Multiple Degrees
Pursuing Multiple Programs at Southeastern
Did you know Southeastern offers options to pursue multiple degrees to equip you for ministry more effectively and efficiently? Learn how you can earn two degrees in less time.
Stacking Master's Degrees
If a student is pursuing two graduate degrees at SEBTS:
- Up to 2/3 of the first degree can be shared with the second degree.
- 1/3 of the second degree must be unique to that degree.
MA or MDiv to DMin
Students can seamlessly complete a Master of Arts or Master of Divinity followed by a Doctor of Ministry degree in 5 years or more. The Doctor of Ministry program seeks to meet accreditation standards for Master of Divinity equivalency by evaluating students through a wide range of academic and ministerial aspects, graded on a comprehensive rubric. To meet the six criteria established by ATS for MDiv equivalency, students without an MDiv must complete a Qualification Packet in which they demonstrate mastery in theological integration. The DMin Committee evaluates each applicant’s qualification packet to verify that each of the six criteria has been met. All DMin applicants must receive a minimum score on the comprehensive rubric, as well as have three or more Committee members recommend acceptance to the DMin program to be unconditionally admitted.
MA or MDiv to EdD
- Admission to the Doctor of Education program requires a master’s degree of any kind, whether MA or MDiv.
- Students must have taken at least 12 hours total of theology, New Testament, and Old Testament courses. All Southeastern master’s degrees meet this requirement.
- Students must take a master’s level statistics course. This can be taken as a prerequisite or concurrently, after admission into the EdD program.
- Students can complete both an MA and and EdD at Southeastern in just 5 years!
MA or MDiv to ThM
- Students graduating with a Southeastern MDiv meet all prerequisites for admission into the ThM program.
- Students graduating with a Southeastern MA in the field they wish to study meet all prerequisites for admission to the ThM program, except for Greek or Hebrew, where appropriate.
- Upper-level graduate courses (all 7000-level and some 6000-level) taken during the MA or MDiv may be considered for transfer into the ThM for credit.
ThM to PhD
- Students graduating with a Southeastern ThM can move seamlessly into the PhD program within two years after their graduation.
- In the ThM, students can take up to four PhD seminars that can be transferred into the PhD, equating to half of the seminars required for the PhD.
- In the ThM, students take Introduction to Research and Writing, Integrative Colloquium 1, and Integrative Colloquium 2 alongside PhD students. All three of those courses are transferable into the PhD.
MEd to EdD
The Master of Education is a unique degree designed for those who already have a background in teaching or teacher education. This streamlined degree allows students to build their teaching skills and is an ideal onramp for students interested in completing a Doctor of Education.
- 4 courses (12 credit hours) taken at the 6000 level or higher in the MEd can transfer into the EdD. This puts students 2 quarters ahead when they begin the EdD!
