Career options and schooling

 Okay I met with a UU minster. 

This is the road that I want. The decision now is do I go UU minister route or do I go Chaplain route?

Only one school has online courses for both and that's United Theologian Seminary of Twin Cities; unfortunately it is also the second most expensive program...$52,400+

I have reached out to them because I need the UU fellowship to be able to get most chaplain jobs. Which Would need a I need backing from a UU congregation, and will probably need to get schooling in the UU tradition. So I am hoping for a few options; 

1) Get the Mdiv in interfaith Chaplaincy and a graduate certificate in UU studies

2) Get the Mdiv in UU studies with a graduate certificate in Interfaith Chaplaincy 

3) Get both degrees simultaneously because 90% of the classes needed are the same. Might add an extra year at most?

Classes they both have:

• Introduction to Religious Texts
• Biblical Exegesis
• Hebrew Bible (UU required; fills Chap text elective 1)
• New Testament (UU required; fills Chap text elective 2)
• Invitation to Theology: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
• History of Modern Theologies
• History of Christian Theologies (UU required; fills Chap theology elective 1)
• Unitarian and Universalist Theologies (UU required; fills Chap theology elective 2)
• Comparative Religious Ethics
• Queer and Trans Theologies
• Introduction to Spiritual and Personal Formation
• Organizational Leadership and Administration
• World Religions
• Art, Religion, and Contemporary Culture
• Leadership and Strategies for Social Change
• MDiv Capstone Seminar
• Introduction to Pastoral and Spiritual Care
• Preaching and Your Public Voice
• Contextual UU Faith Formation (UU required; fills Chap vocation elective 1)
• Worship, Liturgy, and Ritual: UU Theories & Praxis (UU required; fills Chap vocation elective 1)
• Trauma, Suffering and Care ( Chap required; fills UU covationElective 1) 

UU Specific

• UU History and Polity
• one more religious theology course

Chaplain Specific 

Intercultural Approaches to Chaplaincy

Interreligious Approaches to Chaplaincy

The minister I met said he went to seminary school with a good friend who is actually a chaplain and he can get me in contact with him.