Ministry - Nashotah House

Ministry from Nashotah House is a Campus Master Religious Studies degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. Nashotah House?s accredited hybrid distance learning degree program, the MA in Ministry , can serve as a specialized degree in preparation for professional pastoral ministry. The MA in Ministry program extends and enhances Nashotah House?s mission in serving the dioceses of our Church as they seek to prepare candidates for professional lay and ordained ministries. Curricular Overview and Degree Requirements The MA in Ministry offers an eight-module program of study in seven essential components of a theological education: 1. The Holy Scriptures?Old Testament 2. The Holy Scriptures?New Testament 3. Church History 4. Christian Ethics and Moral Theology 5. Christian Theology 6. Studies in Contemporary Society 7. Liturgics and Church Music 8. Theory and Practice of Ministry The MA in Ministry degree requires 48 semester-hours of credit to be earned by taking eight consecutive six-credit modules, one at a time, over a two-year period. This is the equivalent of two years of full-time academic work. Each of the twelve-week modules consists of lectures, assignments, assessment, discussion, and class interaction through online education, crowned by one week of intensive residential study on the Nashotah House campus. The module design allows students to take six units in one three-month period and four modules in one calendar year. The intensive residential component for each module brings students to campus four weeks per year, one week each in the summer (July), fall (October), winter (January), and spring (May). View more details on Nashotah House . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Religious Studies courses.