DESCRIPTION:

This course (offered pass/fail for 2 units) is the part-time nine-month FE2 internship designed to give students supervised applied experience in a church, parachurch, or institutional setting.

This course is designed to provide a means for students to increase their skills and experience in a particular area of ministry, as well as to meet the requirements that many denominations have for a candidate's ministry preparation.

The course has three primary components: practical ministry, supervision, and theological reflection. The student spends at least ten hours each week for three academic quarters (nine months) in the church, parachurch, or institutional setting involved in specific ministry assignments agreed upon by the supervisor and student, and approved by the Office of Field Education. One hour each week is to be spent with the approved on-site supervisor to discuss a) professional direction, evaluation, and oversight of the student's ministry; b) theological reflection and discussion of topics related to ministry as identified by the student and supervisor; c) support and prayer.

1. Completion of a Learning Agreement by the supervisor and intern, to be turned in to the Field Education Office by the end of the second week of FE503A (the first quarter of the internship).

2. Completion of Evaluation Reports by the student and the supervisor, to be turned in by the end of the tenth week of EACH quarter.

3. Meeting during the first quarter (FE503A) with the Director of Field Education, or other Field Education staff as selected, for a progress report on the internship.

Before the student may register for this course, several steps must be completed, a process that may take up to a month, since the student is responsible to make arrangements for an internship site. The first step in the process is to read the preregistration materials available on the internet at or in the Office of Field Education. After the student has submitted internship and supervisor applications, he or she must schedule an enrollment interview with the Office of Field Education. If the internship is approved, the student will then receive a Course Approval Notification that must be submitted to the Academic Advisor prior to registration.

None.

The three-quarter sequence, FE503A, B, and C, meets the FE2 Field Education requirement for the M.Div. (MIN 7). It is an elective for the M.A. in Theology (General Format) and meets requirements for some M.A. in [a specialized ministry] degree programs. The course is offered pass/fail for two units.

None. Evaluation is through completion of the nine-month internship as specified in the individual learning agreement and through completion of all assignments listed above.