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Curriculum
The revision of our curriculum will focus on a series of very specific outcomes at course level (a street map), controlled by a series of overall outcomes agreed with the faculty at curriculum level and reflecting our expectation of what our students should know today and what they should be able to do upon graduation (a city map).
Our goal for our students is to convey an awareness that wisdom is not an abstract possession, but a living discernment of the ways of God in each situation.
Emphasis throughout is to move beyond the assimilation of fact-like information, and encourage the acquisition of wisdom, growth, and maturity. This is to do with spiritual formation. Thus, our revision is ultimately constructed by a set of habitable values or applied competencies (a state map) for living in the 21st century. These virtues are indicated in the Seminary’s Mission Statement:
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Faith
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Integrity
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Scholarship
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Competence
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Generosity
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Precision
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Awareness
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Compassion
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Joy
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Modesty
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Creativity
There will always remain a need for the acquisition of hard skills, finely honed judgment, and detailed knowledge which may only be gained from immersion in a particular discipline. As a place of excellence, we will always continue to pursue such disciplines so that our students may gain such knowledge and skills.
However, in revising our curriculum, we will find that many of the most significant and exciting possibilities for ministry and the needs of our congregations and the church-at-large require that we cross boundaries and become interdisciplinary.
Curricular decisions made in 2006 will be reviewed in five years, so we are beginning a process of constant mission-related self-evaluation.
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