Catalog 2012-2014 - Anderson University School of Theology

Degree Programs — Master of Divinity, continued
• DMIN 7472 — Building Communities of Reconciliation through Preaching (3 hours)
• DMIN 8665 — Guided Independent Study with a Practical Immersion Experience (4 hours)
For further information regarding the Doctor of Ministry degree, please contact Dr. MaryAnn
Hawkins toll-free at (800) 428-6414, locally at (765) 641-4535, or by e-mail to mahawkins@anderson.edu.
Master of Divinity
DESCRIPTION AND GOALS
The purpose of the Master of Divinity degree is the spiritual and intellectual formation of people in
the Christian ministry of biblical reconciliation in church and society. The MDiv degree is the basic ministerial
leadership degree for those preparing for ordained ministry. This degree provides a broad preparation
with a solid core in Bible, church history, theology, mission, and pastoral ministry.
The MDiv degree has been designed especially for men and women who are called to serve as pastors
of traditional congregations or in the emerging church, institutional chaplains, missionaries, and denominational
leaders. The specific goals of this degree are that its graduates will:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of hermeneutical principles for understanding texts and contexts.
2. Demonstrate skill in public and personal ministries.
3. Be characterized by Christian integrity, an outcome of this seminary’s teaching of personal and
corporate holiness.
4. Serve in ministry.
The School of Theology has carefully developed a curriculum plan intended to assist all students
to reach the four goals listed above. The curriculum, detailed below, includes the totality of all learning
experiences resulting from the curriculum plan, including domains such as cognitive, affective, behavioral,
social, spiritual, and contextual, inside and outside the classroom, directed toward achieving objectives.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
• Complete the formal admission process to the School of Theology, including the
satisfaction of all entrance requirements.
• Submit a standard declaration of degree candidacy.
(See Admissions Requirements and Procedures section in this catalog)
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
• Remove, within the first 12 hours of graduate work, any undergraduate academic
deficiencies identified at the time of admission to the School of Theology.
• Complete the orientation and testing program.
• Complete a minimum of 81 graduate-level semester hours, as listed below.
• Achieve a grade of C- or higher in all required courses.
• Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5.
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 (for a breakdown of the courses by year and semester, see the appendix). Also, a student
may turn to the Field Education section of this catalog to view the detail of the Field Education components
listed in this masters.
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