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161 | COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY 2017-2018 │SEMINARY & SCHOOL OF MINISTRY
MASTER OF ARTS IN MINISTRY CARE
The M.A. in Ministry Care provides students with specialized knowledge and skills to address emotional and spiritual needs
using biblical and counseling resources. It prepares students to teach, train, and counsel people in a variety of communities
and cultures and to help people understand their situation from God’s perspective. Students may focus in either Pastoral
Care or Missionary Care by choosing four courses from the approved list of designated electives (see below) in consultation
with their academic advisors.
Program 1 Course of Study
60
CHL 5001
Chapel I
0
CHL 5002
Chapel II
0
Bible and Theology
21
BIB 5112
Genesis to Song of Solomon: God’s Plan of Creation and Redemption 3
BIB 5113
Prophets: God’s Message of Redemption and Judgment
3
BIB 5132
Gospels: God’s Means of Providing Redemption
3
BIB 5133
Acts to Revelation: God’s People Proclaiming Redemption Globally
3
BIB 5410
Hermeneutics: Interpreting and Applying the Bible
3
THE 6310
Systematic Theology in Global Christianity I
3
THE 6320
Systematic Theology in Global Christianity II
3
Worldview and Spiritual Formation
9
GLS 5115
Missions and Evangelism in the Twenty-first Century
3
GLS 6515
Understanding Cultures and Worldviews
3
MIN 5300
Foundations of Spiritual Formation
3
Concentration
18
CNC 5400
Ministry of Counseling: Theory and Practice
3
CNC 6400
Pastoral Care Techniques
3
CNC 6441
Counseling Grief and Loss
3
CNC 5075
Multicultural Counseling
or
3
CNC 6411
Sexuality Counseling
3
CNC 6730
Marriage and Family Counseling
3
INT 6110
Foundation of Internship
0
Choose one internship sequence.
3
INT 6254-55 Ministry Care Internships I and II
or
INT 6255-56 Ministry Care Internship I, Missionary Care Internship II
Specialization
12
Select 4 courses one of the two specializations.
Pastoral Care
CNC 5075
Multicultural Counseling
3
CNC 6410
Crisis Counseling
3
CNC 6411
Sexuality Counseling
3
CNC 6412
Addictions Counseling
3
CNC 6540
Spiritual Transformation and Group Process
3
CNC 6710
Brief and Solution-Focused Counseling
3
CNC 6711
Psychopathology for Ministry Contexts
3
CNC 6730
Marriage and Family Counseling
3
Missionary Care
CNC 6015
Advanced Multicultural Counseling
3
CNC 6470
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) Skills and Supervision
3
CNC 6474
Clinical Applications in Missionary Care
3
CNC 6541
Missionary Care for Career Transitions
3
CNC 6571
Single and Family Issues in Missions
3
CNC 6740
Organizational Missionary Care Services
3