Denver Seminary

130 TM 603 Mentored Formation Building on their experience of the prior semester, the students further develop their ability to discern, develop and manage a personalized learning plan focused on the formation of the whole person. The students are required to utilize cognitive, experiential, and relational learning practices, some of which are familiar and others that uniquely challenge their learning style. These practices involve the engagement of a self-selected mentor, in person, for a minimum of 10 hours each semester. While the student must have identified his/her mentor before the commencement of this course, the student is not required to begin meeting with the mentor until the first week of the semester. The intended outcome of the semester is to strengthen a student's capacity for life-long learning so that whole person formation continues post- seminary. Prerequisite: TM 500 Introduction to Mentored formation and TM 602 Mentored Formation. One Hour. TM 604 Mentored Formation Summative Experience In this final semester of a student's mentoring curriculum, students will continue to discern, develop and manage a personalized learning plan focused on the formation of the whole person. Students are required to utilize cognitive, experiential, and relational learning practices, some of which are familiar and others that uniquely challenge their learning style. These practices involve the engagement of a self-selected, in person, mentor for a minimum of 10 hours. As part of the summative experience, students will engage a guided reflection assignment that will be presented at their final mentor team meeting. This summative assignment will require students to synthesize their formational learning to date as well as attend to their need for life-long learning and formation. Prerequisites: TM 601 Mentored Formation (MA AE, CS, NT, OT, TH, CHP, CFSC, CM, JM), TM 602 Mentored Formation (MA LD, YFS), TM 603 (MDiv). One Hour. TM 605 Mentored Formation Elective An elective course in training and mentoring for those who wish to go beyond the completion of their required TM courses. In collaboration with a mentoring director, students will discern, develop and manage a personalized learning plan focused towards the practice of a professional skill in a professional context. The students are required to utilize cognitive, experiential, and relational learning practices, some of which are familiar and others that uniquely challenge their learning style. These practices involve the engagement of a self-selected mentor, in person for a minimum of 10 hours each semester. The intended outcome of the semester is to strengthen a student's capacity for life-long learning so that whole person formation continues post-seminary. Prerequisite: Professor permission. One hour. YOUTH AND FAMILY STUDIES Denver Seminary is committed to developing leaders who have both the vision and training necessary for penetrating the contemporary culture. As this culture changes at a rapid rate, the seminary experience is designed to equip students with the theological, sociological, and pragmatic tools necessary to develop their own programs to meet the demands inherent within their local adolescent context. Relying on biblical truth supplemented by social science research, the youth and families studies department seeks to enable every student to be effective in lifelong engagement in their specific place of calling. YFS 501 Foundations of Youth and Family Studies A theological, sociological, philosophical and historical overview of ministry to adolescents and their families. Offered fall semesters, even years. Three hours.

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