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MDIV DEGREE OUTLINE

Fuller’s Master of Divinity program has been redesigned to prepare agile, effective church leaders for an ever-changing world. The redesign includes:

  • A new set of Shared Foundations courses develop students’ sense of calling and provide an interdisciplinary grounding for advanced courses.
  • An ever-deeper commitment to diversity; we rebuilt each course from the ground up to incorporate even-more diverse voices.
  • Courses that teach students to have a global perspective and local impact.

Fuller's M.Div. provides indispensable learning for diverse Christian leaders, everywhere.

Requiring a total of 120 quarter units (most classes are 4 quarter units), Fuller’s MDiv can be completed in 2½ to 3 years of full-time study (12 units per quarter). Fuller’s 120 quarter unit Master of Divinity program is equivalent to an 80 semester credit Master of Divinity program at other institutions. Both will take the same amount of time and effort to complete.

*All course descriptions listed on this page are tentative. Please consult the most current version of Fuller’s Academic Catalog for the most definitive course description(s).

FOUNDATIONAL COURSES - 24 UNITS

MDiv CORE - 72-80 UNITS

BIBLICAL LANGUAGES - 8 UNITS

BIBLICAL STUDIES - 16 UNITS

THEOLOGIZING - 16 UNITS (FOCUS ON CHURCH HISTORY OR SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY)

CHURCH HISTORY FOCUS

SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY FOCUS

Christian Ethics - 4 UNITS

Missiology - 4 UNITS

Ministry & Christian Formation - 24 UNITS

ELECTIVES/CONCENTRATION - 16-24 UNITS

Electives or Concentration Courses

APPRENTICESHIP - 0 UNITS

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