Term 1 2025-2026

This course is a comprehensive survey of the whole Bible, intended to meet the prerequisites for taking further study at the graduate level.

Teacher: Allen Lee

This course consists of 100 hours of supervised practice of counselling capitalizing upon the skills and development of the counselor under the supervision and guidance of staff in that setting. Students will actively participate in counselling situations with individuals and groups. Normally the 100 hours will be completed in a two-month (one term) period.

Teacher: Janet Starks

Term 1 2025-2026

This course is designed to provide students with 300 hours of supervised experiences that reflect the activities of a regularly employed professional in the field of counselling. Under the guidance of faculty and supervisors, the primary focus of this internship is to help students develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions required for ethical and competent practice as a counsellor. Normally the 300 hours will be completed in a six-month period. Student should not be enrolled in course work at the same time as an internship placement.

Term 1 2025-2026

This course focuses on improving written communication skills. Students will learn how to read critically, develop research skills, and apply the principles of effective writing to create thesis-centered expository and argumentative prose.

Teacher: Janet Starks

This course surveys the people and thought patterns that have significantly affected and continue to influence the development of an evangelical philosophy of education. The contributions of both Christian and secular thinkers are considered. Students begin to articulate a personal philosophy of education.

Term 1 2025-2026

This course begins with an introduction to reading and writing about literature, followed by an historical survey of works by major authors from the sixteenth century to the twentieth century. Works studied include a wide variety of literary genres and themes representative of their times and of interest to the study of the human condition. Instruction in grammar, writing, and the composition of formal academic essays is also included.

Term 1 2025-2026

Term 1 2025-2026

This course studies social systems and their development from early times to the present. The course is designed to enhance the student's appreciation of the various forms of social life as well as show the complex forces at work within the scope of social life. Students will conduct a sociological research project as part of the course requirements.

Teacher: Allen Lee

This lab is required for students who did not earn a high enough grade in the previous semester's Spiritual Formation Component

Teacher: Allen Lee

This course is where students report participation in the required spiritual formation activities each week.

Term 1 2025-2026

This course seeks to provide both theoretical and practical approaches to crisis intervention and counselling.

Term 1 2025-2026

This course studies psychological disorders and normalcy across the lifespan. Students are prepared to conceptualize and counsel clients as they are represented by Diagnostic Statistical Manual classification system. Clinical and scientific research is integrated through the course with a biblical worldview so that students will have a biopsychological-spiritual lens to understand and treat mental disorders.

Term 1 2025-2026

This course presents an overview of addiction. This course will examine the cultural attitudes toward substance use and abuse; physical, psychological, social, emotional, and spiritual factors related to addiction; as well as issues of prevention and treatment.

Term 1 2025-2026

This course is a comprehensive, integrative approach to the theology and practice of leadership, beginning with biblical foundations and concluding with essential skills for leading churches and other non-profit organizations. The course involves current problem case studies from the student's context and so requires that the student currently be serving in an approved organizational context to enable appropriate reflection and application.

Teacher: Allen Lee

This course is a generic placeholder for practicums which will be replaced by a specific course when the student contract is approved. Practicum assignments are designed to allow students to integrate classroom learning and practical ministry.

Term 1 2025-2026

Teacher: Justin Bradbury

This course is the hands-on ministry component of the Master of Arts (Pastoral Theology). During twelve months of the program, each master's student will invest a minimum of 20 hours per week in an approved ministry, on a paid or volunteer basis. Monthly reflective reports will be submitted to the Program Director. Students who choose to complete the degree in two years may reduce their ministry hours to ten hours per week over two years.

Term 1 2025-2026

This course seeks to develop an understanding of the practicalities of the ‘behind-the-scenes’ administration in the local church and other Christian organizations. Consideration is given to the specific responsibilities of pastors and Christian leaders in such areas as leadership and management basics, managing volunteer teams and paid staff, time and self-management, change management, and financial and operational management. This course also includes an introduction to parliamentary/business meeting procedures.

Term 1 2025-2026

This course studies well-known strategies and structures for leading vibrant, healthy, growing churches and ministries and guides students in identifying their own leadership abilities and potential.