Graduate Blog
Winter Term
Winter term is underway with online classes for at least the first few weeks. Let's hope we can return to the campus soon. For those of you enrolled this term, I wish you academic success and good health. If you are thinking about applying for one of our RDS graduate...
Christmas Eve
We are between the times--the end of the fall term and the beginning of the winter term. I don't know if this "Christmas Eve will find [you] where the lovelight gleams . . . home for Christmas if only in [your] dreams." Whatever your circumstances, may you have a...
Online Courses for F21
Within the last few days, the Divinity School received authorization to offer a few graduate courses online for the fall term (F21). If you are unable to join us in F21 for classes on campus, you may be interested in registering for up to three of the following online...
RDS Graduate Posts
Courses for Beginning MDiv Students
The following are the recommended courses for MDiv students who begin the program in Fall '21. Graduate students may take up to 3 courses per term. Students in the Regular Program are typically those who do not have a baccalaureate degree in religious studies or a...
Revised MA Programs
As previously indicated, the RDS has revised its Master of Arts (MA) programs, effective July 1, 2021. These programs consist of the MA: Religion program and the MA: Near Eastern Archaeology (NEA) program. Previously, the MA: Religion program required (A) as few as 48...
Revised MTS Program
As previously indicated, the RDS has revised its Master of Theological Studies (MTS) program, effective July 1, 2021. Previously, the MTS program required (A) as few as 48 quarter units of specific, 4-unit courses for students with an undergraduate degree in religious...
Revised MDiv Program
As previously indicated, the RDS has revised its Master of Divinity (MDiv) program, effective July 1, 2021. The MDiv program previously required all students to complete 116 quarter units of specific, 4-unit courses, including (A) those with undergraduate degrees in...
2021-2022 Graduate Bulletin and Revised RDS Graduate Programs
As I recently indicated here, the RDS has revised it graduate degree programs, effective July 1, 2021. Because the 2021-2022 Graduate Bulletin is now online, I will provide a series of posts on the changes to each program. Meanwhile, you may read about them yourself...
Covid-19: When will we get back to normal?
(A message from the dean of the RDS) Dear students, I don’t know about you, but it’s been so long since we’ve had ‘normal’ on campus, with all the in-person fun and socializing, invigorating class discussions, hanging out at the cafeteria, cheering our athletics teams...
Watch for Graduate Program Changes
The RDS faculty has approved changes to all the graduate academic and professional programs of the School. These changes, which become effective July 1, 2021, will appear in the University's soon-to-be-published 2021-22 graduate bulletin. After the new bulletin is...
Fall Term Update
As of this date, the RDS plans to offer all its courses and conduct all classes in person on campus only, effective fall term 2021.
Consecration Service
The Divinity School will hold its annual Consecration Service at 3:55 p.m. on June 12, 2021 during the Graduation Weekend. I invite you to participate by joining the online, Zoom event. To receive the login information when available, please email Robert Roth.
Summer Schedule
The RDS will offer the following graduate courses in the 2021 summer term: ARCH 594 Fieldwork in Middle Eastern Archaeology (1-8 units)RELH 506 History of Seventh-day Adventism (4)RELL 504 Linguistic Tools for Pastoral Ministry: Hebrew (4) The two religion courses...