View Specification DocumentYouth and Community Ministries: Values TRS2027
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Critical Studies
- Credits: 20
- Level: Level 2 (SCQF level 8)
- Typically Offered: Either Semester 1 or Semester 2
- Available to Visiting Students: No
- Taught Wholly by Distance Learning: Yes
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
This course will equip students to explore and understand the values that underpin youth and community ministries in a Christian context or Christian perspective. It draws on theological principles consistent with youth and community work while rooting these values in Christian tradition expressed through Scripture, theology, general church practice and particular expressions of Christian faith communities. The course will support participants to construct and reflect on their own convictions before exploring the values which enable partnership working in communities and churches expressed through Christian youth ministry, youth or community work, or in relevant secular work or volunteering roles. This course partners the 'Youth and Community Ministries: Practices' but they can be taken in any order. Reflection on a placement is an essential part of the course, but you do not need to be an experienced youth worker.
Timetable
Online evenings for 2 hours x 10 sessions plus 2 hour online intro session
Requirements of Entry
One Level 1 course at D3 or above or at the discretion of the Head of TRS
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
The standard assessments for this course are:
■ Reflective essay (1000 words) - 30%
■ Portfolio (3000 words or equivalent) - 70%
If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:
■ There is no alternative to the reflective essay, but flexible deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions)
■ There is no alternative to the portfolio, but flexible deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions)
Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.
Course Aims
This course provides the opportunity to:
■ define and critique the values that underpin youth and community ministries in a Christian context;
■ explain some theological, biblical and church historical foundations for this work;
■ construct and reflect critically on their own convictions and values when engaging in partnership projects possibly with secular agencies
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
■ discuss and evaluate sources in Christian theology, scripture and church practice in the context of youth and community ministries;
■ explain critically how theological principles relate to the values of youth and community work;
■ critically evaluate how one's own practice is shaped by the values and experience one brings to youth and community work.