Upon completion of the MDiv degree, the graduate should manifest the following qualities and abilities in the four areas of priestly formation:

Intellectual Formation

• understands and communicates the biblical, historical, and doctrinal dimensions of Catholic belief and practice;
• incorporates the Church's intellectual tradition in preaching;
• effectively communicates Church teaching, moral teaching, and Church history and tradition and effectively employs principles of biblical exegesis;
• communicates faithfully the social teaching of the Church for justice, peace and the integrity of human life;

Spiritual Formation

• communicates a well-rounded appreciation for and practice of varied spiritual traditions;
• is progressing toward a meaningful, well-developed and balanced life of prayer;
• is described by others as a man of prayer;

Pastoral Formation

• competently prepares for and delivers liturgical rites and norms of the Church;
• demonstrates effective preaching;
• understands the principles of pastoral care and counseling;
• integrates knowledge and practice in a contemporary context;
• delivers effective pastoral care;

Human Formation

• presents as a mature, well-integrated public person;
• is progressing as a pastoral leader.

I Year MDiv

Fall Semester (15 credit hours)
10:520 Foundational Theology (3 hours) 
12:515 Liturgical Theology (3 hours) 
22:530 Pentateuch and Historical Books (3 hours) 
30:520 Early Church History (3 hours) 
40:511 History and Culture of the Church in the Americas (2 hours) 
54:500 Ministry Formation (1 hour)

January Interterm
Human Formation

Spring Semester (15 credit hours)
10:515 God & the Human Person (3 hours) 
12:525 Sacramental Theology and Sacraments of Initiation (3 hours) 
24:520 Paul in Early Christianity (3 hours) 
30:525 Medieval Church History (3 hours) 
54:500 Ministry Formation (1 hour) 
Elective (2 hours)

Summer
54:527 Clinical Pastoral Education must be taken during the summer following I or II Theology (4 hours)
The alternate summer is free for the optional summer Spanish Immersion Program.

II Year MDiv

Fall Semester (15 credit hours)
10:536 Christology & Mariology (3 hours)
15:530 Fundamental Moral Theology (3 hours)
24:500 Synoptic Gospels and Acts (3 hours) 
30:530 Modern Church History (3 hours)
54:500 Ministry Formation (1 hour)
Elective (2 hours)

January Interterm
Human Formation

Spring Semester (15 credit hours)
10:500 Ecclesiology and Ecumenism (3 hours)
42:535 Foundations in Homiletics (3 hour)
43:525 Pastoral Care and Counseling (3 hours)
46:545 Canon Law I (3 hours)
54:500 Ministry Formation (1 hour)
Elective (2 hours)

Summer
54:527 Clinical Pastoral Education must be taken during the summer following I or II Theology (4 hours)
The alternate summer is free for the optional summer Spanish Immersion Program.

III Year MDiv

Fall Semester (16 credit hours)
10:540 Trinity (3 hours)
42:540 Advanced Homiletics (3 hours)
44:545 The Catechetical Ministry (3 hours)
46:550 Canon Law II (3 hours) 
54:540 Advanced Homiletics Practicum (1 hour) 
54:500 Ministry Formation (1 hour)
Elective (2 hours)

January Interterm
Human Formation

Spring Semester (15 credit hours)
12:535 Sacrament of Marriage (3 hours)
15:545 Catholic Social Ethics (3 hours)
22:545 Prophets (3 hours)
54:500 Ministry Formation (1 hour)
54:550 Practicum in Homiletics/Liturgies I (1 hour)
Elective (2 hours)
Elective (2 hours)

Summer
54:650 Summer Pastoral Internship (4 hours)

IV Year MDiv

Fall Semester (14 credit hours)
12:550 Eucharist (3 hours)
12:555 Sacrament of Reconciliation (3 hours)
43:550 Ministry to Families (3 hours)
44:550 Patristics (2 hours)
54:500 Ministry Formation (1 hour)
Elective (2 hours)

January Interterm
Human Formation

Spring Semester (12 credit hours)
15:551 Sexual and Medical Ethics (3 hours)
20:540 Johannine Literature and Thought (2 hours)
45:540 Sacrament of Holy Orders (3 hours) 
54:500 Ministry Formation (1 hour)
54:555 Practicum in Homiletics/Liturgics II (1 hour)
Elective (2 hours)

Total: 125 credit hours