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ACCREDITATION

Fuller Theological Seminary is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). All degrees and academic certificates are accredited by WSCUC. The School of Mission and Theology master’s and doctoral degree programs are accredited by the Association of Theological Schools. The accreditation of these associations applies to both the Pasadena campus and Fuller’s regional campuses. The PhD and PsyD programs in clinical psychology of the School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy are approved (professionally accredited) by the American Psychological Association. The contact information for these agencies is provided below.

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Senior College and University Commission
1001 Marina Village Parkway Suite 402
Alameda, CA 94501

510-748-9001
510-748-9797 (fax)

wscuc@wscuc.org

https://www.wscuc.org

For documentation of our WSCUC accreditation: https://www.wscuc.org/institutions/fuller-theological-seminary/

The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada

The Commission on Accrediting
10 Summit Park Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1103

412-788-6505
412-788-6510 (fax)

http://www.ats.edu

For documentation of our ATS accreditation and included degrees: https://www.ats.edu/member-schools/fuller-theological-seminary

American Psychological Association

Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 336-5979

E-mail: apaaccred@apa.org
Web: www.apa.org/ed/accreditation

The following extension sites are approved as specified:

Houston, TX
Approved Degrees: Certificate in Christian Studies, MA in Chaplaincy, MA in Global Missional Leadership, MA in Theology and Ministry, MA in Theological Studies, MDiv,

Phoenix, AZ
Approved Degrees: MS in Marriage and Family Therapy

Maximum Time to Completion

Most programs at Fuller Seminary are designed to allow a student to attend either full-time or part-time, but all credits counted toward a specific degree must be earned within a ten-year time period. Some programs require completion in a shorter period of time, as detailed in our Academic Catalog.

Credit Hour Policy

All classes at Fuller Theological Seminary follow this Credit Hour Policy.

Transfer Credit Policy

Please see our current Academic Catalog.

Student Complaints/Grievance Policy and Procedures

Please see our Student Handbook.

EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

This spreadsheet provides details about graduation, retention, placement, and evidence of student learning for each of our programs in both schools. Data contained here is updated as it is available.

SCHOOL OF MISSION AND THEOLOGY

Context and Mission

Fuller’s graduates encounter on-the-ground realities marked by waves of cultural change that continuously reshape what discipleship looks like and what leadership demands. Discerning the Holy Spirit, we are all called to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ and to embody the gospel in action toward God’s justice and reconciliation.

To meet this moment, Fuller’s School of Mission and Theology offers reimagined curricula that underscore how theology and mission are contextual and holistic. To shape innovative leaders for vocations in church and society, programs integrate rigorous scholarship with practical wisdom through courses that utilize new technologies to reach the body of Christ globally. Grounded in Scripture, students receive indispensable formation in life-giving patterns of thinking and feeling, believing and behaving that are Christ-centered and mission-focused.

School Learning Outcomes

The primary learning outcomes of the School of Mission and Theology are:

Graduates will demonstrate critical awareness of their identity and formation within God’s active work amidst a diverse church and world.
Graduates will demonstrate ability to discern God’s truth and purpose in Scripture, critically engaging theological and missiological disciplines using global resources.
Graduates will demonstrate personal and corporate practices for holistic lives of discipleship and vocation.
Graduates will demonstrate reflective capacities to proclaim and embody the good news of Jesus Christ for God’s justice and reconciliation.
Graduates will demonstrate creativity, agility, and effectiveness in leadership in complex and changing contexts.

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES

Master of Arts in Chaplaincy

Graduates will be able to demonstrate a guiding framework for spiritual care intervention that integrates biblical, theological, and practical understandings, which is grounded in their personal Christian faith.
Graduates will be able to demonstrate the ability to develop strategies for their own holistic wellness as well as for those to whom they offer chaplain care.
Graduates will be able to demonstrate the ability to embody the practices of relational care through the ministry of God's sacred presence to people from diverse backgrounds in times of difficulty, crisis, and transition.
Graduates will be able to demonstrate the ability to communicate, bridge build, advocate, and lead in the pluralistic contexts of chaplaincy.

Master of Arts in Global Missional Leadership

Graduates will demonstrate:

an understanding of the mission of God and leading ministries of the global Church from a Gospel-centric missiological perspective
critical thinking and integration skills for the contextualization of the Gospel in order to facilitate personal and social transformation
sensitivity to cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity for building relationships and for the communication of the Gospel
capacities to pursue leadership vocations that engage the mission of God globally
capacities to cultivate a missiologically reflective practice of Christian discipleship and leadership

Master of Arts in Justice and Advocacy

Illustrate a biblical, gospel-shaped moral imagination for social transformation and partnership with the spirit in the student’s own context.
Integrate personal and communal practices that sustain long-term commitment to God’s justice.
Demonstrate an ability to recognize patterns of systemic injustice within particular contexts.
Integrate social analysis and compassionate action towards God’s justice.
Evaluate needs and opportunities for participatory witness to God’s redemptive activity.
Apply distinctively Christian practical skills and strategies for justice and shalom.

Master of Arts in Ministry Leadership

Students will demonstrate the ability to interpret Scripture in light of both its ancient and current cultural contexts for its faithful use in their own lives and ministries.
Students will have demonstrated capacities for interpreting contemporary cultural contexts in dialogue with the historical traditions of Christian theology and ethics.
Students will demonstrate the capacity for theologically informed leadership of Christian ministries of mission and discipleship.

Master of Arts in Theological Studies

Master of Arts in Theology and Ministry (English and Spanish)

Students will be able to understand the nature and purpose of Christian ministry, including their calling and role in God’s mission.
Students will be able to responsibly engage in biblical interpretation and theological reflection and teaching for Christian ministry.
Students will have demonstrated capacities for leadership in diverse cultural ministry contexts for transformational discipleship, mission, ministry, and worship leadership

Master of Divinity (English and Spanish)

Students will be able to reflect critically and theologically on their formation and vocation in relation to changing global realities.
Students will demonstrate competence in biblical-theological interpretation for preaching and other expressions of Christian witness for the church and the world.
Students will be able to lead in diverse cultural and social contexts as theologically reflective and ethical practitioners.
Students will gain knowledge and essential skills for contextualized ministry.

Master of Theology in Theology

Graduates should evidence:

A substantive understanding of the discipline of their field of theological study appropriate for advanced academic study in the service of the church
The capacity to formulate research questions and to use research methods and resources appropriate to the discipline, with a focus on scholarship that advances theological understanding in the service of the global church
Capacities for the cultivation of theologically reflective practices of Christian discipleship
Hospitality toward diverse theological approaches and positions, traditional and emerging, characteristic of the church catholic

Master of Theology in Intercultural Studies

Doctor of Ministry (English, Spanish, Korean)

Students will have demonstrated an advanced understanding of the nature and purposes of ministry.
Students will have demonstrated competencies for a theological-ethically reflective practice of ministry.
Students will have demonstrated skills for the practice of the ministerial vocation in their specific contexts.
Students will have demonstrated capacities to cultivate a theologically reflective practice of Christian discipleship.

Doctor of Global Leadership (English)

Graduates will demonstrate abilities to integrate missiological disciplines as related to the subject areas of their research.
Graduates will demonstrate sensitivity to contextual diversity in its myriad forms as they engage in missiological research in their unique settings.
Graduates will demonstrate abilities to analyze and evaluate their organizations, ministries, or churches in order to catalyze change in their spheres of endeavor.
Graduates will demonstrate abilities to apply research and missiological reflections to specific situations in their ministry contexts.
Graduates will participate in communities of practice that embody spiritual formation in both its personal and communal dimensions.

Doctor of Global Leadership (Korean)

Graduates will demonstrate abilities to integrate missiological disciplines and global concerns as related to the subject areas of their research.
Graduates will demonstrate sensitivity to global issues and contextual diversity in its myriad forms as they engage in missiological research in their unique settings.
Graduates will demonstrate abilities to analyze and evaluate their organizations, ministries, or churches in light of emerging global trends in order to lead and catalyze change in their spheres of endeavor.
Graduates will demonstrate abilities to apply research and missiological reflection to specific situations in their ministry contexts.
Graduates will participate in communities of practice that embody spiritual formation in both its personal and communal dimensions.

Doctor of Philosophy in InterCultural Studies (English)

Think critically and constructively about missiology as a field of inquiry
Demonstrate critical and constructive capacity in one or more principal disciplines that contribute to missiology
Do effective research in intercultural studies
Make an original contribution to missiological theory and knowledge
Demonstrate the potential to make a practical contribution to the mission of the church
Demonstrate integration of spiritual formation, academic work, and professional development

Doctor of Philosophy in Intercultural Theology (Korean)

Graduates will be able to:

demonstrate critical and constructive capacity in one or more principal disciplines that contribute to intercultural theology;
develop research skills appropriate to an area of intercultural theological exploration;
engage in original research and writing that advances theological understanding in the service of the global church;
demonstrate the potential to make a practical contribution to the mission and ministry of the church; and
exhibit the capacity for the integration of spiritual formation, academic work, and professional development

Doctor of Philosophy in Theology (English)

Graduates should evidence:

A comprehensive knowledge of their field of theological study
Research skills appropriate to an area of theological exploration, sufficient to engage in original research and writing that advances theological understanding in the service of the global church
Critical reflection on the vocation of ecclesially informed theological scholarship, particularly with regard to teaching and learning, and research
Hospitality toward diverse theological approaches and positions, traditional and emerging, characteristic of the church catholic
Capacities for the cultivation of theologically reflective practices of Christian discipleship

School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Demonstrate the ability to provide excellent preventative and or transformational mental health services [to church and community].
Graduates will be equipped to apply the insights of Christian theology along with the knowledge and techniques of the social and behavioral sciences in their scholarly and clinical work.
Graduates will be prepared to contribute to the development of knowledge as it relates to the interface of religious, spiritual, and psychological functioning.
Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of the concepts and attitudes necessary to serve effectively in diverse communities locally and globally.
Graduates will be prepared to serve underserved populations and to integrate in their practice and personal lives the disciplines of compassion and charity.

PROGRAMS

MS in Marriage and Family Therapy

Family Systems Perspective: Students will articulate an understanding of major systemic family therapy theories that organize conceptualization and intervention from within an ecosystemic framework.
Cultural Diversity: Students will demonstrate an understanding of contextual factors and culturally diverse expressions of individuals, couples, and families.
Integration: Students will articulate clinical work as an expression of the Christian vocation of peacemaking and the demonstration of the clinical virtues of humility, hope, compassion, and Sabbath rest.
Readiness for the Profession: Students will demonstrate clinical competence commensurate with the expectation of post-graduate MFT internship or associate placement.

Doctor of Marriage and Family Therapy

Doctor of Psychology

Research: Engage in scholarly activities (e.g., critical literature reviews, clinical case studies, theoretical papers, program evaluations, program development) to inform clinical practice. Disseminate the results of scholarly activities primarily to local and/or regional audiences.
Ethical and Legal Standards: Recognize and respond appropriately to legal and ethical situations and dilemmas, with enhanced competency in knowing and applying legal and ethical statutes governing assessment and intervention.
Individual and Cultural Diversity: Understand how one's own individual, cultural, and religious history, attitudes, and biases affect one's work, with an enhanced understanding of the impact of those factors on clients and colleagues. Demonstrate enhanced knowledge, application, and awareness of current theory and research as they apply to addressing diversity in the provision of clinical services.
Professional Values and Attitudes: Engage in self-reflection, pursue self-improvement, and seek supervision to enable behavior that reflects the profession's values and attitudes (e.g., integrity, deportment, professional identity, accountability, lifelong learning, and compassion). Across training, grow in the ability to respond effectively and independently to increasingly complex professional challenges, with enhanced competence in the domain of clinical work.
Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Develop and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of individuals and groups, including colleagues, organizations, communities, supervisors, supervisees, and clients. Demonstrate excellent oral, nonverbal, and written receptive and expressive communication skills, with enhanced competence in clinical settings.
Assessment: Demonstrate an enhanced ability to use assessment tools to answer increasingly complex and varied clinical questions, interpret results to draw informed conclusions, and make treatment recommendations. Communicate assessment findings and implications clearly, accurately, sensitively, and at an appropriate level to clients and colleagues.
Intervention: Demonstrate an enhanced ability to select and provide interventions informed by the current scientific literature, considering assessment findings, diversity characteristics, and contextual factors. When the literature does not provide a clear evidence base, effectively modify and adapt evidence-based approaches, continually evaluating intervention effectiveness and making adaptations as indicated
Supervision: Demonstrate knowledge of supervision models and practices.
Consultation and Interprofessional/interdisciplinary Skills: Demonstrate knowledge of and respect for the roles and perspectives of other professions, working effectively in interdisciplinary field training settings and consulting when appropriate.

Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology

Research: Conduct original empirical or theoretical research that contributes to the scholarly literature. Disseminate this research primarily to national and/or international audiences.
Ethical and Legal Standards: Recognize and respond appropriately to legal and ethical situations and dilemmas, with enhanced competency in knowing and applying legal and ethical statutes governing research.
Individual and Cultural Diversity: Understand how one's own individual, cultural, and religious history, attitudes, and biases affect one's work, with an enhanced understanding of the impact of those factors on research participants, clients, and colleagues. Demonstrate enhanced knowledge, application, and awareness of current theory and research as they apply to addressing diversity in the execution of research.
Professional Values and Attitudes: Engage in self-reflection, pursue self-improvement, and seek supervision to enable behavior that reflects the profession's values and attitudes (e.g., integrity, deportment, professional identity, accountability, lifelong learning, and compassion). Across training, grow in the ability to respond effectively and independently to increasingly complex professional challenges, with enhanced competence in the domain of research.
Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Develop and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of individuals and groups, including colleagues, organizations, communities, supervisors, supervisees, and clients. Demonstrate excellent oral, nonverbal, and written receptive and expressive communication skills, with enhanced competence in the domain of research.
Assessment: Demonstrate an ability to use assessment tools to answer increasingly complex and varied clinical questions, interpret results to draw informed conclusions, and make treatment recommendations. Communicate assessment findings and implications in an accurate and effective manner to all levels of research and clinical audiences.
Intervention: Select and provide interventions informed by the current scientific literature, considering assessment findings, diversity characteristics, and contextual factors. When the literature does not provide a clear evidence base, seek consultation to effectively modify and adapt evidence-based approaches.
Supervision: Demonstrate knowledge of supervision models and practices.
Consultation and Interprofessional/interdisciplinary Skills: Demonstrate knowledge of and respect for the roles and perspectives of other professions, working effectively in interdisciplinary field training settings and consulting when appropriate.

Institutional Reports and Documents

ACCREDITATION

EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

SCHOOL OF MISSION AND THEOLOGY

Context and Mission

School Learning Outcomes

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES

School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy

LEARNING OUTCOMES

PROGRAMS

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