Western Rite MDiv: 3- and 4-year Options
Below are 3-year and 4-year paths to complete the MDiv degree for Western Rite students entering or returning to the MDiv program in fall 2025 or later, or returning to the MDiv after a Leave of Absence.
1. Three-year WR Option: Western Rite MDiv
(3 years to completion)
WR Unit I (fall, year 1 of 3)
- Fundamentals
- Church History I
- Western Rite Liturgics I
- Greek I
- Hebrew I
- Church Music I
- MDiv Practicum I
WR Unit II (spring, year 1 of 3)
- Church History IIHoly Scripture I
- Western Rite Liturgics II
- Greek II
- Hebrew II
- Church Music IIHomiletics IWR Teleliturgics I
- MDiv Practicum II
WR Unit III (fall, year 2 of 3)
- Church History III: Western Rite
- Holy Scripture II
- Patristics: Fathers of the Church
- Homiletics II
- WR Teleliturgics II
- Western Rite Music I
- MDiv Practicum III
WR Unit IV (spring, year 2 of 3)
- Doctrine I
- Pastoral Theology I
- Patristics II: Latin Fathers
- Biblical Studies
- Western Rite Music II
- Christian Ethics
- History of the Church of Antioch
- MDiv Practicum IV
WR Unit V (fall, year 3 of 3)
- Doctrine II
- Pastoral Theology II
- Canon Law
- Church Administration
- Spiritual Father as Axiom of the Church
- MDiv Practicum V
WR Unit VI (spring, year 3 of 3)
- Orthodox Priestly Ethos
- Bioethics
- Theology of Religion
- MDiv Practicum VI
- Thesis-writing course (may be postponed to the following spring)
2. Four-year WR Option: Western Rite MDiv
(4 years to completion)
WR Unit I (fall, year 1 of 4)
- Fundamentals
- Church History I
- Western Rite Liturgics I
- Greek I
- Church Music I
- MDiv Practicum I
WR Unit II (spring, year 1 of 4)
- Church History II
- Holy Scripture IWestern Rite Liturgics IIGreek II
- Church Music II
- WR Teleliturgics I
- MDiv Practicum II
WR Unit III (fall, year 2 of 4)
- Church History III: Latin Fathers
- Patristics: The Fathers of the Church
- Hebrew I
- WR Teleliturgics II
- Western Rite Music I
- MDiv Practicum III
WR Unit IV (spring, year 2 of 4)
- Pastoral Theology I
- Patristics II: Latin Fathers
- Hebrew II
- Homiletics I
- Western Rite Music II
- MDiv Practicum IV
WR Unit V (fall, year 3 of 4)
- Pastoral Theology II
- Holy Scripture II
- Homiletics II
- Spiritual Father as Axiom of the Church
- MDiv Practicum V
WR Unit VI (spring, year 3 of 4)
- Doctrine I
- Biblical Studies (Patristic perspective)
- Christian Ethics
- History of the Church of Antioch
- Theology of Religion
- MDiv Practicum VI
WR Unit VII (fall, year 4 of 4)
- Doctrine II
- Canon Law
- Church Administration
- Continue practicum in parish
WR Unit VIII (spring, year 4 of 4)
- Orthodox Priestly Ethos
- Bioethics
- Continue practicum in parish
- Thesis-writing course (may be postponed to the following year)
