Academic Catalog: Course Descriptions

Course Numbering

500-599 First year or introductory graduate-level courses.

600-799 Advanced graduate-level courses, usually second or third year in the MDiv program and second year in the MA program.

Term of Instruction

The instructional year is thirty weeks in length which is divided into two semesters of fifteen weeks each (including exam week).

Unit of Credit

A semester hour of credit represents one (fifty-minute) lecture per week for one semester.

Elective Courses

Most elective courses earn two hours of credit. With permission of the professor and the provost/dean, as well as the completion of the individualized study approval form, they can be taken for three hours of credit.

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