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We provide personal, spiritual and professional support for our GRMs within and outside of Mission & Ministry. These include:

• Biweekly supervision with the program director to help balance roles, time management and personal and professional needs
• Regular ministry practicum supervision to support the development of each person's ministerial identity
• Academic advisement with the Graduate Program Director in the Theology Derpartment
• Group meetings with a counselor in the University Counseling Center to discuss specific student needs
• Established Mission & Ministry partnerships with the Office of Belonging and Inclusion; the Africana Studies Program; the Office of Health Promotion; the Center for Access, Success, and Achievement;ÌýLearning Support Services; and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, among others that connect GRMs with others who share their identities and interests to supplement their involvement on campus
• Support for finding a spiritual director or personal counselor on or off campus

²ÝÁñÉçÇø provides the following to each GRM:

• Full tuition remission for all coursework (48 graduate credits) in fulfillment of the MA in Ministry and Theology 
• Room and board for a total of four (fall and spring) semesters
• Room for one or two summer semesters for GRMs who elect to take courses during the summer before year one or between years one and two; taking at least one summer course is strongly encouraged to lighten the academic load during the final semesters
• An annual stipend of approximately $12,500 to cover the cost of books and living expenses. The total value of the tuition, room and board, and stipend portions of the GRM program for two years is over $90,000

One hundred percent of our graduates have found employment in ministry or enrollment in further graduate study within six months of graduation.

Ministers who have graduated from our program are employed in a wide range of positions, including:

• Campus ministry at a college or university
• High school teaching and/or ministry
• Hospital chaplaincy or CPE program
• Parish ministry
• Coordination or administration within a postgrad volunteer program
• Other not-for-profit organizations (religiously affiliated and secular)

Other possible pathways include:

• Youth director/pastor
• Prostestant, Ecumenical or Interfaith Chaplain in educational or healthcare institution

The supervised ministry practicum required for both the MA in ministry and Theology an the Certificate in Pastoral Ministry can be pursued along two tracks:

1. The first track consists of the Graduate Resident Ministry Program involding on-campus residential ministry. It is reserved for students offered GRM positions. GRMs also devote some of their 20 hours/week of ministry to a specialized ministry placement each semester.
2. The second track consists of a supervised ministry field placement, which does not require living on campus. Ministry students who will not be GRMs can receive a nonresidential ministerial placement within Mission & Ministry or be given a placement at a ministry site outside of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø to fulfill the practicum component.

Supervised practicum placements on campus can include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Interfaith and Ecumenical Outreach
• Hispanic Outreach
• Retreats
• Peer Ministry
• Local Service and Immersions
• Pastoral Music
• Liturgy
• Sports and Spirituality
• Peace and Justice Education
• Campus Partnership with Catholic Relief Services
• Health Promotion

The field placement supervisors in the Center for Residential Ministry (CRM) will help students establish their practicum placements.

If a student is already engaged in professional ministry (whether full-time or part-time), CRM may allow that ministry to serve as the student's practicum placement if a qualified site supervisor can be identified.

CRM will work with the ministry student and ministry site to develop a clear agreement about the student's responsibilities and learning objectives.

Applicants begin by completing the Graduate Liberal Arts and Sciences application and selecting either the MA in Ministry and Theology or the Certificate in Pastoral Ministry as their primary or secondary discipline of study.

Applicants must be accepted into a master's degree program at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø before being considered for the GRM Program. Once applicants are admitted into their academic degree program, they will automatically be entered into the review process for the GRM Program if interest for this program has been indicated in their application.

All application and admission information for the MA in Ministry and Theology (48 credits) and the Certificate in Pastoral Ministry (24 credits) can be found in the Graduate Programs in Theology.

If you are applying to Mission & Ministry’s GRM Program as an applicant to a degree program in another department, then you need to follow the application and admissions requirements for that department. You must also select the Certificate in Pastoral Ministry as a "secondary discipline" on the Graduate Liberal Arts and Sciences application.

All applicants to either the MA or Certificate programs in ministry will have a preliminary video interview on a rolling basis. Admission decisions will also be made on a rolling basis. Qualified applicants who have completed their application by the February 1 priority deadline will be invited to have a second, lengthier video interview for consideration for the GRM program (and other funding opportunities) by the end of February. Initial offers will be made in early March. Applications for funded positions will continue to be considered until all positions are filled.