BA(Hons) Mission and Ministry (Children, Youth, Third Age, Creative)
The BA (Hons) in Mission and Ministry (BAMM) is a-two year, part-time undergraduate course which aims to further extend the training of children's, youth and third age workers by building on the Children Mission and Ministry (CMM), Youth Mission and Ministry (YMM), Third Age Mission and Ministry (TAMM) and Creative Arts Mission and Ministry (CAMM) diploma courses. This allows students to achieve a BA honours degree through a four-year part-time programme, an increasingly attractive route to academic achievement for students whilst being rooted in local life and ministry. Partnerships with Scripture Union, Youth for Christ, Church Pastoral Aid Society, Urban Saints and Methodist Homes for the Aged all contribute to the students' training and experience.
As with the CMM, YMM, TAMM and CAMM diplomas, the BAMM is a part-taught, part-researched course, with teaching delivered via five individual residential teaching weeks (Mon–Fri) spread over the two years (three in year 1, two in year 2). Students are supported in supervised distance learning by their personal tutor, as well as being locally supported via their Placement Supervisor and Ministry Mentor. The course is assessed via a variety of assignments and ends with a dissertation (8,000 words) of the student's own choosing.
The teaching units currently include:
- Cultural Perspectives on Christian Mission
- Christian Education and Formation
- Management of Self and Work
- Childhood, Adolescence and Third Age
- Christian Service and Ministry
- Dissertation
The Programme Leader is Ian White MA PGDip, who manages the part-time vocational ministry courses in children's, youth, third age and creative arts ministry at Cliff College. Teachers are drawn from the Cliff College teaching staff, and from Diploma Mission and Ministry guest lecturers. Other specialists in the field are also drawn on throughout the course.
There is a limited number of 15 places available per year on this popular course. If you are interested in starting a four-year part-time programme leading to a BA (Hons) degree, please download:
If you are already on one of the diploma courses, or have completed one of them in past years and now wish to progress onto the BAMM, then please download and complete the BAMM progression form.
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Qualifications required for entrance to the BA (Hons) in Misssion and Ministry course
Admission to any Cliff College course is based on appraisal of qualities of character, perceived potential and Christian conviction. Evidence of academic potential and ability to profit from study is essential. Potential is assessed through references (including academic references for those recently in education) and an interview with a course tutor.
Prospective students on the BA (Hons) in Mission and Ministry course will have completed one of the following courses with Cliff College (all validated by University of Manchester unless indicated otherwise):
- Diploma in Children's Evangelism and Nurture (validated previously by the University of Sheffield or latterly by the University of Manchester)
- Diploma in Youth Mission and Ministry
- Diploma in Children Mission and Ministry
- Diploma in Creative Arts Mission and Ministry
- Diploma in Third Age Mission and Ministry
As with all courses in the vocational programme, students will need to have contact with their target group of children, young people or older people for at least 100 hours per year, or have a regular involvement in the creative arts.
For further information on any of our undergraduate courses, please contact the course administrator.
