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Stellenbosch University

Master of Theology in Practical Theology in Youth Ministry

The Master of Theology in Practical Theology in Youth Ministry in Theology and Religious Studies is offered by Stellenbosch University.

Program Length: 2 YEARS.

Master of Theology in Practical Theology in Youth Ministry offered by Stellenbosch University at the Faculty of Theology

Programme Outcomes
The programme is designed to equip students for youth ministry. The programme aims:

• to provide students with specialised knowledge of today’s youth and specific youth problems;
• to illustrate the way in which the Gospel must be communicated to the youth in order to develop faith and growth towards religious maturity; and
• to impart the knowledge and skills necessary for empirical research.

Duration of Programme

This part-time programme is presented over two years, in six two-week block courses per year, namely in the first two full weeks of March, June and September.

Assessment and Examination

You will be examined during each block. The six lectured modules contribute two-thirds to the value of 120 credits to the final mark, and a research assignment contributes the other third to the value of 60 credits.

Programme Content

Total 180 credits

Compulsory Modules

(credints = 180)

Ministry to Adolescents 872(20)

Ministry to Pre-school and Primary School Children 872(20)

Pastoral Care of the Youth 872(20)

Research Assignment Youth Ministry 875(60)

Strategic Theological Planning and Analysis of Congregations 872(20)

The Educational and Psychological Basis of Faith Development 872(20)

Youth Ministry as Specialised Congregational Ministry 872(20)