DESCRIPTION:

This course (offered pass/fail for 2 units) is designed to provide an internship in a church, parachurch, or institutional setting that will assist the student in developing competencies in the ministry of worship, theology, and the arts. The internship is a vital component of the student's final masters project and will therefore be coordinated by the academic program staff of the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts based on its relevance to the overall plan of the student's proposed project.

This course offers an introduction to the tasks and skills of worship and/or arts ministry whether the person serves as a part-time worship director, music leader, visual or performing arts director, or pastor who is concerned about developing and integrating worship and the arts in a congregation or ministry setting.

The student begins the internship process by contacting the Office of Field Education for preregistration materials and instructions on arranging an internship. An internship site should be selected with the approval of the academic program staff of the Brehm Center. The course has three primary components: practical ministry, supervision, and theological reflection. The student spends at least ten hours each week for nine months (three academic quarters) in the church, parachurch, or institutional setting involved in specific ministry assignments agreed upon by the on-site supervisor and student, and approved by the academic program staff of the Brehm Center and the Office of Field Education. One hour each week is to be spent with the approved on-site supervisor. The agenda should address a) professional direction, evaluation, and overseeing 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 the Learning Agreement by the on-site supervisor and the student to be turned into the Office of Field Education by the end of the second week of the quarter.

2. Completion of final evaluations by the on-site supervisor and student to be turned into the Office of Field Education by the end of the tenth week of EACH quarter.

3. Meeting during the first quarter with the Field Education Staff or academic program staff of the Brehm Center 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 www.fuller.edu/sot/fielded 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.

The three-quarter sequence, FE503A, B, and C (WTA), meets the requirement for the M.A. in Worship, Theology, and the Arts degree. It also meets the FE2 Field Education requirement for the M.Div. (MIN 7). This course is offered pass/fail for two units.

None. Evaluation is based on completion of the internship as specified in the individual learning agreement and on completion of assignments as listed above.