2024-2025 Catalog

 

Pastoral Counseling and Care - B.S.

The Pastoral Counseling and Care major is designed to prepare women and men for service in local church, parachurch, or community service organizations. Students will be prepared for pastoral care and spiritual formation ministerial roles, chaplaincy, and other caring professions. The major includes the School of Theology and Ministry ministerial core and can be combined with the Pastoral Ministries second major to meet ordination requirements in the Wesleyan Church and meet advanced standing requirements for ministerial master’s programs. This degree can also be combined with coursework in psychology or social work prepare students for graduate programs in clinical counseling or social work.

Requirements (48 credits)

Ministry Core (15 credits)

REL-200Introduction to Ministry

1

CED-201Spiritual Formation 1

1

CED-202Spiritual Formation 2

1

CED-303Spiritual Formation 3

1

REL-350Leading Others

1

REL-490Practical Theology Capstone

1

REL-270Evangelism and Discipleship

3

BIL-202Inductive Bible Study

3

THE-233Systematic Theology

3

Major Courses (24 credits)

-BIL
300/400 Advanced OT/NT (3)

3

THE-333Doctrine of Holiness

3

PHL-202Ethics and Values

3

REL-240Ministry in Context

3

REL-370Priciples of Pastoral Counseling and Care

2

YTH-471Pastoral Counseling and Care: Children and Youth

2

REL-472Pastoral Counseling and Care: Adults And Familes

2

REL-312Hope and Suffering

3

THE-220Christian Theology of Sex

3

Psychology (9 credits)

PSY-150General Psychology

3

PSY-250Developmental Psychology

3

PSY-366Psychology of Abnormal Behavior

3

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