Fall 2011-Summer 2012
Pasadena and Regional Campuses
FE512
Schmit

FE512: FULL-TIME WORSHIP, THEOLOGY & THE ARTS INTERNSHIP (2 units). Clayton Schmit.


DESCRIPTION: This course (pass/fail for 2 units) is the full-time, one-quarter 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.

SIGNIFICANCE FOR LIFE AND MINISTRY: This course offers practice and training in the tasks and skills of music, 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.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: The course seeks the following goals for each student: Cognitive: theoretical knowledge relating to the theology and practice of ministry and the ways that the arts serve the church; Affective: deepened appreciation for the use of arts in ministry and the artistic gifts of lay persons in ministry; Skills: capacity to use the arts in worship and in various kinds of ministries, and to develop the use of artistic talent among lay people in ministry.

COURSE FORMAT: The student must first contact the Field Education and Ministry Formation (FEMF) Office for preregistration materials and instructions on arranging an internship. 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 FEMF Office. 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) mentoring, support, spiritual formation, and prayer.

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

  1. Completion of the Learning Agreement by the supervisor and the intern to be turned in to the FEMF Office by the end of the first week of the quarter.

  2. Completion of final evaluations by the supervisor and student to be turned in to the FEMF Office by the end of the tenth week of the quarter.

  3. Meeting with a Field Education Advisor or academic program staff of the Brehm Center as selected, for a progress report on the internship.
Evaluation is based on completion of the internship as specified in the individual Learning Agreement and on-time completion of assignments and evaluations.

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 at http://www.fuller.edu/current-students/resources/field-ed/field-ed.aspx. After the student has submitted internship and supervisor applications, he or she must schedule an enrollment interview with the FEMF Office. If the internship is approved, the student and his/her Academic Advisor will receive a Course Approval Notification. The student must then contact the Advising Office to receive a Course Reference Number (CRN) in order to register for FE512 online.

PREREQUISITES: Completion of 24 units before registering for this course.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets the Field Education requirement for the MA in Worship, Theology, and the Arts (MAWTA) and the MA in Music Ministry (MAMM). It also meets the FE2 Field Education requirement for the MDiv (MIN 7). This internship is offered pass/fail for two units.

This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. (August 2011)