UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
PROFESSIONAL AND MINISTERIAL FORMATION
FOR EMERGING LEADERS WITH VISION
BA (HONS) IN PRACTICAL THEOLOGY
(COMMUNITY YOUTH WORK)
CYM grounds you in your faith and professionally it sets you up for life skills, youth work and to do ministry.
CYM Graduate
(Now Line Manager)
Overview
This BA Honours degree in Practical Theology (Community Youth Work) with endrosed by the National Youth Agency (JNC) offers a professional qualification for those wishing to work in a range of youth and community and faith-based contexts, combined with essential understandings for youth ministry. As a whole, the degree aims to equip you inspired by your faith, to build relationships with young people from all backgrounds and to demonstrate to them the values of the Kingdom of God. The course also equips you to work with young people and community groups in the statutory and wider youth and community work sector…
COURSE Title
BA (Hons) in Practical Theology (Community Youth Work)
ENDORSED BY
NYA for Professional Youthwork status (JNC)
LOCATION
CYM Nottingham
Validated By
Newman University
COST
Annual Fees £7997 *
DURATION
Full Time: 3 Years
Part Time: 4-5 Years
* some students pay for an overnight stay 1 night per fortnight
Combining interactive and creative teaching days with practical application in youth work and ministry settings, the course is designed to support the development of your knowledge, skills and abilities to engage with young people in churches, community and statutory settings both professionally and imaginatively.
Studying on this programme will enable you to gain:
- Essential knowledge of the Christian faith through key theological disciplines, and the ability to relate this understanding to youth and community work practice
- A grounding in relevant social sciences such as psychology, sociology and cultural studies and the ability to relate these to professional youth work and ministry
- An in-depth understanding and practice of community and church based youth work
- Core skills as a youth and community work practitioner
- Broader experience of youth work, through the completion of two pieces of alternative practice in community and/or statutory settings
- A range of transferrable skills including independent and creative thinking, self-organisation, team-working, communication, project management, etc of interest to employers.
Learning in, and from practice
For the duration of the course, you will be placed in a church or other appropriate setting where your professional formation as a Christian Youth and Community Worker be rooted in ongoing practice.
You will also engage in 1-1 tutorials with experienced professionals, and participate in small group activities that, together, support the application of learning within your practice and attend to your personal and professional formation.
Academic and Pastoral Support
You will receive support from a dedicated line manager and other colleagues within these contexts, as well as a dedicated team within the theological college who oversee all aspects of your studies.
Alongside the interactive lectures and seminars, you will be part of a facilitated peer formation group and are supported internally by a personal tutor and externally by an experienced practitioner in the field.To find out what modules you will study, download our Course outline.*
* Changes to modules: we comply with Newman University general academic regulations. Please review the additional course information and terms and conditions.
Validated By
Endorsed By
100% OF CYM STUDENTS ASKED IN A RECENT NSS SURVEY DEFINITELY AGREED THAT THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE QUALITY OF THE COURSE OVERALL.
Entry Requirements
Access qualification
100 hours experience in a relevant work or ministry
(paid or voluntary)
Completion of safe to practice checks( Enhanced DBS)
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Where can you study?
Students attend two teaching days per fortnight at our Nottingham teaching centre and spend the rest of their time in their practice context round the region.
