As a result of completing the M.A. in Outdoor Adventure Leadership program at Wheaton College, students will achieve the following learning outcomes:
- Demonstrated ownership of personal faith formation and holistic growth within the Christian community, embracing creation as a context for transformation.
- Discerned their strengths, calling, limits, and passions for serving the needs of the church and the world.
- Practiced hospitality, caring for, engaging, and relating to others from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and traditions.
- Articulated the biblical, theological, historical, and philosophical foundations of formation and ministry.
- Identified and applied established frameworks for context analysis, effective ministry planning, and leadership development.
- Formulated a philosophy of ministry that integrates experiential education, temporary community, and experiences in creation as a context and process of transformation.
- Designed and facilitated effective outdoor and adventure-based experiences that foster personal and group development.
- Exercised leadership by effectively collaborating within an organization to accomplish shared goals and foster leadership development.
- Demonstrated the necessary curiosity and skills of a practitioner/scholar: critical analysis, oral and written communication, and program evaluation.