Academics

Academics

Master of Science and Graduate Certificate Programs
in Pastoral Care & Counseling: Admission Requirements

Applicants for either a degree or certificate program or those who prefer a non-matriculated status in the Graduate Program in Pastoral Care and Counseling must complete the following:

• Submit a completed Application Form or apply online for free.
  
  
• An essay not to exceed three (3) pages describing one’s religious or spiritual journey, including pivotal life experiences and instances of helping others which embody a sense of calling to pastoral care, pastoral
  counseling, or spiritual direction.
  
  
• Three letters of recommendation from persons with whom you arefamiliar and who can speak to your academic suitability for graduatestudies, your personal maturity, and your potential for the ministry ofpastoral counseling or spiritual direction. If applying for the SpiritualDirection Track, one of the letters must be from your Spiritual Director,affirming that you have a regular, on-going relationship.
  
  
• Official undergraduate and/or graduate school transcripts which verifygraduation and receipt of either a Bachelor’s or a Master’s degree from aregionally accredited, degree-granting four-year institution.

Applications are processed on a rolling admissions basis. Once all admission materials have been received and processed through the Office of Admissions, the graduate Program Director/Coordinator will arrange for an interview, if appropriate, following a review of all candidate credentials.

To begin classes in the Fall Semester, it is recommended that, in order to allow time for the interview process to occur, all admission requirements must be completed and submitted tothe Office of Admissions by August 1st. Similarly, to begin classes in the Spring Semester, all admission requirements must be completed and submitted to the Office of Admissions by December 1st.

For more information, please call the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid at (610) 558-5616 or (800) 9-NEUMANN or feel free to e-mail us at neumann@neumann.edu.