Program purpose
Preparation for thoughtful, accountable service.
Worship foundations, team leadership, congregational song, worship styles, planning, and a supervised leadership project.
What you will study
A coherent academic pathway.
The complete program requires 18 semester credits.
- Six prescribed undergraduate courses — 3 credits each
Courses and requirements
Your complete course map.
Select a course to read its scope, prerequisites, learning hours, and assessment requirements. Follow prerequisite order; the course list does not promise a delivery date.
Required courses 18 credits
WOR101 Foundations of Worship3 credits
Trace worship across Scripture and explain its relationship to the gospel, Christian formation, and congregational life. Produce a supported theology of worship.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate certificate admission.
Workload: At least 135 documented learning hours.
Assessment: The published course outcomes, required assessed work, and degree-level rubric govern; the verified syllabus supplies assessment weights.
WOR201 Music Ministry Leadership3 credits
Plan rehearsals, communication, participation, and pastoral care for a church worship team. Demonstrate responsible leadership through a ministry plan.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate certificate admission.
Workload: At least 135 documented learning hours.
Assessment: The published course outcomes, required assessed work, and degree-level rubric govern; the verified syllabus supplies assessment weights.
WOR202 Congregational Song and Scripture3 credits
Evaluate lyrics for biblical context, theological clarity, and congregational suitability. Prepare a reasoned song selection for a church service.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate certificate admission.
Workload: At least 135 documented learning hours.
Assessment: The published course outcomes, required assessed work, and degree-level rubric govern; the verified syllabus supplies assessment weights.
WOR301 Contemporary Worship Styles3 credits
Compare congregational worship expressions with attention to Scripture, church tradition, and cultural setting. Explain choices without equating style with spiritual maturity.
Prerequisites: WOR101, WOR201 and WOR202.
Workload: At least 135 documented learning hours.
Assessment: The published course outcomes, required assessed work, and degree-level rubric govern; the verified syllabus supplies assessment weights.
WOR302 Worship Planning and Ministry Practice3 credits
Prepare and lead a coherent worship gathering with accessible participation, Scripture, prayer, and coordination. Evaluate the plan and its ministry purpose.
Prerequisites: WOR101, WOR201 and WOR202.
Workload: At least 135 documented learning hours.
Assessment: The published course outcomes, required assessed work, and degree-level rubric govern; the verified syllabus supplies assessment weights.
WOR303 Supervised Worship Leadership Project3 credits
Complete a supervised worship ministry project with planning evidence, feedback, and reflection. Demonstrate theological judgment and responsible team service.
Prerequisites: WOR101, WOR201 and WOR202.
Workload: At least 135 documented learning hours.
Assessment: The published course outcomes, required assessed work, and degree-level rubric govern; the verified syllabus supplies assessment weights.
Academic standards and transfer requirements
Each semester credit requires at least 45 documented learning hours: approximately 15 hours of instruction or equivalent faculty-guided engagement and 30 hours of independent work. A 3-credit course requires 135 hours; a 6-credit course requires 270. Shorter terms do not reduce workload.
Undergraduate and certificate courses require C or higher and a cumulative GPA of at least 2.00; graduate and doctoral courses require B or higher and at least 3.00. Grades: A 90-100, B 80-89, C 70-79, D 60-69, F below 60. Complete at least 67% of attempted credits within 150% of the published program credits. Existing repeat and appeal procedures continue.
Each syllabus specifies measurable outcomes, readings, learning activities, workload, prerequisites, assessment weights, accessibility, and integrity rules before teaching. Assess Scripture and theology, evidence and method, ministry application, and ethics and communication. Final projects require at least 3 on the four-level rubric in every dimension, the minimum course grade, and accepted revisions.
Bachelor students complete at least 30 credits through GDICU, including all 12 advanced field and capstone credits. At least half of each certificate and master degree, and every required culminating project and GDICU-supervised practice component, must be completed through GDICU. All doctoral credits are completed through GDICU. Transfer requires documented content, level, workload, and outcome equivalence; C minimum undergraduate, B minimum graduate.
Count each course once within a credential. Approved certificate courses may apply once to a bachelor degree after admission and a course-by-course equivalency review. Undergraduate work cannot become graduate credit. Previously awarded graduate-degree work cannot be reused in another graduate award. Experience, attendance, ordination, or office alone earns no academic credit.
No recruitment, intervention, or data collection begins before proposal approval and documented institutional ethics review, consent, confidentiality, safeguarding, and site permissions where required. A theological text or archival study also requires source integrity and any access permissions. Existing examination, one-revision, and appeal policies continue.
Academic requirements do not open applications or enrollment. Faculty assignments, complete teaching packages, library access, supervision, accessibility, student support, systems, financial terms, and applicable authorization must be verified before program release. Existing student catalog rights and written transition plans remain in force.
Read the complete academic catalog for the governing program and student policies.
Who may apply
Admission begins with verified preparation.
Secondary-school completion or an accepted equivalent, prior academic records, a Christian learning or ministry-purpose statement, current physical study location, and evidence of college-level reading, writing, technology, and participation readiness.
Completion standard
Progress must be demonstrated.
Complete every prescribed course, earn C or higher in each applied course, maintain at least a 2.00 cumulative GPA, and complete the applicable supervised project.