UMC Ordination
Required Courses - MA Degrees and Certificate in Christian Studies
Ordained Deacon in Full Connection
Basic Graduate Theological Studies in the Christian Faith
Evangelism
- Any MS course in the range MS610 through 649 (3 hours)
New Testament/Old Testament
Current:
- BS 501/502 Introduction to Biblical Studies (6 hours)
Change Starting Fall 2007:
- BS503 Inductive Bible Study Method (2 hours)
- BS504 Old Testament Studies (2 hours)
- BS505 New Testament Studies (2 hours)
Church History
- CH 500 Turning Points in Church History (3 hours)
Theology
- DO 501 Basic Christian Doctrine (3 hours) or
- ST 501 Method and Praxis in Theology (3 hours)
Mission of the Church in the World
- IS 501 Christian Formation: Kingdom, Church, and World (3 hours)
Worship and Liturgy
- Any WO course in the range WO510 through WO549 (3 hours)
U.M. Doctrine
- DO 670 United Methodist Theology (2 hours)
U.M. Polity
- CL 553 United Methodist Polity and Doctrine (2 hours)
U.M. History
- CH 600 History of Methodism (2 hours)