Master of Arts in Pastoral and Spiritual Care (MAPSC)
The MAPSC is a two-year professional degree that is designed to help students be professional spiritual and pastoral caregivers in hospitals, congregations, and various secular and faith-based chaplaincy settings. The program equips students to provide professional spiritual care in a way that respects diversity and differences in race, culture, gender, sexual orientation and spiritual/religious practices.
Alexandra Ravenscroft
Email: aravenscroft@iliff.edu
Phone: 303-765-3125
Who should pursue a Master of Arts in Pastoral and Spiritual Care degree from Iliff?
Those who want to learn interreligious spiritual care that respects the beliefs, values, and spiritual practices of others. You will learn socially just spiritual care that laments and interrogates the ways that religious beliefs have contributed to injustice. You will learn a research-literate approach assessing how spiritual struggles may be harmful or lead to growth. You will learn experientially how to use your own spiritual practices to clarify your values and beliefs. This spiritually integrative pedagogy helps you spiritually care for yourself while you care for others.
MAPSC Graduates Fulfill Spiritual Care Vocations As
- Chaplains in healthcare, hospice, the military, educational, nonprofit, and business settings
- Pastoral and spiritual caregivers in communities of faith
- Spiritual Directors in private practice, communities of faith, schools, or retreat centers
- Meet our students
Additional Choices
Students who have earned a Master of Divinity degree from an accredited institution may complete the abbreviated version of the Master of Arts in Pastoral and Spiritual Care degree in 40 quarter credits.
Degree Requirements
The MAPSC offers an opportunity to engage in a full array of theological studies, including Clinical Pastoral Education and personal and professional formation. Students must meet the requirements as specified in the Student Handbook of their year of matriculation.
Requirements Include
- First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar (4 Credits)
- Core Requirements (28 Credits) one class from each of the six curricular areas
- Pastoral and Spiritual Care Courses (16 Credits)
- Personal and Professional Formation Courses (8 Credits)
- Clinical Pastoral Education (8 CPE Credits)
- Other Courses (16 Credits)
Example Classes in the MAPSC Program
- Moral Stress, Resilience & Spiritual Integration
- Trauma-informed Spiritual Care
- Spiritual Care in Death and Dying, Grief and Loss
- Spiritual Care and Sexuality
- More information – Student Handbook