Associate of Science in Mission-Driven Leadership
This program will prepare students for faithful, capable gospel ministry in cross-cultural, high-risk, and disaster-affected contexts — equipping them with servant-leadership character, mental and physical resilience, ethical clarity, and a biblical foundation that anchors their missional calling in the redemptive purposes of God. Program outcomes 1. The student will exercise servant leadership and character-based self-leadership formed for cross-cultural ministry and frontline service. 2. The student will demonstrate personal and team resilience under the pressures of high-risk and physically demanding ministry environments. 3. The student will apply gospel-driven ethics and biblical wisdom to the moral complexities of cross-cultural and frontline ministry. 4. The student will sustain physical readiness and recovery rhythms appropriate to demanding missions and ministry contexts. 5. The student will engage Scripture and a Christian worldview as the foundational anchor for a life of cross-cultural ministry and gospel service. 6. The student will discern personal calling and prepare for entry into a missions or frontline ministry vocation, including the strategic use of applied skills and field-ready certifications as ministry capacity.
Program credits: 60
Credential: Associate of Science
Catalog year: 2026-27
Program requirements
- Associate of Science in Mission-Driven Leadership — 60 credits — Complete all
Each course may satisfy only one requirement block.
- Arts & Sciences Core (27 credits) — Complete all
- Christianity & Contexts (9 credits) — Complete all
- BIB100 — Principles of Bible Study — Required course · BIB100 Principles of Bible Study
- BIB110 — Bible Survey — Required course · BIB110 Bible Survey
- Formation: choose one — Choose options · 1 options
- COU209 — Spiritual Formation & Identity — Required course · COU209 Spiritual Formation & Identity
- THE120 — Foundations for Christian Living — Required course · THE120 Foundations for Christian Living
- Communication & Collaboration (3 credits) — Complete all
- COM225 — Interpersonal and Group Communication — Required course · COM225 Interpersonal and Group Communication
- Critical Thinking & Creativity (3 credits) — Complete all
- PHI120 — Contemporary Worldviews — Required course · PHI120 Contemporary Worldviews
- Civic & Global Engagement (3 credits) — Complete all
- CIV220 — Applied Civics & Community Impact — Required course · CIV220 Applied Civics & Community Impact
- Computation -- Quantitative Reasoning — Choose from course group · 3 credits · Computation -- Quantitative Reasoning
Computation -- Quantitative Reasoning
- MAT121 Problem-Solving Strategies · 3 credits
- STA210 Statistics for Social Impact & Program Evaluation · 3 credits
- FIN230 Budgeting, Supplies, & Resource Planning for Programs · 3 credits
- FIN131 Personal Finance · 3 credits
- Contextualization — Social & Scientific (3 credits) — Complete all
- PSY130 — Human Performance & Resilience — Required course · PSY130 Human Performance & Resilience
- HLP130 — Exercise, Health & Conditioning — Required course · HLP130 Exercise, Health & Conditioning
- Christianity & Contexts (9 credits) — Complete all
- Mission-Driven Leadership Core (12 credits) — Complete all
- ETH230 — Service, Ethics & Civic Responsibility — Required course · ETH230 Service, Ethics & Civic Responsibility
- LDR130 — Fundamentals of Leadership and Service — Required course · LDR130 Fundamentals of Leadership and Service
- LDR230 — Personal & Team Leadership — Required course · LDR230 Personal & Team Leadership
- SLS230 — Service Professions Seminar & Career Exploration — Required course · SLS230 Service Professions Seminar & Career Exploration
- Applied Service Focus (12 credits) — Complete all
- Applied Service Certificate Transfer Credit (9 credits) — Free electives · 9 credits
This block is fulfilled by transfer credit awarded for earned certificates in an area of service, such as EMT, dive/rescue, aviation, or another service field. Certificate learning is evaluated under the University’s applicable transfer and prior-learning policies; credit applies to this block only once.
- LDR290 — Practicum in Mission-Driven Leadership — Required course · LDR290 Practicum in Mission-Driven Leadership
- Applied Service Certificate Transfer Credit (9 credits) — Free electives · 9 credits
- Free Electives (9 credits) — Free electives · 9 credits
- Arts & Sciences Core (27 credits) — Complete all