This is a cohort-based program offered only at the University of St. Michael’s College through its Faculty of Theology. The next cohort is scheduled to begin in 2008.
Goals
This program aims to enable Catholic principals, vice-principals,
chaplaincy team members, department heads and others
aspiring to positions of leadership in Catholic education,
health or social service institutions:
- To grow in moral and theological understandings.
- To gain historical perspective.
- To integrate administrative
and managerial practices within the social
teachings of the Catholic Church. - To enhance community relationships.
- To appreciate the implications of canon law for Catholic institutions.
- To gain fluency
in articulating the distinctiveness of publicly
funded
Catholic Institution.
Program Requirements
A total of sixteen units of study with a minimum average of B- (GPA 2.7) are necessary to complete the degree. The program requires a minimum of two years of study.
Curriculum
The sixteen (16) units of study are distributed as
follows:
- Introduction to Catholic Leadership
- Foundations of Theology (SMT1101)
- Introductory Christian Ethics (SMT1904)
- Introductory Scripture
- History of Catholic Institutions
- Ethical and Moral Issues for Catholic Leaders
- Legal Issues for Catholic Leaders
- A Second Systematic Course
- Social Teachings of the Catholic Church
- Philosophical Understandings of Catholic Leadership
- Pastoral Approaches to Issues of Change in Catholic Leadership
- Two Area Electives (Education, Health, Social Services, Business)
- Two Free Electives
- One Practicum