Masters Degree in Child Care

Masters Degree in Child and Family Ministry

This Master’s degree program is designed for the growing number of professionals who minister to the needs of children and families, whether through churches, evangelistic efforts, Christian education settings, professional organizations, or cross-cultural efforts focused upon ministry to children and families. The objective of this program is ministry to children and families in a congregational context with special emphasis on spiritual formation in children, advocacy and care for the special needs of children, discipleship of parents, creation of intergenerational ministry, curriculum and program development, dynamics of staffing leadership, and current trends in children and family ministry. A degree in Children & Family Ministry enables students to consider a variety of careers in: Children's Pastor, Children's Evangelist, Christian Education Director, Christian School Teacher and others.

Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education

This program is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills necessary to successfully complete state educator certification requirements. The curriculum of the program helps students to acquire needed ability to create and evaluate positive, productive classroom environments utilizing formal and informal settings and appropriate classroom management strategies. After successfully completing of this program students should be able to demonstrate an advanced understanding for differentiated instruction and teaching students of diverse cultures. Moreover, they will acquire needed knowledge to demonstrate knowledge of advanced strategies in content related to Early Childhood/Elementary curriculum.