This degree has been designed to prepare students for membership in the Canadian Association for Pastoral Practice and Education (CAPPE).

Upon completion of the Master of Divinity, Chaplaincy Track, students should:

• Have a capability in the original languages.
• Have a competent grasp of the biblical story.
• Be able to effectively communicate the message of the biblical text and its application to their audience.
• Possess the skills to exegete the context in which they live so as to intersect their culture with the message of the Bible in a relevant manner.
• Be actively involved in spiritual formation on an individual and corporate level.
• Have the appropriate leadership philosophy and skills development that permit them to serve the church effectively.
• Possess a competent overview of theology from a biblical, historical, and systematic perspective.
• Possess a competent overview of counselling and organizational theory, recognizing the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to helping others.
• Be able to reflect on issues using the perspectives of theology and social science.
• Have an understanding of the church as a spiritual organism and organization.
• Understand the relationship of chaplaincy to the Christian calling and to the missional nature of the church.
• Be able to minister from a “pastoral care” knowledge base, linking theories, principles, concepts and practices taught in the classroom to the practice of ministry.
• Develop a professional self in terms of the values, ethics, principles and practices that govern the profession.
• Engage in and maintain pastoral relationships, assessing needs on “multiple levels,” evaluating strengths, conceptualizing and implementing appropriate ministry responses to the needs of individuals, couples and families, modifying ministry interventions as needed, and evaluating progress, change and/or the need to refer to other community supports.
• Be able to document work in accordance with established professional practice guidelines.
  Be able to recognize, discuss, and deal thoroughly with the ending of ministry relationships, as well as the change process, at individual, interpersonal, organizational and community levels.

Curriculum

Language Studies

Hermeneutics
Greek 1 & 2 OR Hebrew 1 & 2 
Language Tools and Syntax
Exegetical Methods

Biblical Studies

Biblical Introduction
Pentateuch
Old Testament Elective
Synoptic Gospels
New Testament Elective

Spiritual Formation Studies

Spirituality Elective

Theological and Historical Studies

Theological Foundations 1 & 2
Theology of Church & Ministry
Moral Theology
Worldview and Culture / Missions Elective
2 of: Church History 1 / 2 / Denominational Church History

Chaplaincy Studies

Principles & Practice of Chaplaincy
Intro to Preaching
Psychotherapies
Spiritual Care & Counselling
Theories of Human Growth & Development
Marital & Premarital Counselling
2 Counselling Electives
Professional Ethics for Counsellors & Chaplains
Integration of Psychology & Theology
Chaplaincy Practicum 1 & 2