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Seminary Certificate in Spiritual Care/Chaplaincy
The Seminary Certificate in Spiritual Care/Chaplaincy (SCSC/C) is intended to introduce skills for professional practice, disciplines for self-knowledge and self-care, leadership skills, and the ability to engage diverse sectors so that graduates are able to provide spiritual care or chaplaincy work in a variety of contexts.
Requirements: A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university. Degrees from unaccredited schools are considered on an individual basis.
21 hrs
Credit hours required for this certificate
2-3 yrs
Typical full-time pace from start to graduation
4 +
Certificate outcomes focused on spiritual care and chaplaincy
Partner
Consortium partnership with 4 Alberta graduate schools
Degree Outcomes
What you’ll achieve.
By completing the Seminary Certificate in Spiritual Care/Chaplaincy, you will have developed competencies in spiritual care and chaplaincy practice, ethics, diversity, and Christlikeness.
01
Gained skills in leadership and spiritual care/chaplaincy.
02
Gained understanding of issues related to ethics and diversity.
03
Integrated knowledge, skills, and experience through a spiritual care/chaplaincy field education practicum.
04
Grown in Christlikeness.
Curriculum
21 credit hours across two clusters.
The SCSC/C is offered through a consortium partnership with Ambrose Seminary, Newman Theological College, and St. Stephens College. 12 credit hours are taken at CBT, and 9 credit hours are taken at one of the partner institutions and transferred into your CBT certificate.
Taken at CBT
12 credit hours
2P3331
Spiritual Leadership (SC/C)
3
2C3343
Dealing with Conflict SC/C
3
2P3315
Spiritual Formation SC/C
3
2P3341
Spiritual Care/Chaplaincy Internship
3
Consortium Courses
9 credit hours
Basic Spiritual Care
3
Ethics
3
Diversity
3
Total credit hours for the SCSC/C
21 hours
Requirements & Completion
How to complete the degree.
A short list of what you need going in, and what you need to graduate. Our admissions team will walk you through every step.
01
The prerequisite for this degree is a B.A. degree, or its equivalent, from an accredited college or university.
02
A total of 21 credit hours is required for completion of the certificate: 12 credit hours are taken at CBT, and 9 credit hours are taken at one of the partner institutions (Ambrose Seminary, Newman Theological College, or St. Stephens College).
03
Students of the five partnering institutions register for courses directly with the institution through which the courses are offered. Payment for each course is arranged directly with the institution at which each course is offered. Upon completion of the course, credits for that course can be transferred back into the program in which the student is registered.
04
The SCSC/C is offered through a consortium partnership with Canadian Baptist Theological Seminary (CBT) and four other graduate schools in Alberta: Ambrose Seminary, Newman Theological College, and St. Stephens College. Some of the courses listed will be provided through one of the sister schools.