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Ministry Faculty Handbook

For students of the School of Ministry — programmes, assessment, research expectations and graduation.

ContentsFaculty pageStudent Handbook

Part I

Dean’s Welcome

Part II

About the Faculty

The School of Ministry trains for practice rather than for the library. Where the Faculty of Theology reads the discipline, this school prepares the people who will stand in a pulpit on Sunday, sit with a family in a crisis on Monday, and answer to a board on Tuesday.

Its awards run from the diploma to the practitioner doctorate, and each level articulates into the next. Teaching covers preaching, pastoral care, discipleship, worship, evangelism and mission, together with the governance, stewardship and ethics of authority that a growing ministry demands of whoever leads it.

Most of its students are already serving. The school is built around that: study is available online and on campus in Buea, and admission is enrolment, so a minister may begin from the date of their offer without standing down from the work they are being trained for.

In preparation

Faculty history and academic calendar

A faculty handbook normally opens with the faculty's own history and the year's dates. Neither has been supplied.

  • When the faculty was founded, and by whom
  • Milestones a student would want to know
  • Semester dates, registration windows and examination periods for this faculty

Part III

Programmes

The faculty awards 6 programmes across 4 levels.

Diploma

  • Diploma in Ministry

    Practical ministerial formation at diploma level for those already serving in local churches — preaching, pastoral care, church administration and evangelism — leading on to the Bachelor of Ministry or the Bachelor of Theology.

  • Diploma in Christian Leadership

    Leadership formation for those carrying responsibility in churches, ministries and Christian organisations. Where the Diploma in Ministry forms the pastor, this diploma forms the leader — governance, stewardship, team building and the handling of conflict, grounded in a biblical understanding of servant leadership.

Bachelor

  • Bachelor of Ministry

    The practical route to ministry, and a distinct award from the Bachelor of Divinity. The B.Min. is built for those already serving: supervised placement runs throughout, and the emphasis falls on preaching, pastoral care, discipleship, church administration and mission rather than on the biblical languages.

Master

  • Masters in Evangelism and Mission

    Missiology and the practice of evangelism for those sent to plant, to cross cultures and to reach communities that the church has not yet reached — with particular attention to mission within and from Africa.

  • Master of Arts in Christian Leadership

    Advanced leadership study for those directing churches, denominations, Christian organisations and NGOs. The degree treats leadership itself as the object of study — organisational strategy, change, governance and ethics — and concludes with a supervised leadership research project.

Doctorate

  • Doctor of Ministry

    The professional doctorate for practising ministers, in Christian Counseling and Administration. Study is grounded in the candidate’s own ministry context, and the final project addresses a problem in that context rather than a question in the literature alone.

Study load

  • Certificate. Minimum 10 and maximum 12 subjects per year.
  • Ordinary Diploma. Minimum 10 and maximum 12 subjects per year.
  • Bachelor’s Degree (distance learning). Minimum 10 and maximum 12 subjects per year.
  • Bachelor’s Honours Degree (distance learning). One full academic year, to a maximum of eight subjects.
  • Master’s Degree. Coursework and dissertation combined; a small number of degrees may be taken by thesis only.
  • Doctorate and Ph.D.. Mostly by dissertation, with the exception of a few doctorates in the business sciences.

Part IV

Course Descriptions

No course list with codes has been supplied for this faculty’s programmes yet.

Course catalogue (0)

Part V

Assessment and Grading

The pass mark is 65%, and grades run from A at 94–100% to F. The full scale with grade points is in the Academic Regulations.

Diploma and undergraduate courses

Participation — engagement in class discussion and activities20%
Assignments — written assignments and projects30%
Examinations — midterm and final30%
Presentations — preparation and delivery of oral presentations20%

Master’s courses

Participation — class discussion and online forums20%
Research paper — 5,000 words30%
Presentations20%
Final examination — comprehensive, covering all modules30%

Part VI

Research Expectations

Research degree candidates should read the Graduate School Handbook, which sets out admission, comprehensive examinations, research methodologies and the dissertation.

Part VII

Graduation Requirements

A graduating student with outstanding fees will have a hold placed on transcripts, diplomas and degrees until those fees are paid in full.

Doctoral candidates complete all required coursework, pass comprehensive examinations, and defend the dissertation before a faculty committee.

In preparation

Credit totals, GPA minimum and classification

The requirements to graduate from each award in this faculty have not been adopted.

  • Credit total required for each award
  • Minimum cumulative GPA to graduate
  • Residency requirement — how much must be taken at ICOF
  • Degree classification bands and their names

Part VIII

Contact

School of Ministry
Buea, Cameroon · Online worldwide
Opposite Bulu Blind Junction, Buea-Cameroon
+237 675 133 426 · info@iguc.net

ICOF Global University · School of Ministry Handbook · Sections marked “In preparation” are pending adoption.