TMPS 8515 Advanced Professional Ministry Practicum
The Advanced Professional Ministry Practicum provides advanced M.Div. or Th. M. students with opportunities for exercising ministerial leadership in settings requiring both advanced ministerial experience and professional expertise in a field other than theology. The aim is to conjoin expertise in another professional field (e.g., health care, law, economics, social work, education, international affairs, etc.) with the practice of ministry. The student is mentored by experienced ministers. The course component offers opportunity for careful reflection on the experience with peers. Students should meet with the instructor early on to allow sufficient time to plan an approved practicum experience.
Course overview
- Department
- Theology and Ministry
- School
- STM
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Periodically
Catalog details
- Prerequisites
- Completion of the Professional Ministry Practicum. or Permission of Instructor
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.31 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.69 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 8
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Joseph Weiss | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 1 of 3 |
| Fall 2025 | Joseph Weiss | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | 2 of 3 |
| Spring 2025 | Joseph Weiss | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 4 of 4 |
| Fall 2024 | Joseph Weiss | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | — | 3 of 4 |
| Spring 2023 | Joseph Weiss | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | — | 2 of 2 |
| Fall 2022 | Joseph Weiss | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 1 of 2 |
| Spring 2022 | Joseph Weiss | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | 2.0 | — | — | 5.0 | 7–9 hrs/week | 1 of 2 |
| Fall 2021 | Joseph Weiss | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | 2 of 3 |