BIOCHEM BS - The Master of Divinity (M.Div.)

The Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree program prepares students to be faithful and effective pastors in the church as it ministers to the world. The M.Div. is a 30-course/90-semester hour degree program that is offered in multiple pathways: • Full-time Residential is designed to be completed in three to four years. The program involves courses on the seminary campus as well as contextual learning placements for internship and Clinical Pastoral Education. Students who complete the program in four years often do two years of course work, a year-long internship and then a final year of course work. Some students choose to do a part-time internship along with part-time study. It is possible to complete the program in three to three-and-a-half years by taking some courses during the summer and during internship. • Distributed Learning (DL) is designed for students for whom relocation to St. Paul is not feasible. The DL track is normally completed in five years. Of the 30 required courses, students take 20 online and 10 on campus. On-campus courses are offered through one-week residential intensive sessions held in the summer term and during the winter term or residential focus session (RFS) courses in fall and spring semesters • Accelerated (MDivX) is an expedited pathway through the complete M.Div. degree designed to be completed in 24 months. This pathway involves five types of courses: intensive courses on the seminary campus, residential focus session (RFS) courses that include 20 hours of intensive sessions on campus with approximately 19 hours of distance-learning, online courses, Blended Synchronous Learning (BSL) courses delivered simultaneously in person and through video, and a travel intensive course. Learners will participate in congregationally based internships for the entire 24 months. Each academic year will include four terms of study. This cohort-based pathway will begin with its inaugural cohort in June 2019. This cohort will be made up of residential and DL who will take classroom courses and learn in congregational sites year-round for two years. • Part-time Commuter is designed for adult learners based in and around the Twin Cities. Students may complete the program in six years through a combination of online and on-campus courses, many of which are scheduled to fit within students’ busy lives.

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BIOCHEM BS