MDiv 4-year Option (non-Western Rite; 4 years to completion)
Below is the 4-year path to complete the MDiv degree, for all non-Western Rite students entering the MDiv program in fall 2025 or later, or returning to the MDiv after a Leave of Absence.
Unit I (fall, year 1 of 4)
- Fundamentals
- Church History I
- Liturgical Theology I
- Greek I
- Church Music I
- MDiv Practicum I
Unit II (spring, year 1 of 4)
- Church History II
- Holy Scripture I
- Greek II
- Church Music II
- Teleliturgics I
- MDiv Practicum II
Unit III (fall, year 2 of 4)
- Liturgical Theology II
- Patristics: The Fathers of the Church
- Hebrew I
- Teleliturgics II
- Church Music III (or Slavonic Chant I)
- MDiv Practicum III
Unit IV (spring, year 2 of 4)
- Doctrine I
- Pastoral Theology I
- Hebrew II
- Homiletics I
- Church Music IV (or Slavonic Chant II)
- MDiv Practicum IV
Unit V (fall, year 3 of 4)
- Doctrine II
- Pastoral Theology II
- Holy Scripture II
- Homiletics II
- MDiv Practicum V
Unit VI (spring, year 3 of 4)
- Biblical Studies (Patristic perspective)
- Christian Ethics
- History of the Church of Antioch
- Theology of Religion
- MDiv Practicum VI
Unit VII (fall, year 4 of 4)
- Canon Law
- Church Administration
- Spiritual Father as Axiom of the Church
- Arabic I* (see note below)
- Continue practicum in parish
Unit VIII (spring, year 4 of 4)
- Orthodox Priestly Ethos
- Bioethics
- Arabic II* (see note below)
- Continue practicum in parish
- Thesis-writing course (may be postponed to the following year)
* Arabic language is required for Antiochian MDiv students only, and may be taken in any year. Antiochian MDiv students (except Western Rite) must take two semesters of Arabic or test out of the Arabic requirement. The AHOS Arabic courses introduce the language and focus on its use in the context of church services. Arabic courses are open to all AHOS students, space permitting.
