GRADUATE PROGRAMS

MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMS

 

Graduate programs at WMU equip students to combine academic discipline with Christian formation and discipleship.  Students are expected to demonstrate they have acquired knowledge on a graduate level of competency. The programs are designed to integrate knowledge of biblical and theological disciplines with practical skills to help broaden the student’s Christian worldview.

Graduate studies are fundamentally different than undergraduate studies. Graduate students are expected to take significant responsibility in determining what to learn and how to learn it.  Instead of submitting course work to professors, graduate students will often submit or orally present work to their peers for comments, reflection, and ideas for improvement. Sometimes this involves team projects. A research paper at the bachelor’s level may primarily require that a student report what authors have said. Graduate students will be required to evaluate an author’s work, or suggest applications to their ministries. In short, graduate students are responsible to take initiative – they are partners with their professors in their own equipping.

 

DegreeBiblical StudiesTheological/
Historical Studies
Practical Ministry StudiesField EducationElectivesTotal CreditsSpecial Requirements
M. Div.12242772393Ministry Project or Thesis

 

DegreeBiblical StudiesTheological/
Historical Studies
Integration and ResearchField EducationElectivesTotal CreditsSpecial Requirements
M.A. in Theology241294958Ministry Project or Thesis

 

DegreeBiblical/
Theological Studies
Practical Ministry StudiesProfessional StudiesProfessional StudiesElectivesTotal CreditsSpecial Requirements
M.A. in Christian Counseling1232411353Practicum,
Thesis or counseling course

 

DegreeBiblical/ Theological StudiesPractical Ministry StudiesField EducationProfessional StudiesTotal CreditsSpecial Requirements
M.A. in Music6343447Graduation Recital