Master of Youth & Young Adult Ministry/Master of Social Work Dual Degree MAYYAM/MSW

MA in Youth & Young Adult Ministry Requirements

Master of Social Work Degree Requirements

MAYYAM/MSW Dual Degree

Andrews University has formed a collaborative between the Department of Discipleship and Religious Education in the Seminary and the Department of Social Work in the College of Arts & Sciences to prepare students for youth and young adult ministry and social work. Students choosing this program would receive both a master’s in Youth and Young Adult Ministry and a master’s in Social Work. The objectives of this program are to equip students for various forms of ministry in which clinical and administrative skills in social work and ministry are needed; to enable students to integrate both ministry and social work knowledge, values and skills into a multifaceted approach to Christian service, thereby enhancing their usefulness as instruments of the Holy Spirit; and to sensitize them to nontraditional ministry opportunities byexposing them to theories and practice skills related to counseling approaches, person-in-environment, social and economic justice, human rights and global perspectives from a Christian worldview. The program is designed to give students both master’s degrees within three years. The details of the program are as follows:

• The dual degree will consist of 78 credits.
• The student will need to be accepted into both programs.
• There will be shared electives between the two programs:
  • Eight credits for the MA in Youth & Young Adult Ministry; and
  • Ten credits for the Master of Social Work.
• Fieldwork will also be a shared experience, being cross-listed as SOWK 535 - Generalist Field Experience  and DSRE 660 - Field Practicum: Youth and Young Adult Ministry . Four credit hours will be required for a total of 400 clock hours of field during this course. A total of nine credit hours or 900 clock hours will be required for the program.
• One course will be cross-listed and be taken in the Department of Social Work:
  • SOWK 501 - Foundations of Practice I  will fulfill the requirements for DSRE 503 - Marriage, Family, and Interpersonal Relationships .
• GSEM 525 - The Bible and Biblical History  will be considered a prerequisite course. If the student passes the Biblical Literacy Exam, that will satisfy the prerequisite. If the student does not pass the exam, they will need to take the one-credit GSEM 525  in addition to the 78 credits for the dual degree.
• Since both, the MSW and MAYYAM programs, reduce the total credits in order to reduce costs and achieve a more streamlined and efficient program, both degrees must be received simultaneously in order to fulfill the requirements of either degree.