Dual Degrees
Seamlessly 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.
Pursuing Multiple Master's Degrees
If a student is pursuing two graduate degrees at SEBTS simultaneously:
- 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.
For students pursuing an MDiv and MA concurrently at SEBTS, all of the required hours for the MDiv and at least 1/3 of the total hours of the MA need to be completed.
- This 1/3 must be credit hours unique to the MA and not shared with the MDiv.
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
- All MDiv programs provide all prerequisites for admission to the ThM program
- For MA graduates, students must ensure they have completed the prerequisites found on this page, whether as part of the MA or not.
- Upper-level master’s electives from Southeastern may be considered for transfer into the ThM for credit.
ThM to PhD
– ThM graduates with a 3.5 GPA can seamlessly move into the PhD program without further application.
– In the ThM, students can take up to four PhD seminars that can be transferred into the PhD program.
– Those four seminars equate to half of the required seminars for the PhD degree.