Evening Master of Religious Studies

For non-ministerial candidates desiring graduate theological training, WRS offers a Master Religious Studies. This program is designed so that a student attending two evening classes per week can complete the course in three years. One may enter the evening school in any term. Unlike the other Masters degrees, the M.R.S. is designed to be terminal degree for evening school students only. Substitutions for the required courses are permitted only with faculty approval.

Students holding the M.R.S. who desire to continue their studies toward one of the other day-time masters degrees or the M.Div. degree may transfer the courses they have taken which have identical course numbers to those required in their new program. The other M.R.S. courses ( #143, #243, #341, #342, and #441) will be considered as elective credit.

 

Year One

Fall			Spring
243	Survey of NT	3	143	Survey of OT	3
331	Theology 5	3	414	American Church	3
	Total	6		Total	6

 

Year Two

Fall			Spring
117	OT Prophetic Literature	3	216	Life & Epistles of Paul	3
215	Christ in the Gospels	3	441	Survey of Church History	3
	Total	6		Total	6

 

Year Three

Fall			Spring
341	Survey of Theology 1	3	342	Survey of Theology 2	3
537	Bible Teaching Methods	2	912	Biblical Interpretation	2
	Total	5		Total	5

 

Total for the M.R.S. program: 34 hours

It should be kept in mind that the sequence of years indicates the order in which non-M.Div. Masters programs courses are offered and not necessarily the yearly order in which a student will take the prescribed curriculum. Candidates may enter the cycle at the beginning of any of the semesters.