MN557.306 Spiritual Development for Young Adults
Unit Description
Pre-requisites
None.
Co-requisites
None.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:
Examine and describe the factors that make emerging and young adulthood unique in terms of life experience and spiritual expression.
Explain and discuss various theories and principles of spiritual development particularly as they relate to emerging and young adulthood.
Demonstrate the engagement of practices that promote spiritual development.
Unit Description
This unit introduces students to the nature of spiritual formation in the Christian life particularly as it relates to the distinctive period of emerging and young adulthood.
Developmental and life course characteristics of emerging adulthood will be explored, paying attention to the ways in which culture and society shape the journey toward adulthood and the particular social and cultural dynamics which influence young people in their late teens and twenties.
The spirituality and religious engagement of emerging and young adults will be examined in the light of contemporary research, and where relevant, the student’s own experience. Practices, activities, disciplines and experiences that nurture spirituality will be actively explored and experienced with a view to understanding the students own experience and spirituality, and where relevant, companion others in the same.
At the conclusion of this unit, the student will be able to demonstrate a significant understanding of the purpose, value and nature of spiritual formation and be able to facilitate it effectively in their life.
Unit offerings
Face to face: (Every 2nd Year (Odd), Semester 2)Please note
The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.
This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.