CONCURRENT MDIV AND MTS DEGREES
The concurrent Master of Divinity (M.Div.) and Master of Theological Studies (MTS) degrees offer a professional degree that testifies to proficiency in the sciences and skills necessary for ordination to the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church, and an academic degree providing a breadth of theological understanding for general educational purposes. The program is designed to take 5 years as many of the curriculum requirements overlap. The goals of the concurrent M.Div./MTS degrees are the same as for the individual degrees.
Refer to MTS for a discussion of the MTS degree, and to M.Div. for the guidelines used in establishing the Franciscan School of Theology’s M.Div. program, and for special admission requirements for the M.Div.
M.Div./MTS students are required to:
- Complete 120 semester units as described in the curriculum below, nine (9) of which must be taken from a non-Catholic member school of the GTU
- Engage in all field education requirements
- Maintain an overall 3.0 grade point average in all required and elective courses
- Be enrolled in the school for at least 10 semesters to fulfill the five-year full-time tuition residency requirement
- Complete all work within 10 years of the first semester of enrollment
Curriculum of the M.Div./MTS Program
Course area |
Units |
First Semester |
|
| These foundational courses must be taken in the first semester of study | |
Introduction to Old Testament |
3 |
Basic Christian Liturgy |
3 |
Basic Systematic Theology |
3 |
Ancient Christianity |
3 |
Second to Tenth Semesters |
|
Interpreting the Church Today |
3 |
Fundamental Moral Theology |
3 |
Second Course in Ethics |
3 |
Introduction to New Testament |
3 |
Advanced New Testament Courses |
6 |
Advanced Old Testament Courses |
3 |
Christology |
3 |
Theology of God and Trinity |
3 |
Multicultural Theology |
3 |
Spirituality |
3 |
Medieval/Reformation Christianity |
3 |
Modern/American Catholicism |
3 |
Pastoral Counseling |
3 |
Ecclesiology: |
3 |
Sacramental Theology |
3 |
Preaching Practicum I |
3 |
Canon Law: Introduction and Marriage |
3 |
Advanced Preaching, Celebrational Styles/Prayer Leadership |
3 |
Professional Ethics |
1.5 |
Parish Administration |
1.5 |
Reconciliation Practicum |
1.5 |
Elective Specialization |
15 |
Electives |
13.5 |
Thesis |
6 |
Third to Sixth Semesters |
|
Ministry Seminar I |
3 |
Ministry Seminar II |
3 |
Ministry Seminar III |
3 |
Ministry Seminar IV |
3 |