Summer 2005/Pasadena
FE512
Schmit
FE512: FULL-TIME WORSHIP, THEOLOGY, & THE ARTS INTERNSHIP (2 units).
Clayton Schmit.
DESCRIPTION:
- This course (offered pass/fail for 2 units) is the full-time,
three-month FE2 internship under the supervision of a pastor/supervisor 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.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- This course offers practice and training in the tasks and skills of
worship and/or arts ministry whether the person serves as a 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.
COURSE FORMAT:
- 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 35 hours each week for ten weeks (one academic quarter)
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.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Completion of the Learning Agreement by the supervisor and the intern to be
turned in to the Office of Field Education by the end of the second week of the
quarter.
- Completion of final evaluations by the supervisor and student to be turned
in to the Office of Field Education by the end of the tenth week of the
quarter.
- Meeting with the Field Education Staff or academic program staff of the
Brehm Center as selected, for a progress report on the internship.
PREREGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS:
- 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.
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
- Meets the Field Education requirement for the MA in Worship,
Theology, and the Arts degree. It also meets the FE2 Field Education
requirement for the MDiv (MIN 7). This course is offered pass/fail for two
units.
FINAL EXAMINATION:
- None. Evaluation is based on completion of the internship as
specified in the individual learning agreement and on completion of assignments
as listed above.