Intercultural Chaplaincy
Graduate Certificate
Building on Columbia’s distinctive vision of ever becoming a place of welcome, hospitality, justice, and belonging, the Graduate Certificate in Intercultural Chaplaincy emphasizes intercultural intelligence, preparing graduates who can provide spiritual care to a rapidly diversifying and culturally changing world. The Graduate Certificate in Intercultural Chaplaincy teaches students to provide effective spiritual care and leadership across diversity and differences. Students practice self-reflection and learn to articulate an approach to spiritual care that integrates theory, research, and praxis.
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The Graduate Certificate in Intercultural Chaplaincy is designed for persons interested in pursuing vocations as chaplains and spiritual care professionals in faith-based and secular settings, such as workplaces, correctional institutions, the military, colleges/universities, social justice movements, and healthcare organizations.
Current MDiv and MDiv/MAPT (Dual Degree) students are eligible to pursue the Graduate Certificate in Intercultural Chaplaincy alongside their degree programs. Simply email the associate dean for Academic Programs to register your interest in pursuing the certificate. Students work together with their advisors to make sure they take the necessary courses within their degree program to meet the requirements of the certificate. Any additional courses that students must take on top of the degree program towards the certificate can be taken at $500/course.
Columbia alumni who received their MDiv or MDiv/MAPT (Dual Degree) in the last 5 years are eligible to pursue the Graduate Certificate in Intercultural Chaplaincy. Simply email the associate dean for Academic Programs to register your interest. Students will work with the Office of Academic Affairs to determine which previous courses can count towards the certificate, and which course requirements still need to be met. Apart from CPE, which a student must take on their own (or have taken as part of their MDiv), all other courses necessary to meet certificate requirements can be taken for $500/course.
Other courses will be added to this list in the future.
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