SEBTS Graduate Degree Programs

Vocational and General Master of Arts Degrees

The Master of Arts degrees at Southeastern are designed to equip students for competent leadership in a variety of ministry settings. Southeastern offers some Master of Arts degrees that provide specialized training for ministry preparation and others that provide training of a more general theological nature. The Master of Arts in normally completed in two years of full-time enrollment.

Admissions Requirements

Admission to the Master of Arts programs is limited to persons holding a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent who also meet all other admission requirements. Particular M.A. degrees may have additional requirements as noted.

Degree Requirements

The Master of Arts programs require from 48 to 69 semester hours, including 30 hours of core studies. Students must achieve an overall GPA of 2.0 or better on all work taken in order to graduate.

Research Master of Arts Degrees

Research based Master of Arts degrees are designed to provide students with in-depth knowledge of a specific field so as to prepare them for further academic preparation through a Master of Theology or doctoral program. The research based programs require varying amounts of prerequisite work and degree-specific admissions requirements.

Admissions Requirements

Admission to the Master of Arts programs is limited to persons holding a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent who also meet all other admission requirements. Particular research M.A. degrees have additional requirements as noted.

Degree Requirements

The Master of Arts programs require from 48 to 69 semester hours, including 30 hours of core studies. Specific degree requirements can be found under each degree listing.

Programs

Master of Arts

• •  Bible Translation, M.A.
• •  Biblical Counseling, M.A.
• •  Biblical Languages, M.A.
• •  Christian Education with Biblical Counseling, M.A.
• •  Christian Education, M.A.
• •  Christian School Administration, M.A.
• •  Christian Studies, M.A.
• •  Ethics, Theology, and Culture, M.A.
• •  Intercultural Studies, M.A.
• •  Ministry Leadership, M.A.
• •  Old Testament, M.A.
• •  Philosophy of Religion, M.A.
• •  Women’s Studies, M.A.

Master of Divinity

• •  Advanced Master of Divinity, M.Div.
• •  Master of Divinity, M.Div.

Master of Divinity with Track

• •  Advanced Biblical Studies Track, M.Div.
• •  Biblical Counseling Track, M.Div.
• •  Christian Apologetics Track, M.Div.
• •  Christian Ethics Track, M.Div.
• •  Christian Ministry Track, M.Div.
• •  Collegiate Ministry Track, M.Div.
• •  Evangelism Track, M.Div.
• •  Expository Preaching Track, M.Div.
• •  International Church Planting Track, M.Div.
• •  Ministry Leadership Track, M.Div.
• •  Missiology Track, M.Div.
• •  North American Church Planting Track, M.Div.
• •  Pastoral Ministry Track, M.Div.
• •  Student Ministry Track, M.Div.
• •  Women’s Studies Track, M.Div.
• •  Worship Leadership Track, M.Div.

Master of Church Music

• •  Master of Church Music, M.C.M.

Master of Theological Studies

• •  Master of Theological Studies, M.T.S.

Courses

Philosophy

• •  PHI 6630 - Study of Selected Philosophers
• •  PHI 6640 - Philosophers: Francis A. Schaeffer and C. S. Lewis
• •  PHI 6961 - Bible Land Studies in Christian Apologetics
• •  PHI 7500 - Metaphysics
• •  PHI 7510 - Epistemology
• •  PHI 7550 - Critical Thinking and Argumentation for Theological Discourse
• •  PHI 7610 - Philosophical Theology
• •  PHI 7620 - Worldviews and World Religions
• •  PHI 7630 - Philosophy of Religion
• •  PHI 7640 - Philosophy of Mind
• •  PHI 7650 - Religion and Science
• •  PHI 7800 - Philosophy of History
• •  PHI 7900 - Selected Topics in Philosophy of Religion
• •  PHI 7910 - Religious Authority
• •  PHI 7950 - Special Topics in Christian Thought
• •  PHI 7995 - Philosophy of Religion Thesis

Pastoral Ministry

• •  PMN 5631 - Biblical Foundations for the Minister’s Wife
• •  PMN 5635 - Women’s Ministries in the Local Church
• •  PMN 6500 - Pastoral Ministry
• •  PMN 6501 - Pastoral Ministry in Conjunction with an Equipping Center
• •  PMN 6540 - The Ministry of Worship
• •  PMN 6541 - Worship Leadership
• •  PMN 6550 - Introduction to Workplace Ministry
• •  PMN 6551 - Corporate Chaplaincy
• •  PMN 6552 - Workplace Ministry for the Local Church
• •  PMN 6590 - Supervised Field Ministry
• •  PMN 6591 - Supervised Ministry: Equipping Center
• •  PMN 6720 - Administration and Education in the Local Church
• •  PMN 6721 - Administration and Education in the Local Church in Conjunction with an Equipping Center
• •  PMN 6730 - Christian Leadership
• •  PMN 6731 - Current Issues in Leadership
• •  PMN 6733 - Christian Leadership in Conjunction with an Equipping Center
• •  PMN 6740 - Personal Conflict Intervention in the Church
• •  PMN 6750 - Introduction to Theology and Culture
• •  PMN 7900 - Mentored Internship
• •  PMN 7901 - Mentored Internship II

Preaching and Speech

• •  PRS 6100 - Bible Exposition
• •  PRS 6200 - Women and Communication
• •  PRS 6500 - Sermon Delivery
• •  PRS 6510 - Expository Preaching
• •  PRS 6520 - The Pastor and the Preaching Ministry
• •  PRS 6530 - Engaging the Contemporary Audience
• •  PRS 6540 - Selected Topics in Preaching
• •  PRS 6610 - Objectives in Preaching
• •  PRS 6620 - Preaching the Great Themes of the Bible
• •  PRS 6630 - Preaching on Biblical Characters
• •  PRS 6640 - Preaching on Special Occasions
• •  PRS 6650 - Evangelistic Preaching
• •  PRS 6660 - American Preaching
• •  PRS 6670 - The Baptist Preaching Heritage
• •  PRS 6675 - Great Preachers and Their Preaching
• •  PRS 6680 - Variety and Creativity in Preaching
• •  PRS 6690 - Preaching on Contemporary Issues
• •  PRS 6695 - Preaching and Contemporary Worldviews
• •  PRS 6900 - SCP Bible Exposition Intensive

Theology

• •  THE 6110 - Christian Theology I
• •  THE 6120 - Christian Theology II
• •  THE 6130 - Christian Theology III
• •  THE 6510 - Biblical Theology of Womanhood
• •  THE 6520 - Man and Woman in Biblical-Theological Perspective
• •  THE 6750 - Introduction to Theology and Culture
• •  THE 6910 - SCP Christian Theology I Intensive
• •  THE 6920 - SCP Christian Theology II Intensive
• •  THE 6930 - SCP Christian Theology III Intensive
• •  THE 7510 - The Doctrine of Worship
• •  THE 7610 - The Doctrine of Revelation
• •  THE 7620 - The Doctrine of God
• •  THE 7621 - The Doctrine of the Trinity
• •  THE 7630 - The Doctrines of Creation and Providence
• •  THE 7640 - The Doctrine of Humanity
• •  THE 7720 - Christology
• •  THE 7730 - The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit
• •  THE 7740 - The Doctrine of the Atonement
• •  THE 7741 - Salvation and Religious Pluralism
• •  THE 7810 - The Doctrine of the Church
• •  THE 7820 - Theology of the Christian Life
• •  THE 7830 - Eschatology
• •  THE 7900 - Study of a Selected Theologian
• •  THE 7940 - Feminist Theology
• •  THE 7950 - Contemporary Theological Issues

Translation

• •  TRA 5100 - Principles of Phonetics
• •  TRA 5200 - Principles of Phonology
• •  TRA 5300 - Principles of Syntax and Morphology
• •  TRA 5310 - Principles of Semantics and Pragmatics
• •  TRA 6120 - Language Program Planning
• •  TRA 6210 - Discourse Analysis and Text Linguistics
• •  TRA 6240 - Translation Practicum
• •  TRA 6250 - Field Methods