Master of Ministry

What is this course about?

CSU's Master of Ministry aims to assist practising clergy and other church leaders to upgrade their knowledge and skills at an advanced level. The courses includes specialist study in particular fields of ministry, and a research option may also be undertaken.

The Master of Ministry aims to assist Religious Practitioners and other church leaders to upgrade their knowledge and skills at an advanced level. The course aims to:

• provide opportunities for professional development at the Masters level in the field of professional ministry
• engender a higher order of critical, creative, scholarly, sound and informed investigation of the profession
• engender the application of advanced knowledge of a specialist body of theoretical and applied topics to a specialised field of professional ministry
• engender creativity and flexibility in the application of knowledge and skills to new situations
• engender the ability to solve complex problems and think rigorously and independently
• enable students through critical analysis, systematic, practical and professional application to plan and execute a project or a piece of scholarship or research.

Upon completion of the course, graduates will be expected to demonstrate advanced competence in one of the following fields:

• Pastoral Counselling
• Church Leadership and Management
• Institutional Chaplaincy
• Mission and Evangelism
• Ministry Studies
• Ageing and Pastoral Studies
• Christian Education
• Research in Ministry.

Academic expectations

For each 8 point subject at CSU, students should normally expect to spend between 140-160 hours engaged in the specified learning and assessment activities (such as attending lectures or residential schools, assigned readings, tutorial assistance, individual or group research/study, forum activity, workplace learning, assignments or examinations). The student workload for some subjects may vary from these norms as a result of approved course design.

Students will be assessed on the basis of completed assignments, examinations, workplace learning, or other methods as outlined in specific subject outlines.

Where applicable, students are responsible for travel and accommodation costs involved in workplace learning experiences, or attending residential schools (distance education students).

Expectations relating to academic, workplace learning, time and cost requirements for specific subjects are provided in the subject abstracts and in course materials.