Degree Requirements

Below is a list of degree requirements for the Master of Divinity degree.

• All credits are quarter credits
• Years average is based on FT at 3 classes per quarter

I. Scripture

Fifteen credits

• Hebrew Scripture
• Christian Scriptures: Narratives
• Christian Scriptures: Letters
• Elective in Hebrew Scripture
• Elective in Scripture

II. Systematic and Historical Theology

Twenty-four credits

• Christian Anthropology
• Christology
• God, Creation, and Trinity
• Theology in an Ecumenical Context
• Hermeneutics
• Elective in Systematic Theology
• Elective in Historical Theology
• History of Ancient Christianity, or History of Medieval Christianity

III. Spirituality, Ethics, and Justice

Eighteen credits

• Contemporary Christian Spirituality and Prayer
• Spiritual Discernment
• Ministry in a Multicultural Context
• Christian Sexuality
• Christian Ethics
• Elective in Ethics or Justice

IV. Pastoral Skills and Ministerial Formation

Twenty-seven credits

• Pastoral Care Skills
• Fostering Communities of Faith
• Ministerial and Theological Integration I
• Ministerial and Theological Integration II
• Ministerial and Theological Integration III
• Theology of Pastoral Leadership I
• Theology of Pastoral Leadership II
• MDiv Synthesis
• Elective in Religious Education

V. Worship and Liturgy

Six credits

• Sacramental and Liturgical Theology or Theology and Practice of Worship
• Elective in Worship/Liturgy

VI. Electives (18)