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ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY [PPSYC5812]
INTENSIVE COURSE

This course will explore the continuum of ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’ behaviour across human beings. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) with its multiaxial classification system will be introduced to provide a framework for the course. A variety of disorders and psychopathologies will be examined. Course objectives include not only to learn about the etiology, classification, epidemiology, and treatment of mental disorders, but also to gain an appreciation of the lived experience of people who suffer with these disorders. Open Studies students registering for this course will be placed on a waiting list and notified one month before the course if a spot is available. Maximum enrollment: 10.

ACADEMIC WRITING [SS071V]
ONLINE COURSE

This non-credit graduate level course will enable you to master key components of sound academic writing – recognizing that incorporating these skills with critical analysis and personal reflection engages readership. The goal of the course is to develop proficiency in a variety of areas including the mechanics of writing (with discipline-appropriate referencing styles: Turabian and APA), academic form, grammar, and methods of literature review and integration. Feedback will address developing a personal writing style within an academic context. Non-credit course fee $525.

ART THERAPY FUNDAMENTALS [CHRTP321]
SEMESTER COURSE

Art therapy, a specialized field in counselling psychology, provides a natural vehicle for promoting integrative, holistic approach to psychological healing. Explores the theory and application of art therapy to spirituality and healing settings. This course will be experientially based, with a lecture and seminar portion.

ART THERAPY HISTORY AND THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS [PPSYC5881]
ONLINE COURSE

This course traces the development of Art Therapy as a distinct therapeutic practice.  Through readings, online discussions, and assignments, learners will gain an understanding of Art Therapy’s philosophical and theoretical foundations, its key figures, and its current trends and debates.  Art Therapy’s evolving relationship to spiritual and cultural practices will also be examined.

ART THERAPY STUDIO AND ALL THAT JAZZ [ARTST5855]
INTENSIVE COURSE

The objective of the course is to provide a working understanding of inter-modal expressive arts therapy. The student will have an overview of the fundamental principles and practices of this work. Such skills as inter-modal transfer will be taught and practiced. An increased comfort with movement, painting, writing and music will be achieved as well as an increased ease in speaking about this work in a professional setting on a conceptual level. Both individual and group work will be explored. How this work is brought into everyday life will be examined and discussed. Studio art courses are graded on a pass/fail basis; a final grade of 'S' (satisfactory) or 'F' (failure) will be assigned. Maximum enrollment: 14. Materials Fee $35.

ART THERAPY STUDIO: AESTHETICS OF DEVOTION II [ARTST5877]
INTENSIVE COURSE

This course develops the skills to engage the transpersonal aspects of expressive arts/art therapy practice. Through visual art media, music, creative writing, and movement, students will explore such themes as personal symbols of meaning, self-transcendence, and communal ritual. No prior experience with the arts is necessary. This training interfaces with pastoral counselling skills development but also stands on its own as a studio course. Studio art courses are graded on a pass/fail basis; a final grade of 'S' (satisfactory) or 'F' (failure) will be assigned. Maximum enrollment: 14. Materials fee $35.

ART THERAPY STUDIO: DISCOVERING DEEP PLAY [ARTST5883]
INTENSIVE COURSE

The objective of Art Therapy Studio courses is the development of studio skills for Art Therapy practice. By engaging in a weeklong intensive studio process, learners will hone their studio skills while exploring the theme of play as a therapeutic intervention. Artful play engages the creative imagination, thus opening up a range of therapeutic and expressive possibilities. Through guided as well as self-directed projects and exercises, learners will gain the tools to increase the capacity for play in the therapeutic encounter. Modalities like music, dance, and theatre games will complement visual art studio time. The course will have a cross-cultural sensibility and can be applied to all age groups. Studio art courses are graded on a pass/fail basis; a final grade of 'S' (satisfactory) or 'F' (failure) will be assigned. Maximum enrollment: 14. Materials fee $35.

ART THERAPY STUDIO: EMBODIED IMAGERY [ARTST5874]
INTENSIVE COURSE

This studio course will explore somatic and kinesthetic pathways in art making, and the ways in which the art making process evokes and nurtures these pathways. What are the connections between the kinesthetic and the aesthetic, motion and emotion, breath and inspiration? These themes will be introduced through experiential engagement with the arts, including movement, artmaking, and creative writing. The course will look at the stages of engagement in an art therapy session and the ways in which art therapy practitioners may enhance their understanding of the kinesthetic. Particular attention will be given to the art making stage of art therapy practice, and the role of the art therapist as witness. There will be an invitation to develop and deepen our understanding of the properties inherent in various art media and their connection to the evocation of the senses. This experiential learning will be augmented by an exploration of developmental theory and connections to current research.  Studio art courses are graded on a pass/fail basis; a final grade of 'S' (satisfactory) or 'F' (failure) will be assigned. Maximum enrollment: 14. Materials fee $35.

ART THERAPY STUDIO: INTROSPECTION AND CONTEMPLATION IN THE ARTS II [ARTST5871]
INTENSIVE COURSE

How does one deepen and strengthen one’s connection to sources of inspiration? This studio class is designed to create an atmosphere of creative reflection through art-making, meditative activities, and class discussion. Live music will enhance expression through painting, dance and poetry. Moving inward while creating an artistic work gives us the means to express more eloquently what lies beneath the surface of our awareness. Students and practitioners in the helping professions interested in the relationship between creative expression and healing will find this studio course both inspiring and instructive. No previous experience in the arts is required. Studio art courses are graded on a pass/fail basis; a final grade of 'S' (satisfactory) or 'F' (failure) will be assigned. Maximum enrollment: 14. Materials fee $35.

BLENDING THE WORLDS OF PSYCHOLOGY AND HEALING: JOURNEYING BEYOND TRAUMA AND ABUSE [PPSYC5827]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Many in our world struggle in their attempts to heal deep scars resulting from traumatic life circumstances. Effects of trauma result from a variety of distressing events.  Personal responses can be intense and lasting. During this course, you will examine the effects of trauma on every aspect of humanness. You will advance knowledge and skill to work in a more wholistic way with individuals and groups who are attempting to heal the effects of trauma. Theories and practices of health sciences and psychology blend in an experiential way with strategies aimed primarily at healing soul wounds. Experiences include the use of guided imagery, therapeutic art, dream and symbol understanding, and the application of various cultural approaches, including those from Aboriginal and Eastern philosophies.

CHILD AND ADOLESCENT ART THERAPY
[PPSYC5845] INTENSIVE COURSE

This course focuses on the theory and practice of art therapy with children and adolescents. Issues of development, assessment, and therapeutic interventions will be covered.  Students will be exposed to diverse treatment settings and theoretical approaches, drawing on psychological theories as well as arts-based methodologies. Cross-cultural awareness will be addressed. Maximum enrollment 14. Materials fee $35. [Not normally open to students with credit in Art Therapy with Adolescents PPSYC5845].

CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURE BASICS [CHRTP305]
SEMESTER COURSE

Explores basic themes and literature of the New Testament. Christianity’s origins and the social formation of Jesus movements and Christ cults are explored in the context of the Jewish, Greek and Roman world.

CLASSROOM STORYTELLING:
THE SACRED IN CONTEMPORARY CHILDREN’S LITERATURE [CHRTP320]
SEMESTER COURSE

Participants will investigate the use of contemporary children’s literature as a supportive, pedagogical strategy in the development of children’s spirituality. 

COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY [PPSYC5817]
ONLINE COURSE

This course is designed as an overview of the theoretical foundations of cognitive and behavioural forms of psychotherapy. The student will review cognitive and behaviour therapy’s (CBT) assumptions, assessment methodologies and intervention strategies anchoring them in a cognitive-behavioural framework. The major student goal is to think critically about CBT both with regard to its theoretical assumptions and its applications. The evaluation process is geared toward engaging the student’s critical/analytic faculty through reflective responses to required readings. Students will demonstrate the ability to integrate CBT conceptually within a pastoral counselling context and humanistic tradition.

CONSTRUCTIVIST PSYCHOTHERAPY:
AN APPLICATION OF NARRATIVE AND SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPIES [PPSYC5822] INTENSIVE COURSE

This course will provide the student with an opportunity to learn, in an experiential context, the principles of both narrative and solution-focused therapy. Attention will also be paid to brief therapy ideas and practices. Practices which derive from these models will be integrated with basic counselling skills such as reflective listening, empathy, open-ended inquiries, clarifying and summarizing. These constructivist approaches will also be considered as a means of opening therapeutic conversations to spiritual experiences. Students will emerge from this course with a practical understanding of how these approaches are expressed in therapeutic settings. [Not normally open to students with credit in An Integration of Essential Counselling Skills Using Narrative Principles and Practices PPSYC5822.]

COUNSELLING CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS [PPSYC5816]
INTENSIVE COURSE

This course provides both a general overview of the field and some practical intervention strategies. It will seek to provide students with: an understanding of the similarities and differences between counselling adults and counselling children and adolescents; a working knowledge of various approaches to counselling with this age group; an introduction to the various types of Play Therapy and the role of intervention strategies in this approach; a deeper appreciation and understanding of what dynamics the counsellor brings to the process of working with children; and an understanding of both ethical and professional practice issues in working with this population.

COUNSELLING PRACTICUM MAPPC [PPSYC5870]
Prerequisites: Enrollment in MAPPC program, and PPSYC581, PPSYC583, and PPSYC585.

This 6-credit practicum course will consist of 300 hours of direct client contact over two practicum placements and should be arranged so as to meet the student's desired Professional Association requirements. The practicum course will begin with two days of instruction on-site at the College, followed by monthly engagement in online coursework over the course of a maximum of two years. At the conclusion of Practicum One, students will write a process report which reflects on their clinical work with a specific client. At the conclusion of Practicum Two, students will write an integrative paper. Students may not engage in practicum prior to commencing this course. A current  criminal records check may be required by sites providing clinical practice (see Criminal Records Check policy).

COUNSELLING PRACTICUM ART THERAPY [PPSYC5878]
This course is only open to MAPPC-AT/ATCert students.

Prerequisites for MAPPC-AT students: PPSYC581 Intro Pastoral Psych/Counselling, PPSYC583 Prof Ethics/Past Counsellor, PPSYC585 Counselling Skills, PPSYC5841 Intro Art Therapy, PPSYC5830 Theories/Art Therapy Training Grp I

Prerequisites for AT Certificate students: PPSYC5841 Intro Art Therapy, PPSYC5830 Theories/Art Therapy Training Grp I, SSC582 Pastoral Theology/Counselling

This 6-credit practicum course will consist of 350 hours of direct client contact, and 350 hours of indirect services, with supervision by a certified art therapist, over two practicum placements. The art therapy counseling practica should be arranged so as to meet the student's desired Professional Association requirements. The practicum course will begin with two days of instruction on-site at the College, followed by monthly engagement in online coursework over the course of a maximum of two years. At the conclusion of Practicum One, students will write a process report which reflects on their clinical work with a specific client. At the conclusion of Practicum Two, students will write an integrative paper. Students may not engage in practicum prior to commencing this course. A current  criminal records check may be required by sites providing clinical practice (see Criminal Records Check policy).

COUNSELLING SKILLS [PPSYC585]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Prerequisite: PPSYC581 or permission of instructor.

This course is only open to MAPPC or ATCert students or by instructor’s permission.
Building on PPSYC581 Introduction to Pastoral Psychology and Counselling, the course will emphasize experiential integration of basic counselling skills and concepts into each student’s natural way of being. Students will be actively involved in the learning process and will be expected to fully engage in all opportunities for self-reflection and skill acquisition. Attention will be given to developing relationships, attending to the change process, professional boundaries, and stages of counselling. Counselling as a sacred space will be explored through practice, supervision and self-reflection.

COUNSELLING SKILLS-SYSTEMS INTERVENTIONS [PPSYC5869]
INTENSIVE COURSE

This course is only open to MAPPC or ATCert students or by instructor’s permission.
This course offers an experiential opportunity to learn the skills required for working with persons in intimate partnerships, nuclear families, multigenerational groups, and larger social systems.  In addition to input from the assigned and recommended reading, from video materials, and from the instructors, participants in the course will have opportunity to learn from role plays and other skill practice methodologies.

COUNSELLING THEORIES-SYSTEMS: SYSTEMIC THEORIES IN PASTORAL COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY [PPSYC5810]
INTENSIVE COURSE

This course offers an overview of systemic theories for pastoral care, counselling, and psychotherapy with individuals, couples, and families. General principles and specific theories will be discussed. Attention will be given to the factors that impact on the pastoral therapist’s choices concerning ways of assessing, diagnosing, and working with people.

CROSS-CULTURAL COUNSELLING [PPSYC5847]
INTENSIVE COURSE

This course promotes self awareness of how we, as individuals, interact in multicultural settings. Using assigned readings, classroom discussion, and activities, it aims to enable the development of interpersonal cross-cultural awareness of subtleties encountered in diverse cultural and linguistic environments. Topics covered include personal values, beliefs and world view, Western and non-Western models used in counselling practices, cultural transition and dislocation, gender differences influencing: religious practices, power and oppression, racism, ageism, family dynamics and family violence. Some effective counselling skills will be explored.

DMIN INTEGRATIVE SEMINAR [SS7311]
INTENSIVE SEMINAR

Prerequisite: Enrollment in DMin Program

This annual one-week Integrative Seminar (IS) enables participants to attend to the primary goals of the Doctor of Ministry program: development of an advanced understanding of the nature and purposes of ministry; enhancement of competencies in pastoral analysis and ministerial skills; integration of advanced understanding and enhanced competencies into a theologically reflective practice of ministry; and continued growth in spiritual maturity. Participants will engage DMin peers and Faculty Advisors in reflective presentations, discussions, practices and evaluations that deepen their own research and ministry practices. The IS will comprise 13 three-hour segments (Monday to Fri - morning, afternoon, and evening). All DMin students who have not yet completed their Project-Dissertation are required to attend. Reading preparation will include a text from each of the following areas: Pastoral Theology, Leadership in Change, Current Social Trends Impacting Ministry, Ethics in Ministry, and Globalization and Ministry across Cultures. The texts will vary from year to year. There will be a post-course assignment that emerges from the content and process of the week of learning together; this assignment will be circulated for discussion in the Online Collegium directly following.

DMIN IS COLLEGIUM [SS7311V]
ONLINE COLLEGIUM

Prerequisite: Enrollment in DMin Program

This online collegium directly follows the Integrative Seminar (IS), and involves discussions and participation during the year. All students who have not yet completed their Project-Dissertation are required to participate in this online collegium. Participation is required on an at least weekly basis, in a way that indicates in-depth engagement with the student’s learning process, with peers, and with members of the DMin Program Committee. Depending on the number of learners involved at any particular time, students will be segmented into two or more communities of common interest.

DREAMS AND THE SOUL’S JOURNEY [SSC5526]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Dreams and dreamwork form part of the sacred aspect of our lives because they touch the deepest, most intimate parts of ourselves and connect us with something beyond. Dreams use symbolic images to provide us with support, healing and guidance. This course offers both theory and experiential practice to help people understand dreams better, to respect the sacred in themselves and others, and to begin to find and use the healing powers of dreams.

ECO-THEOLOGY [CHRTP319]
SEMESTER COURSE

Earth’s divinity is infinitely precious and endangered.  Participants will reflect theologically on this great challenge of the 21st century, and discover paths by which we can “stay awake” to the call of earth.

ENABLING IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT:
ABORIGINAL UNDERSTANDINGS AND OBJECT RELATIONS [SSC5538]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Who are you? How do you present yourself in relationships? How do you work with someone else in their healing journey?  Relationships have a powerful influence on the growth and development of one’s identity. This course explores these questions through a conversation between a western theory about personality development (Object Relations) and Traditional Aboriginal understandings about identity.  Participants will have the opportunity to learn about identity development from both worldviews, discuss how they see their own self development and explore ways of using their learning to better understand their own self and those to whom they provide support. Time in class will be devoted to learning the concepts and sharing experiences for practical application.

ENCOUNTERS WITH SUFFERING: QUEST FOR MORAL VISION [SS553V]
ONLINE COURSE

This course faces up to the real life questions of suffering with an intention of growing up our hope to confront the challenges of a broken world. Robert Wicks said, “Spirituality is the seriousness of the questions with which we are prepared to live.” Participants are invited to explore their own suffering and to develop a moral vision for solidarity with others whose lives are broken. Theological themes explored include evil, theodicy, compassion, hope and virtue.

ENGAGING DIFFERENT CULTURES [SSC5148]
SEMESTER COURSE with TRAVEL STUDY TOUR

This course will provide opportunities to hear and experience the lives of our sisters and brothers in Zambia, their joys and their hardships. The basis of the course will be a 20 day travel study experience of people whose lives have been shaped by both their tradition and the influence of the western world. We will explore the relationship between Canada and Zambia particularly as it relates to trade and industry. We will meet face to face with people whose lives are impacted by the realities of life in a country that is now one of the poorest countries in Africa, people who volunteer in Home Based Care Groups, women who belong to Grandmothers Groups, communities who have been devastated by the closing of mines in their community as well as teachers and students in local community schools.

ENGAGING THE WORLD OF THE BIBLE: ANCIENT STONES, CURRENT STRUGGLES [SSC5025] STUDY TOUR CREDIT COURSE OPTION

This course will be a journey through time, both ancient and modern. Students will participate in a travel-study experience in Egypt, Jordan and Israel/Palestine, visiting important biblical/archaeological sites and pilgrimage locations as well as places off the beaten track.  There will be conversations with the people of these lands, exploring both the obstacles and challenges to peace in the region. Objectives of the course will be: to walk into the world of the biblical texts and reflect on and learn from that experience; to gain an appreciation of the history, geography and archaeology of the biblical lands; to seek to understand biblical stories within an historical, geographical and social context; to enter into conversations with the people of Israel and Palestine; to discover the complexity of the conflict and to explore prospects for peace.

ENTERING WHOLISTIC ABORIGINALRELATIONSHIPS [SSC5537]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Learning how to develop respectful relationships with someone who lives with an understanding of their place and way of being in the world that is very different from your own is the primary objective for this course.  The history of the relationships between Aboriginal peoples in Canada and those who have journeyed to Canada from other lands holds many struggles. In this course we hope you can learn about respectful relationships between Aboriginal peoples and non-Aboriginal peoples. The most significant challenge is opening one’s self up to another worldview and way of being in this world.

EXPLORATION OF HOPE [SSC5522]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Hope is a word we use often, especially as people of faith.  But what is hope? What makes it so crucial to health and well-being as well as integral to faith? How can we more explicitly talk about hope, intentionally foster hope, and integrate hope into our life and work? This course will explore hope as a concept, as a profound reality of the faith experience, and as a way of being in the world. Theologies of hope and literature related to hope will be highlighted. Academic content will be supplemented with personal reflections, group discussion, and exploring creative expressions of hope.

EXPLORING FAITH AND FICTION [CHRTP315]
SEMESTER COURSE

In a world where we often look to facts as a way of proving our reality, the value of creative imagination, or fiction, is sometimes overlooked as a way of understanding our spirituality in relation to our lived experience. This course will explore questions of doubt and faith, spiritual journey, community and other related themes through the genre of fiction. Various forms will be used, including novels, short stories, movies, and comic strips. [Formerly titled Topics in Religion and Literature CHRTP315]

FAITH FORMATION WITH YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS [SSC5331]
INTENSIVE COURSE

This course is designed to provide students with in-depth knowledge in Christian Development specific to adolescents and young adults. Topics covered will include faith in the midst of youth and young adult post-modern context, educational models within a faith context, and confirmation.

FEMINIST THEOLOGY
INTENSIVE COURSE SSC518 | SEMESTER COURSE CHRTP318
ONLINE COURSE SS518V

This course is an examination of feminist criticisms of selected doctrines and practices. It is for women and men and will explore the insights and contributions of significant feminist theologians to the Christian tradition. Its goal will be to develop a critical feminist interpretation of this tradition and to reflect on the implications for full flourishing communities. Through a feminist process of learning participants will be encouraged to reflect creatively on assigned readings and to relate their own experiences to the course content.

FOCUSING AND FOCUSING ORIENTED THERAPY [PPSYC5853]

Since it was first developed, Focusing has had a tremendous humanizing influence on the profession of psychotherapy. It has been the subject of university research demonstrating its efficacy in various settings. During the course we will begin by exploring Focusing as a personal practice; we will then take this respectful and compassionate self-awareness into our development as practitioners and explore the impact that this way of working has on our understanding of therapy and spirituality. This will be an exciting opportunity to examine our own preconceptions while developing our counselling practice in a way that is a gentle and yet a rigorous alternative to models of dominance. We will explore issues of self-disclosure in therapy, so-called transference/countertransference, boundaries, challenging clients, and working phenomenologically. Students will be actively involved in the learning process and will have numerous opportunities to engage in self-reflection, demonstrations, practice, discussion, and case presentation (anonymised).  The course is designed within an existential-phenomenological stance which encourages us to bracket received ‘knowledge’ and prioritize the moment-to-moment micro-processes of therapeutic interaction in an attempt to attune to the phenomenon of being-with another. Each student will be encouraged to decide his or her own level and style of engagement. Students should have some prior clinical experience and a basic ability to Focus and Listen to someone Focus. Students can inquire about the possibility of using this course as a component of training as a Certified Focusing Professional/Therapist with the Focusing Institute. 

GROUP COUNSELLING: PROCESS, THEORIES AND STRATEGIES [PPSYC5834] INTENSIVE COURSE

This course highlights the role of groups in the treatment of adults, adolescents and children. Students will become familiar with the stages of group development and some of the strategies used to facilitate group process at each stage. There will be an opportunity to learn, in an experiential context, some of the group practices deriving from the cognitive-behavioural, psychodynamic, narrative and psychodrama approaches to healing.

HEALING THE SOUL:
SUFFERING AND THE PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION [SSC5316] INTENSIVE COURSE

Suffering is one of the hardest experiences to endure. Yet those of us in counselling and ministry are frequently faced with experiences of suffering. How do we journey with suffering in our own lives and in the lives of others? How can befriending suffering bring us to hear the still small voice of the holy within? This course blends theory and practice to look at the various elements of suffering. It invites participants to find a new, more healing relationship with suffering. [Not normally open to students with credit in Ministering to the Suffering SSC5316]

HEBREW SCRIPTURE BASICS [CHRTP301]
SEMESTER COURSE

Explores basic themes and literature of the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament): sources and context, authorship, literary qualities, general teaching and formation.

HELPING CHILDREN THROUGH TIMES OF LOSS, GRIEF AND MOURNING [SSC5854] INTENSIVE COURSE

Childhood bereavement during terminal illness and/or following the death of a loved one from cancer, suicide, a motor vehicle accident, etc., can be a devastating experience with potentially harmful short- and long-term effects. We must not continue to allow children to be the “forgotten mourners” in our society. This course will assist students in developing the necessary knowledge and skills to support and counsel grieving children. Narratives composed by grieving children themselves will help students gain insight into the experiential world of the grieving child. Students will also explore modern and postmodern theories and understandings of childhood bereavement, learn appropriate communication techniques for working with grieving children (including the use of expressive arts), develop skills in facilitating peer support, and become familiar with many existing literature, video, and community resources to assist grieving children.  This course will be of interest to both Pastoral Care and Pastoral Counselling practitioners and anyone whose work in a hospital, school, or agency may bring them into contact with a grieving child.

HISTORY OF METAPHOR IN THE ARTS AND SPIRITUALITY [SSC5536]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Inspiration is sometimes derived from within us and sometimes from what is around us. Metaphor can take us to places of deep reflection and contemplation; the artist’s role is to give expression to his or her inspiration, giving form to the formless. This class is designed to bridge the gap between soulful contemplation and expression, from a historical perspective, as well as in an experiential way. The non-intellectual understanding of what has been considered profound metaphor still influencing us today will be explored through the artistic process as well as dialogue. Painting, music and writing will accompany us through the week drawing inspiration from past creations and as a backdrop for creating new understanding of ancient metaphors through creative expression and thoughtful reflection. Spiritually oriented metaphors that have stood the test of time have inspired countless artists. The student will end the week with a more vivid understanding of the metaphors that are most relevant to his or her personal and professional life, providing a source of creative inspiration and spiritual direction that is both grounding and uplifting. Maximum enrollment: 14. Materials Fee: $25.

INQUIRY, EVALUATION AND THE SEARCH FOR KNOWLEDGE [SSC771]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Prerequisite: Enrollment in DMin Program or permission of instructor.

This course enables participants to engage questions concerning ways of knowing and worldview. What is research? How does it differ as a kind of inquiry from evaluation? What is involved in "doing" evaluation? What are the various philosophical roots of schools of qualitative research method? e.g., What distinguishes phenomenology from grounded theory or heuristic research? What is involved in "doing" qualitative research for a Project-Dissertation?  The intent is to assist participants as evaluators and researchers to identify and locate themselves within a worldview, paradigm, methodology, and its theology, and to relate all of this to their own area of interest.

INTRODUCTION TO ART THERAPY: THE ARTFUL-SPIRITUAL CONNECTION [PPSYC5841] INTENSIVE COURSE

This course will allow participants to explore and deepen meaningful connections and spiritual reflection through the process of art therapy. Through examination of the history and ethics of art therapy, students will incorporate introductory art therapy techniques and the spiritual with theological reflection, through the creative process. In class, students will have an opportunity to look at various kinds of environments that allow for safety of expression and connection to their own and others' sense of artful-spiritual meaning. [Not normally open to students with credit in Restoration of the Soul PPSYC5841] Maximum enrollment: 14. Materials fee $35.

INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES
INTENSIVE COURSE SSC505 | CORRESPONDENCE COURSE 505E
ONLINE COURSE SS505V

This introduction presents the unity and diversity of the texts, beliefs, and practices of early Christianity.  Christianity’s origins and the social formation of Jesus movements and Christ cults are explored in the context of the Jewish, Greek and Roman world.  Jesus' sayings, deeds, and parables (Book of Q and Gospel of Thomas) as well as Paul's theology and the creative theologies of the Gospel writers will be analyzed.

INTRODUCTION TO CHURCH HISTORY
SSC521 INTENSIVE COURSE | SS521V ONLINE COURSE

The history of Christianity is the story of how a faith spread and created a church and a people of that faith. This course is an introduction to the development of theology and church practice from those incredible early days when missionaries set out to win the Roman Empire for Christ to the modern day re-invention of the church. We will ruminate in the gloom of the dark ages, watch St Francis set out to rebuild the church, participate in the excitement of the Reformation, and examine the enlightenment and the light it shed on our understanding of God. We will explore the question of how God acts through people of faith to affect society as a whole - and how society in turn affects the church and the way we relate to God. We will ask how the events of historic times shed light on our current understanding of God and the church.

INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS [SSC513]
INTENSIVE COURSE

This course will examine critical questions of being and thinking ethically in today’s world. The complexities of ethical analysis in relation to life will be explored through the use of case studies. Lectures and discussion will be directed toward a formulation of a Christian understanding of ethical decision making.

INTRODUCTION TO HEBREW SCRIPTURES
INTENSIVE COURSE SSC501| CORRESPONDENCE COURSE 501E
ONLINE COURSE SS501V

This course explores basic themes and literature of the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament): sources and context, authorship, literary qualities, general teaching and formation. The complexity of these vital texts will present the challenges, humour, despair, comfort and pain imparted over the centuries. This very ancient theological tradition will be related to present day culture and personhood.  

INTRODUCTION TO JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY
[PPSYC5821] INTENSIVE COURSE

The depth psychology of C. G. Jung is apprehended by the experience of it. Its emphasis on the natural processes of individuation, relationship and ‘soul’ is such that it is not easily codified into a ‘system’ or ‘technique.’ While we will be exploring a variety of Jungian concepts, we will endeavor to dip into the well of the unconscious in a more imaginative and playful engagement with Jung’s writings and with the peregrinating matters of the psyche, where the essence of Jung’s psychology truly lives. A variety of concepts, including the structure of the psyche, the ego and persona, anima/animus, and personality types will be defined, and the relationships between them will be examined.

INTRODUCTION TO PASTORAL PSYCHOTHERAPY AND SPIRITUAL CARE [PPSYC581] INTENSIVE COURSE

This course provides a foundational framework for exploring pastoral counseling through an overview of the theory, nature and practice of the disciplines of counseling and spiritual care. The course will consider specific issues in the therapeutic process, and will offer a mixture of current theory, personal reflection and group process related to that theory base and to its application in both pastoral counselling and spiritual care settings. This is a pre-requisite for PPSYC585 Counselling Skills. [Not normally open to students with credit in Introduction to Pastoral Psychology and Counselling PPSYC581].

INTRODUCTION TO THEOLOGY [511E]
CORRESPONDENCE COURSE

An introduction to the subject matter, methods and uses of theology in the life of the church, this course is designed to help individuals access and use more confidently a variety of theological resources. MTS students, and those seeking a deeper intellectual understanding of thought will find the course attractive. There are five sections in this course: Theology as the theory base for church life; scouting unfamiliar territory; the Christian's way of keeping the church honest; "second thoughts" on the language of faith; and making sense of an "impossible fact".

INTRODUCTION TO THEOLOGY: ITS TRADITIONS AND TASKS
INTENSIVE COURSE SSC511 | ONLINE COURSE SS511V

One of the classic definitions of ‘theology’ is “faith seeking understanding”. In this course, we will form a community of learning which will explore the Christian theological tradition as it has attempted to make sense of the major dimensions of Christian faith: God, Jesus Christ, humanity, evil, redemption, hope. We will encounter the magnificence of theology as an intellectual and spiritual endeavour, and we will meet some of the major figures who have shaped our thinking about the faith, bringing them into conversation with our own theological roots and with contemporary human experience.

ISSUES OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE/INTERVENTION IN ART THERAPY [PPSYC5862] INTENSIVE COURSE

This course includes topics in the field of art therapy including Art Therapy Assessment, Group Therapy, Family Art Therapy, and Special Populations. The Special Populations component will focus on art therapy with special populations such as the elderly; those with health issues; grief; etc.  The expectation is that art therapy professionals from the various fields will be invited to present their work with these special populations and this will offer a demonstration of some of the options for this work and its application. Maximum enrollment: 14. Materials fee $35.

ISSUES OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE/INTERVENTION IN ART THERAPY I [PPSYC5879] INTENSIVE COURSE

This course includes topics in the field of art therapy including art therapy assessments, special populations, issues of professional practice, and cross-cultural issues in art therapy practice.  [Not normally open to students with credit in Issues of Professional Practice/Intervention in Art Therapy PPSYC5862]. Maximum enrollment: 14. Materials fee $35.

ISSUES OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE/INTERVENTION IN ART THERAPY II [PPSYC5880] INTENSIVE COURSE

This course focuses on the study of group art therapy and family art therapy. Related assessments and cross-cultural issues will be examined. This course has both a theoretical and experiential component. Maximum enrollment: 14. Materials fee $35.

JOURNEYING WITH THE DYING [SSC5824]
INTENSIVE COURSE

The course will look at the experience of death and dying and at how participants might journey with the terminally ill. First-person narratives will shed light on how, in spite of this devastating experience, the dying can be helped to live their dying in a way that is meaningful to them. By entering into their artwork we will see how the knowledge of impending death interfaces with spirituality and how the use of music, art, and ritual can help facilitate a person’s journey to God. Instructor presentation, group discussion, personal reflection, and the use of audio-visuals will invite the participants to learn about death and dying from a dying person’s experience. Participants will also be expected to explore their own death as they prepare themselves to journey with others. Attention will be given to how one’s God-representation and theology informs one ministry to the dying.

JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY II [PPSYC5849]
SEMESTER COURSE

Pre-requisite: Intro to Jungian Psychology PPSYC5821

This second level course will explore in greater depth and detail the topics covered in ‘Intro to Jungian Psychology’. We will also explore myths, fairytales and basic alchemy as they relate to psychological development and the Jungian therapeutic process.

“JUST” SEX: INTEGRATING SEXUALITY AND SPIRITUALITY [CHRTP316]
SEMESTER COURSE

This course seeks to explore questions of justice in relation to sexuality and spirituality through the historical/theological aspects of our lives in light of contemporary theory and debate. [Formerly ‘Issues in Contemporary Sexuality and Spirituality’ CHRTP316]

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MODULE [SSC5332]

The Leadership Development Module is an intensive program offered in Winnipeg by the Centre for Christian Studies and St Stephen’s College, for people who want to develop their skills in ministry. It will focus on key areas in leadership development. Participants will explore several personality inventories, polarity management and learning style models. (Course fee: $1275)

LIFE SPAN PSYCHOLOGY [PPSYC587]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Prerequisite: Enrollment in MAPPC or AT Certificate program or permission of instructor.

Lifespan psychology focuses on intrapersonal changes that occur over time in response to age related life-stages, key life events, intergenerational modeling, and socialization. This course explores lifespan developmental theories and contributing factors, utilizing a systemic perspective, so as to enhance contextual understanding of human development that will inform praxis when meeting others on their developmental paths. Participants will identify where they are located on their personal and professional developmental paths as they identify trajectories, transitions, and turning points that have contributed to their psychosocioemotional spiritual growth.

LIVING WITH RESPECT IN CREATION:
ECOLOGY, ETHICS AND THEOLOGY IN CONVERSATION
INTENSIVE COURSE SSC5119 | ONLINE COURSE SS5119V

What kind of world are we leaving for future generations? How do we reverse patterns of habitat destruction and pollution? What contributes to these problems? What does it mean to live with respect in creation? This course will explore theories about what contributes to ecological problems, spiritual and theological dimensions of the issues, and political and personal responses.

LOSS AND GRIEF ACROSS THE LIFESPAN [PPSYC5867]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Experiences of loss are universal to all people and can affect us at every stage of the life cycle. Grief is a natural and necessary reaction to loss that involves all the dimensions of a bereaved person’s being. Some losses are obvious while other experiences go unrecognized as losses and may lead to disenfranchised grief. The grieving process can also be complicated by a number of factors which the psychiatric/psychological nomenclature is about to recognize in the upcoming DSM-V. Given that issues of loss and grief underlie many presenting problems in therapy, it is necessary to cultivate our ability as counsellors to navigate these terrains with our clients. In this counselling oriented course participants will gain insight, knowledge, and practical skills for working therapeutically with bereaved individuals of all ages, with an emphasis on adults. [Not normally open to students with credit in Counselling for Grief and Loss PPSYC5818]

MEN'S ISSUES IN COUNSELLING [PPSYC588]
INTENSIVE COURSE

This course explores recent research, theory and clinical practice in masculine psychology.  Emphasis is placed on practical issues in therapy with men, and on the use of the therapist's self in the therapeutic relationship. Learners (of either gender) will reflect upon the meaning of masculinity and the impact of the masculine code in their own lives.

METAPHOR IN THE ARTS AND SPIRITUALITY [SSC5535]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Metaphor is the ancient bridge to and from the unknown, giving form to the formless. This course will explore the power metaphor wields in illuminating our inner journeys. Metaphor can express the essence of knowledge, love and spirit; it can also instruct and inspire. Delving into the source of our inspiration moves us into the context in which metaphor is created. This course takes participants on a journey into the deep, finding nourishment and profound encouragement in the use of metaphor as a way to make sense of our world…within us and around us. Class discussions created in an atmosphere of mutual support will help to deepen the students’ clarity in regard to the metaphors most significant and fundamental to their personal paths. Maximum enrollment: 14. Materials Fee: $25.

NARRATIVE THEOLOGY [SSC5116]
INTENSIVE COURSE

This course is designed to open the dialogue between the biblical stories, our personal stories and some of the great myths of humanity as the ways we seek to understand God.

NEW ISSUES IN THEOLOGY [CHRTP317]
SEMESTER COURSE

Developments and controversies in Christian Theology and their implications for traditional beliefs, symbols, and the integration of faith and practice. We will explore the human face of God in the controversial issues of sexuality, relationship, aging, euthanasia, ecumenism, and will examine modern thought in relation to Mary Magdalene and Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Discussions and debate will centre around the impact of these issues on each student based upon W. Paul Jones Theological Worlds. Readings from such theologians as Miriam Winter, Gregory Baum, Phillipa Foot, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Diarmuid O’Murchu, John Paul II, Barbara Walker, Ron Rolheiser, and a host of others will contribute to the richness of the discussions.

PASTORAL PSYCHOLOGY: PERSONALITYDISORDERS [PPSYC5858V]
ONLINE COURSE

This course is an examination of the theoretical and empirical perspectives for personality disorders. These perspectives will be considered in the context of modern movies. The specific goals for this course are: to introduce students to personality disorders, to examine the various theoretical and empirical perspectives for personality disorders, and to explore how personality disorders are manifest in movie characters.

PASTORAL THEOLOGY AND COUNSELLING [SSC582]
INTENSIVE COURSE

This course focuses on the integration of pastoral theology and the pastoral counselling process. It will consider the ways in which the students’ understanding of specific theological themes impacts the therapeutic work in a pastoral counselling setting. The course will utilize theoretical material, personal reflection and group process and will emphasize the integrative nature of pastoral theology. This course is a pre-requisite for SSC589 Theological Reflection and the Practice of Ministry.

PILGRIMAGE: A SPIRITUAL PATH [SSC5539]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Pilgrimage. An act of religious devotion or our journey on earth? How do we see more soulfully, listen more attentively, and imagine more keenly on all our journeys? This course explores the journey that is pilgrimage, considers various ways pilgrimage has been understood and provides the lived experience of a pilgrimage in the Edmonton area. Are you pulled by a longing to be a pilgrim? Come journey in community.

PRINCIPALS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING AND ASSESSMENT [PPSYC5866]
INTENSIVE COURSE

This introductory course explores psychological testing and assessment particularly in the area of psycho-educational testing, which happens primarily in educational contexts. The purpose of the course is to develop an understanding of assessment information, and an appreciation for the role that assessment can play in the healing process. Major statistical aspects of testing will be reviewed, including statistics, correlation and regression, standard score, standard deviation, confidence intervals, reliability and validity. Issues related to administration, scoring and interpreting psychological assessment tools will be discussed, and ethical practices will be highlighted. Attention will be paid to understanding psychological assessment reports and integrating those results into therapeutic practice.

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS FOR PASTORAL PSYCHOTHERAPY AND SPIRITUAL CARE [PPSYC583]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Professional practitioners have become much more aware of the area of professional ethics in recent years. However, there often is confusion regarding the difference between a personal and a professional relationship, appropriate boundaries, dual roles, etc. This course will provide opportunity for the student to explore the nature of a professional relationship and integrate their own personal values into their understanding of ethics. We will examine a variety of Professional Codes of Ethics as well as pertinent case examples from the student's workplace or personal experience. Students will read in the field of professional ethics and reflect on their own personal and professional experience. This Professional Ethics course meets the CASC/ACSS requirement for certification. [Not normally open to students with credit in Professional Ethics and the Pastoral Counsellor PPSYC583].

QUESTING FAITH: THINKING ABOUT GOD [CHRTP312]
SEMESTER COURSE

Explores major questions of faith: God, Christ, humanity, evil, hope. This course provides insight into the Christian faith for all interested persons. [Formerly ‘Question of Faith’ CHRTP312]

“REEL” THEOLOGY: EXPLORING THEOLOGICAL THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY FILM [SSC5150]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Story is a longstanding form of creatively exploring ourselves, our world, and our spirituality. In our contemporary society where storytelling in a group setting occurs infrequently, movies viewed in community provide us with the opportunity of seeing stories with others and subsequently sharing opinions within the group. This communal experience encourages our imaginations, invites questions, and enhances our ability to see and hear more soulfully. Throughout the week we will view various movies and reflect on the relevant and related theological themes inherent in them.

RELATIONAL NARRATIVE THERAPY [PPSYC5846]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Prerequisite: PPSYC5822 or permission of instructor.

The history, principles and practices of narrative therapy will be presented from a relational perspective. Here, in dealing with couple or family-related matters, the preferred method of therapeutic change involves not so much getting to tell one's own story as the effect of listening to the stories of those with whom one has a vital relationship. The relational approach to narrative therapy will be taught and practiced.

RESEARCH METHODS [SS571V]
ONLINE COURSE

This graduate level course is intended to support students in developing general understandings of research methods and methodologies, with a focus on qualitative approaches. Various approaches to research, including quantitative, historical or archival and mixed method approaches will be discussed. While “qualitative research” is a broad term, all qualitative research methodologies share a common focus on understanding lived experience. As the course unfolds, we will explore historical and theoretical underpinnings of research approaches and attend in particular to the diverse methodological perspectives of qualitative research. This course will include conversations in qualitative research from the development of questions, to ethical dilemmas and issues arising in qualitative research, to writing a preliminary research proposal. [Not normally open to students with credit in Qualitative Research SS571V]

SACRED SPACES AND SACRED PLACES [SS559V]
ONLINE COURSE

Through a series of thematic modules, this course will examine the definitions of sacred places and sacred spaces in a variety of cultures and times. Our goal is to define for ourselves what constitutes the sacred in our own lives. Examples from sacred art, and from music, will enhance the course material.

SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN DIALOGUE [SSC5133]
INTENSIVE COURSE

The God who intervenes has gone. The God who keeps us company while life is happening is alive and well. We will trace how science and religion have been in dialogue since the renaissance and follow the journey through five centuries of insights, both for religion and for science. With this new millennium, openness to the mystery underlying the universe has animated our culture, and a new humility as to what we know about God has enlivened religion. Many feel we are entering a century of spiritual rebirth. We will join this dialogue, raising our questions, listening to responses, and in the process become clearer about our own faith. Maximum enrollment: 10.

SENSORY HARMONY: MUSIC AND THEOLOGY [SSC5151]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Music and theology are intimately interconnected.  Harmony integrates life, the spirit, and our souls in balance.  We hear, see, taste, smell, and touch this harmony both musically and spiritually.  This course explores music as an expression of the five senses, reaching to touch the Divine.

SPECIAL TOPICS DIY GOD? BUILD YOUR OWN THEOLOGY [CHRTP400]
SEMESTER COURSE

Discussion of topics relevant to the theological or pastoral counseling disciplines. Credit may be obtained for this course more than once. Prerequisite: consent of the Dean of St Stephen’s College.

SPECIAL TOPICS IN DIVERSITY: FAITH AND CULTURE [SSC547]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Multicultural competence and interfaith discourse are increasingly needed in 21st century living. This course will provide an opportunity to look at one’s own culture, beliefs and traditions reflectively while also exploring the culture, beliefs and traditions of others. Gaining increased knowledge about multicultural topics and skills for interfaith communication can further professional functioning and interdisciplinary collaboration. The prefix multi and the suffix culture imply many integrated patterns of human behavior, including thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, and values as they relate to racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups. Similarly, the prefix inter and the suffix faith imply many integrated inroads for discourse between faith groups and religious traditions informed by historical, ritual and scholarly diversity, including founding narratives, core beliefs, sacred texts, guiding values or doctrines, and religious practices. Using assigned readings, classroom discussion and small group activities, the course seeks to enable increased awareness, knowledge, skill and authentic relating across diverse faiths and cultures.

SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT IN THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH [INTD577]
TWO-WEEK INTENSIVE

Spiritual assessment, as an element of whole person assessment, is of interest to a broad spectrum of health as well as ministry professionals. At the same time, in-depth consideration of theories and skills needed for the practice of spiritual assessment is often lacking. This course is designed to include four major learning activities. First, we will explore conceptual and theoretical underpinnings to the practice of spiritual assessment in the promotion of health. Second, we will consider a variety of spiritual assessment frameworks and tools. Third, there will be an opportunity to dialogue with representatives from health as well as ministry professions who consider spiritual assessment to be of the essence of whole person health promotion (eg. Nursing, psychology, pastoral care, pastoral counselling, and more). Finally, attention will be given to ways of integrating spiritual assessment within one’s own health and/or ministry practice. Minimum enrollment: 10 students.

TAKING A CHANCE ON GOD: MAJOR THEMES IN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY
[SS554V] ONLINE COURSE

The end of the 20th century finds itself distinguished by a profound hunger and thirst for God, meaning and purpose in life. Many say we have a space for the Spirit within us, but the challenge is to identify what spirit or spirits define our relationships with ourselves, others, God and creation. This course provides a format for individuals to reflect upon their life in the context of the experience, wisdom and insights of many people from both the past and present and to identify "kindred spirits" and supportive practices on life's journey. Through a process of reading, reflection and writing on selected topics, course participants will come to a deeper understanding of the major themes and developments which shape our journey as seekers.

THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE [SSC589]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Prerequisite: Pastoral Theology/Counselling SSC582 or permission of instructor.

Theological reflection builds upon faith and spirituality. It has been described as both an art and a discipline. In this course, theological reflection will first be defined and then discussed in the light of implications for professional practice. As such, theological reflection will be explored as a way to self-knowledge, learning about others, discovering the collective story of a faith community and doing social analysis. Various "tools" for each of these four approaches to theological reflection will be suggested and tried out. The threads of vitality holding various aspects of learning together in this course will be the unique participants' experiences of themselves, their cultures and their faith journeys into as well as out from various faith traditions. Academic content will mix with experiences of reflection and group sharing in order to encourage ongoing personal as well as professional use of theological reflection in various contexts. [Not normally open to students with credit in Theological Reflection and the Practice of Ministry SSC589]. Maximum enrollment 15.

THEOLOGICAL WORLDS: EXPLORING THE ALTERNATIVE RHYTHMS OF CHRISTIAN BELIEF [SSC5137]
INTENSIVE COURSE

"Theologizing", says Paul Jones, "is the dynamic method involved in the human search for meaning, resulting in a theological world that is autobiographic, exemplifying a deep but often unrecognized commitment on which one's life depends." In this course we will explore Jones’ understanding of what constitutes a "theological world'” using Jones’ own Theological Worlds Inventory, scripture, song and personal narrative. We will explore the communal nature of theological worlds, and how understanding the content and process of worlds other than our own can lead to a vital and vibrant community life.

THEOLOGY OF DIETRICH BONHOEFFER: LIBERATING FAITH [SSC5126]
INTENSIVE COURSE

“The thing that keeps coming back to me”, wrote Dietrich Bonhoeffer in one of his letters from prison under the Nazis, is, “what is Christianity, and indeed, who is Christ, for us today?” His preliminary but bold answers to that question led inexorably to his death in a concentration camp. For his moral and spiritual courage, a new statue of Bonhoeffer now stands in a row with nine other 20th Century martyrs above the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey in London. In this course we will explore the drama of faith seriously pondered and courageously lived: the life and thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, his context, and his enduring relevance for our own day.

THEOLOGY OF HILDEGARD [SSC5132]
INTENSIVE COURSE

As a Benedictine abbess and a mystic of the Rhineland, Hildegard holds a place of high regard among Christians today. Her creative work in art, music, drama, medicine and literature continues to inspire us. She took prophetic action in the religious and political life of her time. She traveled widely, was an extraordinary preacher, denounced corruption, saw sexuality as a paradigm for union with God, managed an extensive monastic organization and incorporated the sisterhood in her amazing list of accomplishments. While never formally canonized, she is perceived as a saint to emulate even though she lived more than eight centuries ago. This course will study how her life, work and theology influence us, using the many documents written by her.

THEORIES AND ART THERAPY TRAINING GROUP I [PPSYC5830]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Prerequisite: PPSYC5841

This course combines theoretical study of art therapy with practical studio applications. Through participation in a training group, students will be exposed to the diverse themes, symbols, and personal expressions that arise in the art therapy treatment process.  Materials theory and basic therapeutic interventions will be introduced.  It is strongly recommended that this course be taken in the same year as PPSYC5828. Maximum enrollment: 14. Materials fee $35. [Not normally open to students with credit in Art Therapy Techniques I PPSYC5830.]

THEORIES AND ART THERAPY TRAINING GROUP II [PPSYC5828]
INTENSIVE COURSE

Prerequisites: PPSYC5841, PPSYC5830

This course combines theoretical study with art therapy practice. Learners will have the opportunity to work with the instructor in front of the group while attending to the unfolding of personal imagery. Differences in theoretical approaches will be explored, both from academic and practical perspectives. Students in this course are expected to be working at an advanced level. This course will also address cross-cultural issues and advanced therapeutic interventions. This course is a continuation of PPSYC5830 and it is strongly recommended that it be taken in the same year as PPSYC5830. Maximum enrollment: 14. Materials fee $35. [Not normally open to students with credit in Art Therapy Techniques II PPSYC5828.]

THEORIES OF COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY [PPSYC584V]
ONLINE COURSE

This course offers an overview of principal theories of counselling and psychotherapy and of their role in the process by which psychological and relational healing and/or cure takes place. [Not normally open to students with credit in Counselling Theories-Individual PPSYC584]

THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PSYCHOMETRICS [PPSYC5825V]
ONLINE COURSE

This course aims to provide an overview of the principles, applications and issues of psychological testing. The major principles discussed are norms, statistics, correlation and regression, reliability and validity. Applications will include the use of standardized psychological tests in the areas of personality and intelligence. In addition, specialized assessment in the area of clinical neuropsychology will be discussed. Controversial issues relating to the misuse of tests may be examined.

THE MAKERS OF MODERN THEOLOGY [CHRTP418]
SEMESTER COURSE

A study of the major works of a key theologian of the 19th or 20th century.

THE WAY OF THE MYSTIC [SSC5510]
INTENSIVE COURSE

This course explores the meaning of mysticism and its connection to the doctrines and life of the Christian church. Mysticism has been viewed with suspicion over the centuries, particularly by systematic theologians, yet its appeal continues to be powerful for all those who want to experience the Holy rather than only talk about God. Participants will ponder mysticism through reflection on the lives and writings of mystics and their own experiences of holy moments, setting these beside appropriate traditional doctrines of the church.

TOPICS IN APPLIED CHRISTIAN ETHICS [CHRTP313]
SEMESTER COURSE

Exploration and analysis of selected issues in social ethics within the context of theological reflection and commitment. Particular attention will be paid to the development of debate within the Protestant tradition.

TOPICS IN WOMEN AND RELIGION [CHRTP314]
SEMESTER COURSE

Women’s relationship to and place in Christianity is explored. Women’s attempts to critique and transform received tradition and/or to develop alternative forms of religious life are examined. This course will explore the contribution that women theologians have made towards the revisioning of sacred text, foundational doctrinal beliefs, ritual and symbol, and consider how many women are reinterpreting the concept of belonging to a faith tradition. The course will also discuss how these topics are addressed within other major religious traditions.

WOMEN AND RELIGION: WOMEN IN THE HEBREW BIBLE [SSC514]
INTENSIVE COURSE

“The Bible is a patriarchal document that originated in a patriarchal society, and until relatively recently, its interpreters have been men.” Few biblical scholars would take issue with this statement. Yet the Bible has informed and continues to inform western culture and religion. So what does this say about women? What about the women’s stories in the Bible? How have these stories been traditionally interpreted? Have women suffered as a result? What can we learn from a generation of feminist biblical interpreters? Can/Should these stories be reinterpreted, reworked, re-imagined? What are some of the challenges that women of faith within the “religions of the book” face today? This course seeks to assess the role of women in the ancient biblical world, using the lens of women’s stories in the Hebrew Bible. We will examine the impact that these stories and their traditional interpretations have had on women in western culture and religion and seek to come to new interpretations that might have a more liberating message.

WHO IS JESUS? [506E]
CORRESPONDENCE COURSE

This course will take students on an exciting journey which will lead through the Old and New Testaments and follow the christological (Doctrine of Jesus as the Christ) road to Nicaea and Chalcedon and the student's own context. The students' mission will be to formulate their own christological statement using the content of the course.