MAPT/MACM – Addiction Counseling

DUAL DEGREE IN M.A. PRACTICAL THEOLOGY &
M.A. COUNSELING MINISTRIES
(Addiction Counseling)
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
REQUIRED: 93.5 semester hours and 2.50 cumulative grade point average
ES-500 Educated Spirit 2 IMPORTANT NOTES
Please read the degree requirements for each program as
CE-501 Intro Christian Ethics 3 listed in the Academic Catalog. Students are responsible for
CH-501 Survey Global Christian History 3 tracking and checking their own degree requirements in
CT-549 Intro to Theology 3 consultation with their advisors. The Registrar's Office will
CT-659* Gender Sin & Addiction *see note 3 complete degree audits annually.
HB-510 Intro Hebrew Bible 3
NT-510 Intro New Testament 3
EDUCATED SPIRIT
PT-500 Leadership, Learning, Comm. 3 ES-500 Educated Spirit is required within the first two semesters.
PT-505 Theology & Practices of Ministry 3
Choose one from the following list: 3 *MACM and CT-659 or HB/PC-720
__CC-601,602,603 Cross Cultural Immersion
__ME-590 Mission Global Context
__PT-525 Ministry with the Poor
MAPT Specialization Course 3
MAPT Specialization Course 3
MAPT Specialization Course 3
MAPT Specialization Course 3 SPECIALIZATION FOR MAPT
Students may choose one specialization and choose twelve hours
MAPT Elective (any course, any division) 3 from the list of courses prescribed for that specialization.
MAPT Elective (any course, any division) 3 Course titles and descriptions are available in the Catalog.
Ecology and Justice
FE-850 Field Education 3 Parish and Community Ministry
PT-825 Integrative Public Project Seminar 3 Spiritual Formation and Small Group Ministry
Youth and Young Adult Ministry
PC-555 Intro Chemical Dependency 3
PC-613 Theories Development 3
PC-620 Family Systems Therapy 2 OVERLAPPING COURSES
PC-630 Research Methods 3 Overlap is not permitted between the required Pastoral Care
PC-631 Assessment & Appraisal 3 courses and the MAPT specialization courses.
PC-640 Theories Couns Psych I 3
PC-655 Alcoholism/Other Addictions 3
PC-656 Group Therapy I 2 MID-PROGRAM REVIEW
PC-658 Group Therapy II 2 Midway through the degree program, students are required
PC-680 Psychopathology 3 to go through a review process with their advisors. The
PC-711 Multicultural Persp. 3 process involves reflection and assessment of academic
PC-731 Life Planning & Assess. 3 and vocational goals.
PC-740 Theories Couns Psy II 3
PC-756 Spiritual Dimensions Illness/Rec 1.5
PC-850 Supervised Internship 3
Registrar's Office
TOTAL REQUIRED HOURS
93.5
The MAPT requires a 600-level theology course, so if CT-659
is taken for the MACM, it also meets the MAPT 600-level
theology requirement. If HB/PC-720 is taken for the MACM
instead of CT-659, then the student can use it as a MAPT
elective but still needs to take a 600-level theology course.
Revised 6-20-13

Master of Arts in Practical Theology - Mission & Goals
Faith communities are in need of ethical religious educators who honor the past, are curious about the present and
creatively envision possible futures. By nurturing personal and public liberating Christian faith, the MAPT program seeks to
equip persons to provide leadership for the formation and transformation of individuals and communities. By cultivating
abilities for negotiating the dynamic interplay between Christian heritage, congregational culture and contemporary society;
between theological, educational and social-science disciplines; and between the diversities of human and creaturely
existence, the MAPT program offers formation for the next generation of practical theologians.
1. Graduates will be prepared for leading communities of faithful change.
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Graduates will be able to negotiate human differences in the formative ecologies of faith communities in ways that
foster liberating personal and corporate Christian faith.
Graduates will embrace a lifelong commitment to processes that lead to authentic self-understanding and honest
theological reflection for themselves and their communities.
Important Note for United Methodist Students
United Methodist students preparing for ordination are encouraged to take courses that meet denominational requirements.
Students should check with their annual conference regarding commissioning requirements and eligibility. In some cases it
may be required that two-thirds of the denominational courses must be completed prior to the interview.
United Methodist students seeking ordination as Deacon or Elder may choose the following courses as electives:
Hours
DS-660 UM History 2
DS-665 UM Doctrine 2
DS-670 UM Polity 2
ME-570 Mission of the Church in Contemporary World 3
or ME-580 Mission of the Church in a Multicultural Society
or ME-590
ME-670
Mission of the Church in Global Context
Ministry of Evangelism: Theology & Practice 3
or ME-680 Biblical Paradigms for the Practice of Evangelism
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MACM Degree - Mission & Goals
Life is sacred. Human problems are complex. Transformation requires wisdom, love and hope. The MACM program seeks
to equip persons with broad theological foundations, psychological and behavioral-sciences grounding, and counseling skills
to help troubled persons, families and communities find meaning, healing and growth.
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Graduates will have knowledge of major theories of counseling and psychotherapy, and psychosocial and life-cycledevelopment
concepts.
Graduates will have the ability to integrate psychological and behavioral sciences with the wisdom from
religion/spirituality in the therapeutic process.
Graduates will have the ability to utilize the DSM IV-TR and developmental theory to diagnostically relate to and
therapeutically respond to a variety of clients.
Graduates will have awareness and sensitivity to multicultural dynamics and issues of difference (race, gender, age,
economics etc.).