United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities · Courses
IC
6 courses with the subject IC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
IC 2001Intercultural Approaches to Chaplaincy3
Previous Course Title: Intercultural Chaplaincy Prerequisite for this course: PM1001. Planned frequency of offerings: annually The term “culture” encompasses a wide array of personal identities and communal connections. Our cultures inform our worldview, including our religious and spiritual belief systems. Likewise, culture informs our particular approaches to chaplaincy and spiritual care. In culturally-diverse settings, it becomes critically important to reflect on our own practices and approaches to chaplaincy rooted in our cultural identities as well as draw on alternative approaches rooted in the cultural identities of those whom we may provide care. Students in this class will be invited to examine their cultural identities and explore how such identities inform their chaplaincy practice, as well as explore various chaplaincy approaches rooted in other cultural identities so that they may efficiently practice cultural compassion within the field of chaplaincy.
Previous Course Title: Interreligious Chaplaincy 3 Credits. Prerequisite for this course: PM1001. Planned frequency of offerings: annually The institutions in which we practice chaplaincy are increasingly interreligious and multifaith. As chaplains, we maintain professional affiliation with our particular religious and spiritual affirming and endorsing bodies and these spiritual and religious affiliations often inform our practices and approaches to chaplaincy. Within diverse religious contexts, however, it is critical for chaplains to demonstrate a broad knowledge of and deep respect for approaches to spiritual care rooted in religious practices outside of one’s own traditions. Care receivers and their families embody religious diversity that necessitates interreligious approaches to chaplaincy and spiritual care. Students in this class will be invited to examine their religious and spiritual beliefs and how such beliefs inform their chaplaincy practice as well as explore chaplaincy approaches rooted in religious and spiritual communities outside of their own so that they may provide appropriate spiritual care within religiously diverse contexts.
Previous Course Number: IC4001 3 Credits. Prerequisite for this course: PM1001. Planned frequency of offerings: annually This introductory course examines the role that spiritual caregivers, faith communities, and faith-based organizations can play in the aftermath of traumatic experiences. The course explores contemporary theories and theologies for understanding the spiritual, somatic, psychological and emotional impact of various kinds of trauma (including individual, interpersonal, communal, complex, historical, cultural, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities Academic Catalog 2026–2027 7/1/2026 Page 69
IC 5001Advanced Topics in Interreligious Practice (DMin)4
Previous Course Title: Interreligious Spiritual Care Prerequisites for master’s students: IC2002, instructor approval Planned frequency of offerings: biennially (every other year) This course is designed for Interreligious Chaplaincy students. Interreligious chaplains engage vast religious diversity within the institutional contexts in which they practice. This interreligious engagement often relies on broad understandings and interpretations of religious expression outside of one’s own tradition. Within this course, students will delve into interreligious practice by: exploring the praxeological implications of engaging interreligiosity within institutional settings; identifying and engaging with religious diversity within one’s own context while paying particular attention to how one's own religious identities interplay with such religious diversity; and creating and establishing a model of care that draws upon the interreligious dimensions of your care practice and context.
IC 5002Chaplains at Work: Exploring Systems, Values, and Ethics (DMin)4
Previous Course Title: Principles in Values and Mission Integration Prerequisite for master’s students: PM1001, instructor approval Planned frequency of offerings: biennially (every other year) This course is designed for Interreligious Chaplaincy students. Within the workplace, chaplains are often considered theologians of their institutional contexts. This consideration brings with it the responsibility to engage with ethical concerns pertaining particularly to care receivers and their decision-making processes, as well as with the broader ethical deliberations of entire institutional systems. This course involves reflection on: ethical dilemmas that can arise when a chaplain’s values and their institution’s mission are incongruent; the system of the institutional context; and systems within systems, i.e., the family system within the hospital system. In this course, chaplains will be asked to reflect on themselves as leaders and collaborators within systems.
IC 5003Advanced Topics in Intercultural Practice (DMin)4
Previous Course Number and Title: IC5004 Advancing Intercultural Competency Prerequisite for master’s students: IC2001, instructor approval Planned frequency of offerings: biennially (every other year) This course is designed for Interreligious Chaplaincy students. Intercultural chaplaincy and spiritual care involves a deep engagement with broad concepts of cultural identity and cultural belonging and involves fostering a critical understanding of how one’s own cultural identity impacts relational dynamics including the role of power within institutional care contexts. Within this course, students will delve into intercultural practice by: exploring the praxeological implications of engaging interculturality within institutional settings; identifying and engaging with cultural diversity within one’s own context while paying particular attention to how one's own cultural identities interplay with such cultural diversity; and creating and establishing a model of care that draws upon the intercultural dimensions of your care practice and context.
