2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Certificate in Ministry and Counseling

Overview

Requirements

REL 319Introduction to Christian Ministry

3

or

REL 415Field Education

3

PSYC 410Fundamentals of Counseling

3

PSYC 412Advanced Counseling

3

PSYC 413Family Counseling

3

Total Credit Hours:12

Outcomes

Students will:

  1. Students will learn some of the basic principles of ministry
  2. Students will learn some of the basic principles of counseling
  3. Students will begin to grasp how the basic principles of ministry and counseling might be applied in specific situations and embodied contexts
  4. Students will naturally begin to identify ways in which psychology and counseling can overlap with and contribute to a fuller and healthier pastorate