MDiv 3-year Option (non Western Rite; 3 years to completion)
Below is the 3-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 3)
- Fundamentals
- Church History I
- Liturgical Theology I
- Greek I
- Hebrew I
- Church Music I
- MDiv Practicum I
Unit II (spring, year 1 of 3)
- Church History II
- Holy Scripture I
- Greek II
- Hebrew II
- Church Music II
- Homiletics I
- Teleliturgics I
- MDiv Practicum II
Unit III (fall, year 2 of 3)
- Liturgical Theology II
- Holy Scripture II
- Patristics: Fathers of the Church
- Homiletics II
- Teleliturgics II
- Church Music III (or Slavonic Chant I)
- MDiv Practicum III
- Arabic I* (see note below)
Unit IV (spring, year 2 of 3)
- Doctrine I
- Pastoral Theology I
- Biblical Studies
- Church Music IV (or Slavonic Chant II)
- Christian Ethics
- History of the Church of Antioch
- MDiv Practicum IV
- Arabic II* (see note below)
Unit V (fall, year 3 of 3)
- Spiritual Father as Axiom of the Church
- Doctrine II
- Pastoral Theology II
- Canon Law
- Church Administration
- MDiv Practicum V
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 year)
* Arabic language is required for Antiochian MDiv students only, and may be taken in any year. MDiv students under the Antiochian jurisdiction (except Western Rite) must take two semesters of Arabic or test out of the Arabic language requirement. The AHOS Arabic courses introduce the language and focus on its use in the context of church services. Arabic courses are open to any AHOS student, space permitting.
