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MIN601: Vocation, Calling and Purpose of Work

Instructor & Contact Information

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Course Description

This course will help students to understand the purpose of work and a Christian understanding of vocation. Students will gain a better understanding of their unique identity and purpose in their vocation. They will also refine their understanding of calling or vocation might be and how it fits into God’s purposes and a Christian worldview. They will then create a synthesis of the above understandings into a reflective life plan. 

Course Outcomes

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  1. Explain how your life story, personality and personal identity inform your vocation and calling.
  2. Conduct market research to develop three different potential career paths.
  3. Set up meetings with mentors and networking contacts to provide input into your career and life plan.
  4. Identify the ways that Christians' worldviews toward work can be distorted and to develop a discipleship and spiritual formation plan to restore them. 
  5. Develop a career strategy using business tools like personal SWOT analysis and personal branding.
  6. Create a synthesis combining who you are with what you believe into a personal career and life plan.

Degree Program Outcomes

Program outcomes are the overall skills and knowledge we expect you will have after successfully completing a certificate or degree program at City Vision University. This course supports the following program outcomes, marked with an asterisk (*). After completing the program, City Vision’s graduates will be able to do the following:

  1. Nonprofit Structure. Apply the roles and responsibilities of a nonprofit board of directors and the management team to provide governance and leadership to the nonprofit organization.
  2. Finances. Apply basic accounting and budgeting principles in order to successfully manage the finances of a nonprofit organization.
  3. Fundraising/Marketing. Apply basic marketing, communication and fundraising strategies in operating a successful nonprofit organization.
  4. Nonprofit management. Apply nonprofit management principles related to program development, ethics, decision-making and nonprofit legal and regulatory requirements.
  5. Human resources. Apply the essential elements of nonprofit human resource management including volunteer management, hiring, firing, supervision and legal considerations.
  6. Vocation. Create a synthesis of a reflective life vision and plan to enable 24/7 ministry based on God’s purposes for work and their own unique calling.*
  7. Cross-Cultural Ministry. Develop plans to apply cross-cultural principles toward effective ministry across diverse cultures.

Required Texts

Students are required to purchase these texts before the first day of classes. 

Guidelines for Written Work

All written work must follow our Writing Format and Forum Requirements. You must read these to understand how to cite sources appropriately.

Critical Policies to Read for This Course

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Additional Policies:

This syllabus is subject to change without notice up until the first day of the semester. Last updated: April 19, 2023

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