The program is also available to qualified students preparing for other ministries, including clergy and students of other Christian confessions. Adjustment of specific course and pastoral field education requirements is possible for such students within the general program limits. Ecclesiastical authorities of candidates for presbyteral ordination may specify additional undergraduate requirements in these or other areas.
Students are responsible for consulting the directives of ecclesiastical superiors in such matters.
The eight-semester program allows the option of a pastoral year, ordinarily taken at the end of the second academic year. Ecclesiastical authorities of candidates for sacramental ordination may specify additional requirements in academics and in pastoral field education. Students are responsible for consulting the directives of ecclesiastical superiors in such matters. The exit procedure for the Master of Divinity degree entails successful completion of the Integrated Seminar taken during the spring semester of the final year. Up to 76 hours of credit may be transferred to the MDiv program if there is a genuine equivalency with the School of Theology offerings and with the consent of the Dean.