Dual Degree: MDiv/MACO

Biblical Languages: 4 Courses / 12 Credit Hours

• Hebrew I (OL501)
• Hebrew II (OL502)
• Greek I (GL501)
• Greek II (GL502)

Biblical Studies: 8 Courses / 24 Credit Hours

Old Testament

• Exploring the Old Testament (OT500) ¹
• Interpreting the Old Testament (OT511)
• Old Testament Exegesis (OT 600 level)
• Old Testament Exegesis (OT 700 level)

New Testament

• Exploring the New Testament (NT500) ¹
• Interpreting the New Testament (NT502)
• New Testament Exegesis: Narrative (NT 611–619)
• New Testament Exegesis: Epistles (NT 620–649)

Christian Thought: 8 Courses / 24 Credit Hours

• The Church to the Reformation (CH501)
• The Church from the Reformation (CH502)
• Theology Survey I (TH501)
• Theology Survey II (TH502)
• Theology Elective (TH any)
• Ethics Course (ET any)
• Understanding Culture (IS/WM520)
• World Missions Course (WM601 or TH/WM602)

Practical Theology: 7 Courses / 21 Credit Hours

• Spiritual Formation course (MC/SF501 or CH/SF591)
• Pastoral Counseling course (PC511 or MC/PC513)
• Preaching: Principles & Practices (PR601)
• Pastoral Communication Course (PR602, PR717, or MC520)
• Pastoral Skills Course (Any CL or EV Course)
• Practical Theology (Any CL, CO, EM, EV, MC, PC, PR, or YM Course)
• Capstone Course: Pastoral Ministry (MC701) or Readiness for Ministry (MC850)

Field Education/Practicum: 3 Credit Hours

• Mentored Ministry Rotation 1
• Mentored Ministry Rotation 2
• Mentored Ministry Rotation 3

General Electives: 2 Courses / 6 Credit Hours

• General Elective
• General Elective

This list is provided for you convenience. It seeks to be accurate and up-to-date but does not replace your graduation check sheet as the authoritative statement of degree requirements per your admission. That check sheet provides a fuller list of alternative courses and potential exceptions.

1. Students who pass the Old Testament or New Testament competency exams may waive the course(s) OT500 or NT501 OR replace these with an open elective. (Bible competency exams must be taken prior to a student’s first course).

2. The following course prefixes are associated with Gordon-Conwell’s three teaching divisions

Biblical Studies includes: GL, NT, OL, OT.

Christian Thought includes: AP, CH, CT, ET, TH, WM

Practical Theology includes: CL, CO, EM, EV, MC, MM, PC, PR, or YM

CACREP Core Courses: 13 Courses / 30 Credit Hours

• Lifespan Development: Implications for Counseling (CO610)
• Research Methods & Design (CO699)
• Psychopathology (CO710)
• Group Process (CO711)
• Multicultural Diversity in Counseling (CO/WM712)
• Career Counseling and Lifestyle Development (CO740)
• Professional Standards and Ethics (CO790)

Residency & Lab Courses

• Introduction to Counseling (CO500A)
• Introduction to Counseling Residency & Lab (CO500B) Credits: 0
• Clinical Counseling Skills (CO507A)
• Clinical Counseling Skills Residency & Lab (CO507B) Credits: 0
• Assessment in Counseling (CO735A)
• Assessment in Counseling Residency & Lab (CO735B) Credits: 0

Integrative Counseling: 7 Courses / 21 Credit Hours

• Church History Survey for Counseling and Spiritual Formation (CH/CO/SF504)
• Theology for Counselors (CO/TH600)
• Integrative Seminar (CO801)
• Counseling Elective (Choose from below)
• Counseling Elective (Choose from below)
• Counseling Elective (Choose from below)
• Counseling Elective (Choose from below)

Counseling Electives

• Human Sexuality (CO602)
• Theories of Personality (CO611)
• Family Systems Theory (CO614)
• Cognitive Therapy (CO616)
• Counseling for Crisis & Trauma (CO635)
• Augustine’s Theography & Heart Therapy: Confessions, Community & Health (CO/SF/TH635)
• Leadership Trauma: Healing and Recovery (CL/CO637)
• Ministering to Women in Pain (CO/MC/SF642)
• Suicide Prevention for Professional Caregivers (CO/PC671)
• Counseling in Addictive Behaviors (CO709)
• Family Counseling/Therapy (CO714)
• Couples Counseling (CO716)
• Counseling in Abuse and Domestic Violence (CO/PC717)
• Child and Adolescent Counseling (CO724)
• Physiology, Complexity, and Human Behavior (CO728)
• Augustine, Restlessness, and Belonging in the Digital Age (ET/TH/CO693)
• Aging, Death, and End-of-Life Medical Ethics (ET/CO689)

Practicum/Internships/Professional Seminars Requirements: 9 Credit Hours

• Clinical Practicum (CO863) Credits: 3
• Professional Practicum Seminar (CO872) Credits: 0
• Clinical Internship I (CO865A) Credits: 3
• Professional Internship Seminar l (CO876) Credits: 0
• Clinical Internship II (CO865B) Credits: 3
• Professional Internship Seminar ll (CO876) Credits: 0

General Core Requirements: 12 Credit Hours

• Exploring the Old Testament (OT500)
• Exploring the New Testament (NT501)
• Interpreting the Bible (NT/OT517)
• Theology Survey I or TH 502 Theology Survey II (TH501)

This list is provided for you convenience. It seeks to be accurate and up-to-date but does not replace your graduation check sheet as the authoritative statement of degree requirements per your admission. That check sheet provides a fuller list of alternative courses and potential exceptions.