Master of Divinity

Degree Requirements for Ordination

Completion of the Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree and ordination to the priesthood are the normative credentials promoted by the Josephinum’s School of Theology for its seminarians. The MDiv degree program is intended to prepare candidates for the Catholic priesthood and is open only to seminarians who have been accepted into the program by the Rector/President of the Josephinum.

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About the Program

The MDiv is a first-level professional degree that is included in the Configuration Stage of formation in the School of Theology. The goals of the MDiv program are in conformity with the USCCB’s Program of Priestly Formation and all related governing documents on priestly formation. The MDiv program strives, by means of both content and process, to enable seminarians to integrate the four fundamental dimensions of formation identified in the PPF and in Pastores Dabo Vobis: human, intellectual, spiritual, and pastoral.

MDiv Requirements

Please consult the Academic Catalog to learn about requirements for the program and additional details.

Curriculum Plan: Master of Divinity

BI 501: Introduction to Scripture (3 hours)
DO 501: Fundamental Theology (3 hours)
HS 501: Church History I (3 hours)
MO 501: Fundamental Moral Theology I (3 hours)
PA 501: Foundations of Spirituality (3 hours)
PA 511: Introduction to Liturgy (1.5 hours)
TFE 501.a: Supervised Parish-Based Pastoral Ministry I
Total Credit Hours: 16.5

BI 502: Gospels of Mark and Matthew (3 hours)
BI 512: Pentateuch (3 hours)
DO 502: Trinity (3 hours)
HS 502: Church History II (3 hours)
MO 502: Fundamental Moral Theology II (3 hours)
PA 502: Introduction to Homiletics (1.5 hours)
TFE 501.b: Supervised Parish-Based Pastoral Ministry I (1 hour)
Total Credit Hours: 17.5

BI 601: Prophets (3 hours)
DO 601: Christology (3 hours)
DO 611: Sacraments I (3 hours)
MO 601: Virtue: Transformation in Christ (3 hours)
PA 611: Liturgical Music (1.5 hours)
PA 621: Preaching I (1.5 hours)
TFE 602.a: Supervised Parish-Based Pastoral Ministry II (1 hour)
Total Credit Hours: 16
Elective (Required for MA seminarians) (3 hours)

DO 602: Theological Anthropology (3 hours)
DO 612: Sacraments II (3 hours)
HS 602: Patristics (3 hours)
HS 612: Church History III (3 hours)
MO 602: Catholic Social Teaching (3 hours)
TFE 602.b: Supervised Parish-Based Pastoral Ministry II (1 hour)
Total Credit Hours: 16
Elective (Required for MA seminarians) (3 hours)

BI 701: Gospel of Luke/Acts (3 hours)
DO 711: Ecclesiology (3 hours)
MO 701: Sexual Morality (3 hours)
PA 701: Preaching II (1.5 hours)
PA 711: Canon Law I (3 hours)
TFE 703.a: Supervised Parish-Based Pastoral Ministry III (1 hour)
Total Credit Hours: 14.5
Elective (Required for MA seminarians) (3 hours)

BI 702: Wisdom Literature (3 hours)
BI 712: Pauline Corpus (3 hours)
MO 702: Medical Morality (3 hours)
PA 702: Rites I (1.5 hours)
PA 712: Canon Law II (3 hours)
TFE 703.b: Supervised Parish-Based Pastoral Ministry III (1 hour)
Total Credit Hours: 14.5
Elective (Required for MA seminarians) (3 hours)

BI 801: Johannine Corpus (3 hours)
DO 801: Ecumenism (1.5 hours)
PA 801: Pastoral Ministry of the Diocesan Priest (3 hours)
PA 811: Pastoral Counseling and Care (3 hours)
TFE 804.a: Parish Diaconal Ministry (1 hour)
Elective (Required for both MDiv and MA seminarians) (3 hours)
Total Credit Hours: 14.5

DO 802: Mariology (1.5 hours)
HS 802: History of the Catholic Church in the U.S. (3 hours)
PA 802: Confession: Practicum (1.5 hours)
PA 812: Rites II (1.5 hours)
PA 822: Pastoral Care of Marriage and the Family (3 hours)
TFE 804.b: Parish Diaconal Ministry (1 hour)
Elective (Required for both MDiv and MA seminarians) (3 hours)
Total Credit Hours: 14.5

MDiv/MA/STB Exams
MA/STB Thesis
124 total credits for MDiv (counting 7 field education credits, but not counting 12 elective credits, which are for MA seminarians)

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