All MTS students fulfill a contextual education requirement that incorporates 1) active as well as reflective learning; 2) out-of-classroom as well as classroom learning; and 3) self-reflective learning in which students become aware of their position in, and effect on, the contexts in which theological education and religious leadership are performed and enacted. While this may be fulfilled through a standard contextual education internship, the year-long TF 703/704 Practices of Faith sequence, or an STH course-related travel seminar, the TF 801 course affords students the opportunity to designed a customized, one-semester project that facilitates the integration of theory and practice as well as vocational discernment and leadership development in religion and theology. Guidelines for developing the project are available on the Contextual Education website at STH. Students taking TF801 meet weekly with a Contextual Action and Reflection (CAR) group throughout the semester.

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