Dual Degree and Joint Graduate Programs in Theology

Program Overview

This program offers dual master's degrees in theology combined with education, history, public administration, political science, or English. It also provides joint master's degrees and certificates in theology and gender & women studies, history, education, non-profit management, or theological studies. All programs require a portfolio and a 3.0 GPA.

Program Outline

Outline:

Dual Master's Degree Programs

• Theology and Education
• Objectives: Prepare students for careers as educators on the primary or secondary level, or in institutions of higher learning.
• Content: Curriculum development, assessment, working with multicultural populations, and other aspects of education theory and practice.
• Structure: Full-time: 2-3 years; Part-time: 6 years; Credit Requirements: 51; THL Credits: 27; EDU Credits: 24; Portfolio: Yes; GPA: 3.0
• Theology and History
• Objectives: Provide students with a unique opportunity to understand and explain the story of human experience.
• Content: Analytical and interpretive skills, historical contexts of religious thought, institutions, and faith traditions.
• Structure: Full-Time: 2-3 years; Part-Time: ≤ 6 years; Credit Requirements: 51; THL Credits: 27; HIS Credits: 24; Portfolio: Yes; GPA: 3.0
• Theology and Public Administration
• Objectives: Help students develop the skills they need to become ethical, creative leaders in public service.
• Content: Values from political, philosophical and religious traditions guiding the actions of successful administrators in the public and private sectors.
• Structure: Full-Time: 2-3 years; Part-Time: ≤ 6 yrs; Credit Requirements: 54; THL Credits: 27; MPA: 27; Portfolio: Yes; GPA: 3.0
• Theology and Political Science
• Objectives: Offer theology students qualifications in American government, contemporary domestic politics, international relations, comparative politics and political philosophy.
• Content: Interrelationships of politics and religion in the United States, in other countries and among nations.
• Structure: Full-Time: 2-3 years; Part-Time: ≤ 6 years; Credit Requirements: 48; THL Credits: 27; PSC Credits: 24; Portfolio: Yes; GPA: 3.0
• Theology and English
• Objectives: Explore literary texts produced from the medieval period to the present; become familiar with the major intellectual currents shaping the discipline of literary study today; develop refined interpretive skills; and study the primary texts in their historical, theoretical and critical contexts.
• Content: Theological studies, literary texts, major intellectual currents shaping the discipline of literary study, refined interpretive skills, primary texts in their historical, theoretical and critical contexts.
• Structure: Full-Time: 2-3 years; Part-Time: ≤ 6 years; Credit Requirements: 48; THL Credits: 27; ENG Credits: 24; Portfolio: Yes; GPA: 3.0

Joint Master's Degree & Certificate Programs

• Theology and Gender & Women Studies
• Objectives: Explore this interdisciplinary field.
• Content: Deeper knowledge of GWS, which has transformed scholarship and challenged fundamental assumptions in the humanities, social and natural sciences, and the professions.
• Structure: Full-Time: 2 years; Part-Time: ≤ 6 years; Credit Requirements: 39; THL Credits: 27; GWS Credits: 12; Portfolio: Yes; GPA: 3.0
• Theology and History
• Objectives: Advance students' understanding of the historical contexts of religious thought, institutions, and faith traditions; and of historical research and methodology through graduate-level course work in history.
• Content: Historical contexts of religious thought, institutions, and faith traditions; historical research and methodology.
• Structure: Full-Time: 2 years; Part-Time: ≤ 6 years; Credit Requirements: 39; THL Credits: 27; HIS Credits: 12; Portfolio: Yes; GPA: 3.0
• Theology and Education
• Objectives: Prepare students for careers as educators on the primary or secondary level, or in institutions of higher learning.
• Content: Curriculum development, assessment, working with multicultural populations, and other aspects of education theory and practice.
• Structure: Full-Time: 2 years; Part-Time: ≤ 6 years; Credit Requirements: 39; THL Credits: 27; EDU Credits: 12; Portfolio: Yes; GPA: 3.0
• Theology and Non-Profit Management
• Objectives: Train students in the pragmatic skills needed for effective leadership, administration, and management while providing in-depth knowledge and experience in the various fields of theological inquiry.
• Content: Financial Management, Effective Nonprofit Management, Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations, Public Administration elective.
• Structure: Full-Time: 2 years; Part-Time: ≤ 6 years; Credit Requirements: 39; THL Credits: 27; NonPROFIT Credits: 12; Portfolio: Yes; GPA: 3.0
• Theological Studies
• Objectives: Earn credit hours beyond the requirements for the master's degree.
• Content: Personal or professional reasons, for example, in preparation for teaching, ministerial work, or advanced graduate studies.
• Structure: Full-Time: 2 years; Part-Time: ≤ 6 years; Credit Requirements: 39; THL Credits: 27; CTHL Credits: 12; Portfolio: Yes; GPA: 3.0

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