Master of Arts in Management/Master of Arts in Student Ministry

DUAL DEGREE

The role of the student ministry leader continues to grow in complexity, heightening the need to blend theological knowledge, specialized student ministry training, and business management theory and application. Student ministers will pursue these degrees to gain the skills and competencies needed for effective church and parachurch leadership in areas such as student ministry or church planting.

ADMISSION

In order to pursue a Dual Master’s Degree program, the applicant must apply to, meet the existing admission requirements for, and be accepted into each of the master’s degrees which comprise the dual degree program.

Note: Church Membership Requirement (for admission into the EDD in Educational Leadership—all concentrations, PHD in Leadership Studies’ Ministry Concentration, Master’s Ministry Degrees, and Advanced Ministry Certificate Programs): Within the last 12 months, the applicant must have been an active member of a Christian church that holds Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and who holds solely the Old Testament and the New Testament as sacred Scripture.

MA IN MANAGEMENT PREREQUISITES

Principles of Management
or
MANA 51.521 - Management Theory

Principles of Marketing
or
MRKT 51.521 - Marketing Concepts

MA IN STUDENT MINISTRY PREREQUISITES

Old Testament Survey
New Testament Survey

Prerequisites may be met with equivalent courses from another institution or from a passing grade on the GSOM Old Testament and New Testament equivalency exams and do not count toward degree completion.

PROGRAM CONTINUANCE

Continuance in the MA in Management program past the first 12 hours is pending submission of a satisfactory score on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) or Graduate Record Examinations® (GRE®)

MA IN MANAGEMENT REQUIRED CURRICULUM - 30 hours (excluding prerequisites)

course	Credit hours
Required Curriculum	30
MANA 6310 - Leadership in Management MANA 6312 - Communication and Business Behavior MANA 6314 - Organizational Change and Development MANA 6319 - Operational Finance MANA 6320 - Business Ethics MANA 6323 - Human Resource Strategy (S-L)* MANA 6360 - Managerial Strategy and Implementation (S-L)* (Capstone) MRKT 6341 - Advanced Marketing Strategies Select two courses from MA in Management concentrations with approval of Program Director or Academic Advisor. Six (6) hours of the MA in Student Ministry Required Curriculum serve as electives for the MA in Management Required Curriculum.

course

Credit hours

Required Curriculum

MANA 6310 - Leadership in Management
MANA 6312 - Communication and Business Behavior
MANA 6314 - Organizational Change and Development
MANA 6319 - Operational Finance
MANA 6320 - Business Ethics
MANA 6323 - Human Resource Strategy (S-L)*
MANA 6360 - Managerial Strategy and Implementation (S-L)* (Capstone)
MRKT 6341 - Advanced Marketing Strategies
Select two courses from MA in Management concentrations with approval of Program Director or Academic Advisor.
Six (6) hours of the MA in Student Ministry Required Curriculum serve as electives for the MA in Management Required Curriculum.

MA IN STUDENT MINISTRY REQUIRED CURRICULUM - 30 hours (excluding prerequisites)

course	Credit hours
Required Curriculum	30
DISC 5302 - Biblical Servant Leadership DISC 6301 - Christian Education in the Local Church GSOM 6310 - Ministry Mentorship (S-L)* MAST 6351 - Student Cultural Issues MAST 6356 - Developing Student Ministry Lay Leaders THEO 6305 - Christian History and Heritage THEO 6306 - Systematic Theology WORS 6303 - Spiritual Formation and Worship Select one of the following: MAST 5313 - Ministry with Students MAST 6320 - The Collegiate Campus Minister Select one of the following: MAST 6350 - Family-Based Student Ministry MAST 6354 - Collegiate Ministry Strategies Six (6) hours of the MA in Management Required Curriculum serve as electives for the MA in Student Ministry Required Curriculum.

course

Credit hours

Required Curriculum

DISC 5302 - Biblical Servant Leadership
DISC 6301 - Christian Education in the Local Church
GSOM 6310 - Ministry Mentorship (S-L)*
MAST 6351 - Student Cultural Issues
MAST 6356 - Developing Student Ministry Lay Leaders
THEO 6305 - Christian History and Heritage
THEO 6306 - Systematic Theology
WORS 6303 - Spiritual Formation and Worship
Select one of the following:
MAST 5313 - Ministry with Students
MAST 6320 - The Collegiate Campus Minister
Select one of the following:
MAST 6350 - Family-Based Student Ministry
MAST 6354 - Collegiate Ministry Strategies
Six (6) hours of the MA in Management Required Curriculum serve as electives for the MA in Student Ministry Required Curriculum.

TOTAL HOURS
30 hours	MA in Management Required Curriculum
30 hours	MA in Student Ministry Required Curriculum
60 hours	TOTAL Dual Degree (excluding prerequisites)

*(S-L)=Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.

Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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