Previous Years' Course Catalogues

This three-hour pass/fail course introduces students to the basics of what it means to have healthy self-awareness and is designed to lay the foundation for effective and ethical pastoral care practices. The primary focus is to encourage students to recognize and enjoy their gifts and strengths without ignoring the limits of those good things. It is also about seeing and accepting ownership of the sometimes laudable, sometimes questionable motivations and needs that shape our perceptions and guide our behavior. The overarching goal of this course is for each student to gain accurate self-understanding and an appreciation of the ways in which he or she is predisposed to bring him or herself as a person to interactions that require sensitivity and skill.

This three-hour pass/fail course introduces students to the basics of what it means to have healthy self-awareness and is designed to lay the foundation for effective and ethical pastoral care practices. The primary focus is to encourage students to recognize and enjoy their gifts and strengths without ignoring the limits of those good things. It is also about seeing and accepting ownership of the sometimes laudable, sometimes questionable motivations and needs that shape our perceptions and guide our behavior. The overarching goal of this course is for each student to gain accurate self-understanding and an appreciation of the ways in which he or she is predisposed to bring him or herself as a person to interactions that require sensitivity and skill.

This three-hour pass/fail course Introduces students to the basics of what It means to have heatthy self-awareness and Is designed to lay the foundation for effective and ethical pastoral care practices. The prtmary focus is to encourage students to recognize and enjoy their gifts and strengths without ignoling the limits of those good things, It is also about seeing and accepting ownership of the so0metimes laudable, sometimes questionable motivations and needs that shape our perceptions and guide our behavior. The overarching goal of this course is for each student to gain accurate self-understanding and an appreciation of the ways in which he or she is predisposed to bring him or herself as a person to interactions that require sensitivity and skill.

This three-hour pass/fail course introduces students to the basics of what it means to have healthy self-awareness and is designed to lay the foundation for effective and ethical pastoral care practices. The primary focus is to encourage students to recognize and enjoy their gifts and strengths without ignoring the limits of those good things. It is also about seeing and accepting ownership of the sometimes laudable, sometimes questionable motivations and needs that shape our perceptions and guide our behavior. The overarching goal of this course is for each student to gain accurate self-understanding and an appreciation of the ways in which he or she is predisposed to bring him or herself as a person to interactions that require sensitivity and skill.

This three-hour pass/fail course introduces students to the basics of what it means to have healthy self-awareness and is designed to lay the foundation for effective and ethical pastoral care practices. The primary focus is to encourage students to recognize and enjoy their gifts and strengths without ignoring the limits of those good things. It is also about seeing and accepting ownership of the sometimes laudable, sometimes questionable motivations and needs that shape our perceptions and guide our behavior. The overarching goal of this course is for each student to gain accurate self-understanding and an appreciation of the ways in which he or she is predisposed to bring him or herself as a person to interactions that require sensitivity and skill.

Preparation for the vocation of Christian service involves theological reflection on human experience. In the vein of historical theology from the western theological tradition, this course will offer an account of
Christian ministry in the midst of suffering to/for those who are suffering. The twofold focus offers a vantage on the suffering of the Christian minister/priest/evangelist/caregiver as well as how the Christian can be present to the suffering of others. Students will learn how to recognize, engage, and make meaning out of the suffering experienced in their own lives as well as the lives of those they are serving. They will learn to think about suffering theologically.

This course is an Introduction to the physical, emotional, practical and spiritual needs of the dying, and effective community and pastoral responses to those needs. Students will acquire a theological understanding of living well and dying well from a Christian perspective. They will become familiar with some of the ethical, legal, medical, and practical issues surrounding end of life care and explore a collaborative team approach to spiritual care, including how to mobilize a Christian community of care. They will learn how to respond in creative and compassionate ways to those who are dying, their caregivers, and those who grieve.

This course is an Introduction to the physical, emotional, practical and spiritual needs of the dying, and effective community and pastoral responses to those needs. Students will acquire a theological understanding of living well and dying well from a Christian perspective. They will become familiar with some of the ethical, legal, medical, and practical issues surrounding end of life care and explore a collaborative team approach to spiritual care, including how to mobilize a Christian community of care. They will learn how to respond in creative and compassionate ways to those who are dying, their caregivers, and those who grieve.

This course is an Introduction to the physical, emotional, practical and spiritual needs of the dying, and effective community and pastoral responses to those needs. Students will acquire a theological understanding of living well and dying well from a Christian perspective. They will become familiar with some of the ethical, legal, medical, and practical issues surrounding end of life care and explore a collaborative team approach to spiritual care, including how to mobilize a Christian community of care. They will learn how to respond in creative and compassionate ways to those who are dying, their caregivers, and those who grieve.

This course is an Introduction to the physical, emotional, practical and spiritual needs of the dying, and effective community and pastoral responses to those needs. Students will acquire a theological understanding of living well and dying well from a Christian perspective. They will become familiar with some of the ethical, legal, medical, and practical issues surrounding end of life care and explore a collaborative team approach to spiritual care, including how to mobilize a Christian community of care. They will learn how to respond in creative and compassionate ways to those who are dying, their caregivers, and those who grieve.

This course is an Introduction to the physical, emotional, practical and spiritual needs of the dying, and effective community and pastoral responses to those needs. Students will acquire a theological understanding of living well and dying well from a Christian perspective. They will become familiar with some of the ethical, legal, medical, and practical issues surrounding end of life care and explore a collaborative team approach to spiritual care, including how to mobilize a Christian community of care. They will learn how to respond in creative and compassionate ways to those who are dying, their caregivers, and those who grieve.