Maranatha Baptist Seminary

Requirements:

A minimum of 96 semester hours of approved credit must be completed for the Master of Divinity degree.
No more than 48 semester hours of graduate credit from another institution may be applied toward this degree.
No more than 48 hours may be taken in a non-traditional delivery method (online, etc.).
A grade point average of 2.5 or better must be earned.
Applicants may be required to make up deficiencies without credit in any of the departments at the discretion of the Academic Senate.

Biblical Languages

Required Classes:
GOT511 Hebrew Grammar 1	3
GOT512 Hebrew Grammar 2	3
GOT615 Hebrew Syntax	2
GOT616 Hebrew Exegesis	2
GNT503 Greek Grammar 1	2
GNT504 Greek Grammar 2	2
GNT517 Greek Reading	2
GNT518 Greek Exegetical Grammar	2
GNT519 Greek Exegetical Method	2

Elective Classes:
GOT701 Aramaic	2

Required Hours:	16

Biblical Studies

Required Class:
GBS510 Introduction to the Old and New Testaments	3

Elective Class:
GBS503 Biblical Studies Seminar	2

Required Hours:	3

Old Testament

Required Class:
GOT514 Biblical Theology of the Old Testament	2

Elective Classes:
GOT521 Old Testament Backgrounds	2
GOT525 Holy Land Tour	2
GOT528 Exposition of Pentateuch	3
GOT530 Exposition of Isaiah	2
GOT532 Exposition of Daniel	2
GOT535 Exposition of the Minor Prophets	2
GOT540 Exposition of Job	2
GOT543 Exposition of Proverbs	2
GOT556 Exposition of Jeremiah and Ezekiel	3
GOT711 Exegesis and Exposition of 1 & 2 Samuel	3
GOT712 Exegesis and Exposition of Poetry	3
GOT720 Messianic Prophecy	3
GOT780 Old Testament Seminar	3
GOT790 Old Testament Introduction	3

Required Hours:	13

New Testament

Required Class:
GNT515 Biblical Theology of the New Testament	2

Elective Classes:
GNT520 New Testament Backgrounds	2
GNT529 Exposition of the Gospels	3
GNT530 Exposition of Pastoral Epistles	2
GNT556 Exposition of Revelation	2
GNT632 Exegesis and Exposition of the General Epistles	3
GNT642 Exegesis and Exposition of Pauls Epistles	3
GNT737 Exegesis and Exposition of Romans	3
GNT742 Exegesis and Exposition of the Prison Epistles	3
GNT780 New Testament Seminar	2

Required Hours:	13

Systematic Theology

Required Classes:
GST510 Prolegomena	1
GST520 Dispensationalism and Dispensational Hermeneutics	3
GST611 Systematic Theology 1 Bibliology, Theology Proper	2
GST612 Systematic Theology 2 Christology and Pneumatology	3
GST613 Systematic Theology 3 Anthropology, Hamartiology and Soteriology	3
GST614 Systematic Theology 4 Eschatology, Angelology and Ecclesiology	3

Elective Classes:
GST530 Apologetics and Worldviews	2
GST600 Theological Systems	2
GST620 Contemporary Theology	2
GST710 Theology of the Kingdom	2
GST720 Reformation Theology	2
GST721 History of Baptist Theology	2
GST780 Graduate Seminar in Theology	2

Required Hours:	15

Historical Theology

GHI515 American Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism	2
GHI548 History of Baptist Missions	3
GHI608 Baptist History	3
GHI628 History of Christianity	3
GHI721 History of Baptist Theology	2
GHI780 Graduate Seminar in History	2

Required Hours:	7

Pastoral Theology

Required Classes:
GPA511 Church Administration	2
GPA521 Introduction to Preaching	2
GPA522 Expository Preaching of the Old Testament	2
GPA523 Expository Preaching of the New Testament	2

Elective Classes:
GPA531 Church Planting	2
GPA610 Building a Disciple-Making Ministry	2
GPA612 Pastoral Ethics	2
GPA614 Baptist Polity	2
GPA615 Theology of Prayer and Worship	2
GPA618 Building a Church Missions Program	2
GPA650 Advanced Bio-Ethics	2
GPA715 Theology of Leadership	2
GPA720 The Local Church and the Law	2
GPA721 The Pastor and the Law	2
GPA780 Graduate Seminar in Preaching	2

Required Hours:	14

Biblical Counseling

GBC501 Theology and Practice of Pastoral Counseling	2
GBC513 Counseling Problems and Procedures	2
GBC503 Methods of Biblical Change	2
GBC535 Crisis Counseling	2
GBC537 Marriage and Family Counseling	2
GBC540 Counseling Addictive Behavior	2
GBC550 Proverbs and Counseling	2
GBC580 Biblical Counseling Seminar	2
GBC582 Biblical Counseling Practicum	2

Required Hours:	2

Cross-Cultural Studies

GCC502 Theological Issues in Missions	3
GCC506 Cross-Cultural Communications and Anthropology	2
GCC509 Linguistics	3
GCC510 Advanced Linguistics	3
Required Hours:	2

General Elective Hours:	11
Total Hours Required:	96