This fall, SEU launched a new way to earn your Master of Arts in Ministerial Leadership (MAML) degree: a competency-based education (CBE) model that is offered at a low monthly subscription price.
The program still combines academic and spiritual excellence with real-world ministry applications. However, it is now built in an innovative, competency-based format designed for working ministry professionals who want to earn an advanced degree without pausing their ministry or overloading their life.
As the flagship master’s program of the Barnett College of Ministry & Theology, the MAML has a long history of elevating ministerial leaders. The degree is designed to grow your knowledge as a leader and take you further in your own spiritual journey. It’s more than a degree; it’s an experience that shapes both your ministry and your heart.
Here’s How It Works
This redesigned CBE MAML pathway gives you more control over your learning experience while providing meaningful academic and spiritual support.
As you move through a 16-week semester at your own pace, you’ll be paired with a faculty mentor who knows your unique ministry context and helps you apply your experience to your learning. Once you demonstrate a competency, you can move on, giving you more time to focus on new topics and less time on what you already know.
This program creates flexibility in your schedule, accelerates your path to graduation, and equips you to make an immediate impact in the ways God has already called you to lead.
Program Benefits
- Affordable Monthly Subscription — For just $399 per month, your subscription covers your coursework, learning resources, fees,* and continuous faculty support, offering you significant cost savings.
- Customizable Learning Pathways — Shape your coursework around your ministry goals.
- Personalized Mentorship — Your mentors will support your academic development and your spiritual growth.
- Competency-Based Assessments — Competency-based education allows you to demonstrate what you already know so you can move through material more efficiently and focus your time on new areas of growth.
- Start When You’re Ready — Why wait? With no GMAT or GRE required and the option to start classes any time, you could be on your way to your degree faster than you think.
Get Started Today
SEU’s new Subscription-Based MA in Ministerial Leadership is an ideal next step to advance your education while continuing to live out your Divine Design.
Additional Learning Formats
Just as every ministry and leader is unique, so is each person’s approach to learning. That’s why SEU has developed multiple options for your MAML degree journey —including an executive cohort and courses offered fully in Spanish — giving you the freedom to choose the format best suited to your needs. Learn more.
More Innovation on the Horizon
SEU is dedicated to offering a full menu of access to educational options that meet you where you are. The MAML is the first degree to be offered in this new format, and SEU hopes to expand this format to even more of our degrees in the future.
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*Some fees, such as the graduation fee, are not included in the subscription.
