| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-18 | - |
Program Overview
Overview
Reflect on the particular challenges of working with young people in your local context
Our MA in Schools Chaplaincy helps those whose ministry is entirely or mainly in schools or academies.
You will learn to reflect theologically on your local context exploring the particular challenges of working with young people in an educational environment.
We build on your expertise and knowledge through practical projects designed to help those serving as chaplains to explore the issues which most impact on their ministry.
You will be taught through your attendance at three-day schools in August, January and May, which are followed by a series of assessment tasks.
Program Outline
Teaching and Assessment
Feel the support of internationally-recognised research staff
Allocated teaching days
Teaching for the MA Schools Chaplaincy course is delivered in three school blocks a year; each of which lasts for three days.
You may either visit the University of Chichester on a daily basis or, if you live further away, we can help you find suitable accommodation if required.
You will learn by attending our allocated academic days; our three-days schooling programmes. We offer extensive support, especially for those returning to study after a long period, meaning you will the confidence in your academic skills to fully explore your ideas.
Academic year 2022/23
Dissertation Day: Friday 26 August 2022, 10:30am – 3:30pm (for any students completing their second year in this academic year)
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Stand alone modules
Some modules can be studied alone, whereby you can study one module and accumulate the credits but are not registered for the full degree.
For more details on our MA Christian Ministry modules, please contact Professor Graeme Smith
Support for the module ‘Christian Leadership’ is available from the diocese of Chichester. Please contact Rev’d Dr Earl Collins or Canon Rebecca Swyer
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Assessment
Assessment is through a variety of academic and practical tasks, ranging from essays to book reviews, short articles, case studies and practical projects. The assessments are relevant to your local ministerial context.
The Course
Explore major questions and concepts around religion
At the beginning of our MA Schools Chaplaincy course, you will be introduced to the key ideas which underpin practical and public theology, which provide a strong foundation for your independent research that will form the basis of your final dissertation.
You will learn to reflect theologically on your local context exploring the particular challenges of working with young people in an educational environment.
This list is indicative and subject to change.
Christian Ethics in Contemporary Society
Christian Leadership
Christian Spirituality
Dissertation
Public and Practical Theology
Practical Theology Project
The Bible and Public Theology
Christian Ethics in Contemporary Society
Christian Ethics in Contemporary Society
The aim of the module is to analyse the ways in which Christian ethical perspectives can contribute to the formation of contemporary social, economic and political communities.
You will explore critically the most important features of contemporary Christian ethics and evaluate these in light of broader ethical debates and discussions. You will also consider the contemporary context by exploring classic Enlightenment ethical perspectives and then the postmodern critique of these ideas.Christian Leadership
Christian Leadership
This module allows you to critically engage with the notion of leadership in a Christian context and to evaluate its compatibility with Scripture and Christian tradition.
You will consider both ordained and lay leadership, examining how it can best reflect Christ the servant-leader — prophet priest and king.Christian Spirituality
Christian Spirituality
This module introduces you to key concepts in Christian spirituality and allows you to reflect theologically on the relationship between spirituality, theology and other appropriate disciplines, e.g. insights from education and psychology.
You will draw on a range of sources from the Christian spiritual tradition that continues to provide insights for the contemporary world.Dissertation
Dissertation
The dissertation represents the culmination of the whole programme and the final stage in assessment. You will undertake a critical enquiry into a particular area of theological interest or professional practice, utilising analytical and methodological skills acquired during the course. the precise nature of this will depend upon the area of interest covered, with some topics calling for skills in the synthesis of material as well as analysis.
Public and Practical Theology
Public and Practical Theology
This module equips you to engage and reflect theologically on social, political and pastoral issues and questions which arise locally, nationally and globally.
You will critically examine public and practical theological methodologies and perspectives utilised by British and international theologians. You will explore the strengths and weaknesses of different methodologies primarily by employing them to analyse and reflect on specific issues and questions which emerge from your context.Practical Theology Project
Practical Theology Project
This module allows you to reflect theologically on your local context. You will critically examine different approaches to theological reflection with a focus on their practical deployment within the local context. The module then explores the ways in which social scientific evidence can be gathered and analysed to inform analysis of your own local context.
The Bible and Public Theology
The Bible and Public Theology
This module examines the role of the Bible in the public sphere.
You will critically engage with the major issues related to the Bible and public theology, from sexuality, morality and anti-Semitism to religious rights, democracy and blasphemy. By the end of the module, you will have the ability to critically evaluate the role of the Bible in the public sphere and to respond to the uses and abuses of the biblical in relation to the political.