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Academics: Youth Ministry Minor

Minor in youth ministry leadership

An interdisciplinary program, the youth ministry minor focuses on preparing students for all types of youth ministry in church-based settings and parachurch organizations. Courses and advising are based on the Bible and historic Christian theology, with an emphasis on Reformed theology.

Program advisor

The program director is Lynn Barger Elliott.

Program requirements

The minor, which may be taken in conjunction with a major in any field, consists of seven courses comprising a minimum of 19 semester hours of credit. The amount of overlap between the major and the minor will follow the standards outlined in the college catalog.

Youth ministry minor programs must be approved by the director who confers with the supervising committee for the minor.

Course requirements:

  • CMS 374
  • CMS 380
  • Psychology 202
  • Education 309
  • One Intermediate biblical studies course:  Religion 211-214; 221-224
  • One Intermediate theological studies course: Religion 230-237; 241-244, 251, 295
  • One elective from the following:
    • Business 366, 380
    • CAS 101, 140, 240, 253, 260
    • Kinesiology 203, 305, 312
    • IDIS 205
    • Psychology 220, 222, 366
    • Social Work 350
    • Sociology 250, 302, 304
    • An elective alternative