This Professional degree is a non-thesis Master’s program aimed at equipping individuals involved in different pastoral ministries with an appropriate critical grasp of basic theological frameworks and effective pastoral skills necessary to do ministry in their own pastoral contexts.
Course Load
General
- Core Courses (15 Units)
- Major Courses (18 Units)
- Elective/Practicum (12 Units)
Mandatories
Comprehensive Examination
At the end of one’s coursework, the student shall take an oral comprehensive examination before proceeding to Dissertation Writing.
After having passed the comprehensives, the student shall apply for graduation in Adamson University and shall be proclaimed a graduate in Masters in Pastoral Ministry.
Curriculum
First Year
1st Semester
- MAT011 Introduction to Scriptures
- MAT024 Fundamental Systematic Theology: Revelation and Faith
- MAT041 Fundamental Moral Theology
- Elective 1: Choose from the Curriculum List
2nd Semester
- MAT026 Christology and Soteriology
- MAT078 Pastoral Theology
- Elective 2: Choose from the Curriculum List
- Seminar 1: Choose from the Curriculum List
Second Year
1st Semester
- MAT082 Pastoral Counselling and Psychology
- MAT031 Ecclesiology
- MAT086 Poverty and Community Development Studies
- Seminar 2: Choose from the Curriculum List
2nd Semester
- MAT032 Missiology
- MAT080 Theology of Ministries
- MAT079 Pastoral Administration, Leadership, and Management
- Synthesis Course/Comprehensives (SVST)
Academic Pre-Requisites
a. An applicant must have graduated in any Bachelor’s Degree (four-year university course) as specified by the Commission on Higher Education in the Philippines or its equivalent in other countries.
b. They shall have taken up at least 12 units of Theology or Philosophy in their undergraduate courses from a previous university or equivalent institutes of learning.