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M. Div. Curriculum

A student who attends full time and satisfactorily completes the courses listed in this sequence may expect to graduate in three years. A student who attends part time will need more than three years to complete the degree. Note that any academic deficiencies must be removed during the first 12 hours of courses.

FIRST-YEAR COURSES, FALL SEMESTER

PAST 5230 Spiritual Formation
THST 5200 Constructive Theology I
BIST 5110 The Literature and History of the Old Testament I
BIST 5330 Beginning Hebrew I or 5340 Beginning Greek I

FIRST-YEAR COURSES, SPRING SEMESTER

BIST 5120 The Literature and History of the Old Testament II
THST 5250 Constructive Theology II
BIST 5430 Beginning Hebrew II or 5440 Beginning Greek II
PAST 5450 Foundations of Pastoral Ministry

FIRST-YEAR COURSE, SUMMER

PAST 5160 Educational Foundations for Christian Ministry

SECOND-YEAR COURSES, FALL SEMESTER

BIST 6131 Hebrew III or 6141 Greek III
BIST 6210 The Literature and History of the New Testament I
THST 6200 Constructive Theology III
HCUS 6000 History of the Christian Church

SECOND-YEAR COURSES, SPRING SEMESTER

BIST 6231 Hebrew IV or 6241 Greek IV
BIST 6220 The Literature and History of the New Testament II
HCUS 6010 The Church of God Reformation Movement or
6020 (Denominational) History and Background
PAST 6500 Theology and Leadership of Worship

SECOND-YEAR COURSES, SUMMER

THFE 7730 Clinical Pastoral Education (6 hours) or
7730 half-unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (3 hours) plus 7810 Internship in Ministry (3 hours)

THIRD-YEAR COURSES, FALL SEMESTER

HCUS 7200 Biblical Foundations of Mission
THFE 7500 Capstone: Practice of Ministry/Integrative Project
THST 7330 Theological Ethics
PAST 7440 Evangelism in the Local Church

THIRD-YEAR COURSES, SPRING SEMESTER

HCUS 7150 The Christian Mission in a Pluralistic World
THST 7340 Ethics for the Vocation of Ministry
PAST 7300 Homiletics
PAST 7470 Leadership

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