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Master of Arts in Christian Education: Student Ministry

and Master of Arts in Management Dual Degree Program

Dwayne Ulmer, Ed.D., MA Christian Education: Student Ministry Director

Joanne Hix, MA Management Director

The role of the student ministry leader continues to grow in complexity, heightening the need to blend theological knowledge, specialized student ministry training, and business management theory and application. Student ministers will pursue these degrees to gain the skills and competencies needed for effective church and parachurch leadership in areas such as student ministry or church planting.

A MAM student will need to meet the requirements of and be accepted by the MAST Admission Committee.
A MAST student will need to meet the requirements of the MAM Program and be accepted by the Masters Degrees Admission Committee.

MAST prerequisites are 6 hours.
MAM prerequisites are 9 hours at the 5000-level or 18 hours at the undergraduate level.

Master of Arts in Management	Master of Arts in Christian Education: Student Ministry
Required Core Curriculum (24 hours)	Required Core Curriculum (30 hours)
MANA 6310 Leadership in Management	MACE 5302 Biblical Servant Leadership
MANA 6312 Communication and Business Behavior	MACE 6301 Introduction to Christian Education
MANA 6314 Managing Change	MAWL 6303 Spiritual Formation and Worship
MANA 6316 High Performance Work Teams	THEO 6305 Christian History and Heritage
MANA 6320 Business Ethics	THEO 6306 Systematic Theology
MANA 6321 Organizational Behavior	MACE 6310 Church Staff and Member Relations Practicum (S-L)
MANA 6323 Human Resource Management (S-L)	MAST 5313 Ministry with Students
MANA 6360 Problems and Challenges in Organizational Management (Capstone)	or
	MAST 6320 The Collegiate Campus Minister
	MAST 6350 Family-Based Student Ministry
	or
	MAST 6354 Collegiate Ministry Strategies
	MAST 6351 Student Cultural Issues
	MAST 6356 Developing Student Ministry Lay Leaders

Concentration (12 hours)	Concentration (12 hours)
12 hours (4 courses) transferred from MAST core	12 hours (4 courses) transferred from MAM core

TOTAL HOURS:
Master of Arts in Management	Master of Arts in Christian Education: Student Ministry
24 hours from MAM Core	30 hours from MAST Core
18 hours from MAST Core	12 hours from MAM Core
12 hours transferred from MAST Core as MAM Concentration	12 hours transferred from MAM Core as MAST Concentration
54 hours	54 hours