The mission of the Anderson University School of Theology is to educate at the graduate professional level both men and women for Christian ministry. To this end, we are committed to being a community of scholars who are church-related, and in whose character and servanthood the following are vitally linked: biblical faith, academic integrity, Christian spirituality, love for persons; and a responsible relation with the created order and all humankind.
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Degree Requirements

  1. Each course you take will require you to recruit a small group of adults and teach them for five hours. You will teach them information you learned in that course.
  2. Each course you take will require that you travel to campus for ten hours of face-to-face interaction in the classroom with your instructor and other students in the course.
  3. You must achieve a grade of “C-” or above in all classes, and a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.
  4. There are 14 courses in this degree (three credit hours each), listed here in the order they should be taken:

First Year, Fall Semester:

  • Orientation to Online Graduate Theological Studies
  • Literature and History of the Old Testament I
  • Constructive Theology I
  • First Year, Spring Semester:

  • Literature and History of the Old Testament II
  • Constructive Theology II
  • Church of God Reformation Movement - or - your Denominational History
  • Second Year, Fall Semester:

  • Literature and History of the New Testament I
  • Constructive Theology III
  • History of the Christian Church
  • Second Year, Spring Semester:

  • Literature and History of the New Testament II
  • Ethics for the Vocation of Ministry
  • Clinical Pastoral Education (Spring and Summer) - or - Mentoring (one credit hour per semester for six semesters, during any six semesters of your choice)
  • Third Year, Fall Semester:

  • Biblical Foundations of Mission
  • Capstone Course in the Practice of Ministry



  • For further information, please contact Dr. John Aukerman, Director of Distance Education, by e-mail at jhaukerman@anderson.edu.

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