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Master of Theology (240 credits)

  • Qualification Level
  • Total Credits
  • Completion Time
  • Study Location
  • Level 9
  • 240
  • 2 years full-time, or part-time equivalent
  • Auckland
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  • Programme Title
  • Master of Theology (240 credits)
  • Programme Abbreviation
  • MTh_240
  • School
  • Bible & Theology
  • Total Credits
  • 240
  • Programme Requirements

  • The 240-credit MTh combines a programme of level 8 taught courses and level 9 research, structured in one of the following ways:

    • four level 8 courses (including R351 Postgraduate Research and Writing) plus 120-credit 40,000 word level 9 thesis
    • five level 8 courses (including R351 Postgraduate Research and Writing) plus 90-credit 30,000 word level 9 thesis
    • six level 8 courses (including R351 Postgraduate Research and Writing) plus 60-credit 20,000 word level 9 dissertation.

    Dissertation and theses courses last six months each (with two being taken concurrently for full-time study. To allow time for writing and approval of a research proposal before starting, there are multiple enrolment intakes for theses/dissertation courses throughout the year. Please refer to additional information for intake dates.
  • Study Commitment
  • Full-time (2 years) or part-time equivalent
  • Study Location
  • Auckland
  • Delivery
  • Block Courses + Online Distance Learning
  • Start Dates
  • February / July
  • Maximum Timeframe
  • 6 years maximum unless extension granted by Academic Head
  • Entry Requirements
  • GPA of 7.0 (B) or higher in BTh.
    The normal pathway to MTh is through a PGDipTh.

Please refer here for full entry requirements.

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Graduate Outcomes
  • Evaluate critically a wide spectrum of literature in each of the coursework areas and in the areas of research undertaken.
    Demonstrate mastery of the isssues of debate in each of these areas.
    Give a fair and informed account of representative points of view in each subject area.
    Write a coherent narrative survey which is internally consistent, interacts critically with central issues, and demonstrates ability to form a reasoned opinion.
    Utilise sound hermeneutical principles in contextualising biblical theology within the subject areas studied.
    Demonstrate the distinctive contribution of biblical and theological principles to central issues in their subject areas.
    Participate in the international academic discussion of their field of study with a competence appropriate to Master’s level.
    Reflect on the professional, ethical and relational implications of their study for ministry in the modern world.
    Make available to the service of the church appropriate aspects of current scholarship in their field of study.