Academic Essentials

Resources for Current MATC Students

The page includes information for current students regarding the various requirements and experiences that accompany the MATC required coursework.

The MATC covers a broad range of theological disciplines, prepares students professionally for leadership in religious and non-profit organizations, and attends to the intellectual, human, spiritual, and vocational dimensions of student learning and formation. It emphasizes contextual theological learning and allows flexibility for the exploration of a diversity of student interests.

The MATC includes an apprenticeship experience and a capstone Integrative Portfolio that prepares students to engage in collaborative leadership upon graduation. Students specialize in one of the following areas: The Arts; Community Development; or Ministry.

Forms

General student forms may be found on the Academic Essentials page.

Apprenticeship forms may be found on the Apprenticeship website. This website is updated on a yearly basis. Due dates, handbooks, and form deadlines are adjusted accordingly.

Apprenticeship

The MATC Apprenticeship is a 60-80 hour, faculty approved and supervised, self-selected community-based learning opportunity. Students will self-select a human/community service, ministry, or artistic organization that can help them fine tune their creative, entrepreneurial, and service skills.

General Requirements

Based on the mission of the selected community service organizations, students will establish an applicable learning contract with an on-site supervisor. This contract will include the learning dimension identified by the supervisor and student and the core competencies necessary to achieve the desired learning dimension (i.e., area of engagement and specific skills to gain from that engagement). The learning contract will name an agreed upon beginning and end date as well as the hours to be completed.

There are two courses associated with the Apprenticeship experience:

Please see the Apprenticeship website for more information. This website is updated on a yearly basis. Due dates, handbooks, and form deadlines are adjusted accordingly.

Integrative Portfolio (IP)

An Integrative Portfolio is an individualized capstone learning experience, which creates spaces for students to draw from their entire Seattle School experience as they look to their post-graduation vocation/ministry and their unique embodiment of text, soul, and culture. Under the direction of a faculty mentor, students complete their final integrative portfolio during their final year.

General Requirements

Through active participation in this process, students are expected to synthesize their cumulative Seattle School coursework, readings, and research as they missionally articulate their understanding and integration of text, soul, and culture as related to their future vocations. Each student will produce a professional portfolio, including a final project, as the articulation of their synthesis.

The portfolio includes multiple components and draws from the student’s educational experiences across the MATC curriculum. It’s three signature pieces are composed as part of the second year coursework:

Please see the Integrative Portfolio Handbook for more information. This handbook is updated on a yearly basis. Due dates and form deadlines are adjusted accordingly.

IP Symposium

During this annual event, MATC students offer 10 minute formal presentations on the projects/portfolios that serve as a capstone of their time in graduate school.

Click here to view presentations from previous years.

MATC: Interdisciplinary Studies Emphasis (optional)

Students can choose to add six credits of electives to any of the MATC degrees named above and subsequently graduate with a 45 credit degree with an Interdisciplinary Studies Emphasis. This option allows students to take elective classes for credit, have them reported on an official transcript, and graduate with this additional distinction.