为此目的, a graduate of the Community Transformation and Chaplaincy degree will demonstrate the competencies required to:
- Develop and articulate a theology of spiritual care and pastoral practice;
- Evaluate, develop, and apply leadership methods and 技能 for community transformation;
- Evaluate ways in which the church engages in Great Commission application in its life and mission to the world;
- 培养个人信仰的能力, emotional maturity and moral integrity that are requisite to a life of chaplaincy and ministerial leadership.
PBA’s 教育部学院 is an evangelical and multi-denominational academic community that provides an innovative seminary education anchored in the areas of Bible, 圣经的语言, 基督教历史和神学, 实际的神学, 以及亲身实践的事工. MACTC项目的教师在忏悔室授课, Christ-centered perspective and affirm the World Evangelical Alliance Statement of Faith. All students are required to abide by the student code of conduct, 如导航员(学生手册)所述.
结构与交付
The MACTC degree provides courses in four primary categories (Trauma and Spirituality, 变革型领导, 文化与背景, 临床教牧教育). MACTC students are encouraged to spend their first year completing all non-CPE courses plus one unit of CPE and spend their second year completing the final three units of CPE in a residency program or otherwise. After completing the course work along with four units of Clinical Pastoral Education, students will be eligible to pursue board certification through ACPE.
Remote-Synchronous模型: In order to offer classes and experiences to students throughout 南佛罗里达 and beyond, all CTC specific courses are offered in a remote synchronous format.
项目的长度
The MACTC is designed to be a two year program (6-9 credit hours each semester), but it is possible to complete the MACTC degree requirements in one and a half years (9 credit hours each semester, 包括暑期课程), depending on the rotation of course offerings and availability of CPE site placements.
因为课程是轮流提供的, students must work closely with their academic advisor to determine the best personalized registration schedule.
入学
The admission requirements and process may be found in the relevant 招生 研究生和药学目录部分.
学位要求
The MACTC (36 credit hours) degree requirements are as follows: two courses in Inter-Cultural Studies (6 credit hours), 创伤与灵性三门课程(9学时), three courses in 变革型领导 (9 credit hours), and 4 Units of Clinical Pastoral Education (12 credit hours)
Students with a bachelor’s degree in a ministry-related field are given the opportunity to avoid all redundant introductory coursework because PBA’s MACTC begins at the advanced level. 同时, students without a bachelor’s degree in a ministry-related field are able to gain a solid foundation by completing up to 12 credit hours of undergraduate, prerequisite coursework (developed on a case-by-case basis) in areas of Bible, 基督教历史, 和系统神学. These courses are offered in traditional daytime, evening, online, and synchronous Zoom formats. Students must achieve a final grade of at least a “C” on each required prerequisite course. Any student who wishes to take an MACTC course before completing their required prerequisite coursework must (a) have completed the prerequisite coursework necessary for taking the relevant MACTC course, and (b) be granted approval from the Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs. Students are limited to no more than 3 credit hours of Directed and/or Independent Study coursework over the course of their degree.
