Integration of Psychology and Theology*
- Spring B – Group Counseling and Discipleship and Advanced Counseling Techniques
- Summer A – Spiritual Disciplines and Marriage and Family Counseling and Professional Orientation and Ethics
- Summer B – Crisis Counseling and Pastoral Care Giver
- *only need to take this course once
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