Academic Programs - Dallas Theological Seminary

Course Descriptions
Servant Leadership
All required internships for the ministry
tracks are two-credit-hour courses with 400
hours of total involvement (200 hours per
credit hour). Any internship may be taken
as an elective for one or two semester hours
of credit with 100 hours of involvement
per semester hour of credit. Details on the
specific requirements of each internship may
be obtained from the Spiritual Formation
and Leadership department. Consult the
Th.M. ministry track course listings in the
Academic Programs section of this catalog for
internships required in each degree program.
SL105
SL110
SL115
SL120
SL125
Pastoral Leadership Internship
Hillman
Supervised field-based training in a local
church, with leadership opportunities
in a congregation under the teaching
and counsel of an experienced pastor.
Prerequisite: SF101 Spiritual Formation
I (Identity). Recommended Prerequisite:
PM103 Expository Preaching. 2 hours.
Church Planting Internship
Hillman
Supervised field-based training in
planting and growing new churches in
the United States. Prerequisite: SF101
Spiritual Formation I (Identity).
Recommended Prerequisite: PM341
Church Planting I. 2 hours.
Counseling Ministries Internship
Hillman
Supervised field-based education in
counseling theory and practice, either
pastoral or clinical. Prerequisite: SF101
Spiritual Formation I (Identity).
Recommended Prerequisite: BC101
Christian Counseling. 2 hours.
Urban Ministries Internship
Hillman
Supervised field-based training in
Christian ministry in urban or inner-city
context. Prerequisite: SF101 Spiritual
Formation I (Identity). Recommended
Prerequisite: PM510 Urban Demographics
and Ministry. 2 hours.
Educational Leadership Internship
Hillman
Supervised field-based training in one
or more forms of Christian education
ministry in a local church, with
emphasis on educational leadership.
Prerequisite: SF101 Spiritual Formation
I (Identity). Recommended Prerequisite:
CE103 Teaching Process. 2 hours.
SL130
SL135
SL140
SL145
SL150
Academic Ministries Internship
Hillman
Supervised field-based training in which
students gain experience in both the
academic and local church setting. In
the academic setting, the student will
work with a faculty mentor and gain
experience in course preparations, considerations
of academic issues, testing
and grading, and classroom leadership in
a classroom setting such as the Center
for Biblical Studies at Dallas Seminary.
Prerequisite: SF101 Spiritual Formation
I (Identity). Recommended Prerequisite:
CE215 Teaching in Christian Higher
Education and CE103 Teaching Process.
1–2 hours.
Evangelism and Discipleship
Internship
Hillman
Supervised field-based training in
evangelism and/or discipleship in a
foreign country or in the United States.
Prerequisite: SF101 Spiritual Formation
1 (Identity). Recommended Prerequisite:
PM102 Evangelism. 2 hours.
Intercultural Ministries Internship
Hillman
Supervised field-based training in crosscultural
church planting or church nurture
in a foreign country or in the United
States. Prerequisite: SF101 Spiritual
Formation I (Identity). Recommended
Prerequisite: WM101 Introduction to
World Missions. 2 hours.
Women’s Ministry Internship
Hillman
Supervised field-based training in
ministry to women in or outside
a local church context. Prerequisite:
SF101 Spiritual Formation I (Identity).
Recommended Prerequisite: CE435
Developing and Leading Women’s
Ministry. 2 hours.
Media Arts Internship
Hillman
Supervised field-based training in the
development and enhancement of
media-related communication skills
through media production and use
in a ministry context, which may include
writing, acting, radio evangelism,
church-based drama, and radio drama.
Prerequisite: SF101 Spiritual Formation
I (Identity). Recommended Prerequisite:
PM321 Leading the Church in Worship.
2 hours.
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