Pontifical College Josephinum

Diaconal Studies

The Josephinum Diaconate Institute offers a certificate in Diaconal Studies for all students who fulfill their diocesan curriculum, including at least 24 credit hours of coursework completed at the Institute. To be eligible for a certificate, students must be enrolled with the Institute through a partner diocese as part of a pre-ordination formation curriculum.

Divinity

The Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree offered through the School of Theology at the Pontifical College Josephinum is intended to prepare candidates for the Catholic priesthood and is open only to seminarians who have been accepted into the program by the rector/president of the Josephinum.

Hispanic Ministry Field Education

This certificate prepares both non-Hispanic and Hispanic seminarians in the School of Theology for ministry to the growing population of Hispanic Catholics in the United States. It emphasizes learning through practice of the different elements involved in ministry to this population. In order to enroll in the Hispanic Ministry Field Education Certificate program, the seminarian must first receive permission from his sponsoring diocese.

Humanities

The Bachelor of Arts program supplies its requirements through its General Education Program and its major course of study in Philosophy or Humanities. Any student may request that his major be designated instead in the area of Humanities. Both majors require 33 credit hours including the mandated Philosophy courses and an upper-level elective.

Pastoral Studies

Applicants for the MAPS degree program possess an undergraduate degree and are expected to fulfill all requirements for the awarding of a master's level degree: 36 academic credits taken at the master's level and fulfillment of a pre-approved faculty-directed two-semester pastoral ministry project. The program is offered through the Josephinum Diaconate Institute via distance learning in both English and Spanish.

Philosophical and Theological Studies

Seminarians who already possess a Bachelor of Arts degree or the equivalent, but who have not fulfilled all the requirements for the Bachelor of Philosophy degree, may earn a Certificate of Completion in Philosophical and Theological Studies by successfully completing at least one full year in the Josephinum Pre-Theology Program and completing all requirements for this certificate.

Philosophy (B.A.)

The Bachelor of Arts degree program closely follows the requirements and spirit of the PPF, offering a liberal arts education as a preparation for the study of philosophy. The academic course of study in the College of Liberal Arts is intended most of all to support the integrated formation of the seminarian as he discerns a priestly vocation at the Discipleship Stage.

Philosophy (Bachelor of Philosophy)

The Bachelor of Philosophy program completes the required philosophical and theological education for seminarians who have already earned a four-year Bachelor of Arts degree at another institution. This two-year curriculum fulfills the philosophical course requirements of the PPF and prepares the seminarian for graduate study in the School of Theology.

Sacred Theology

The Josephinum, in affiliation with the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, Italy, offers a Bachelor of Sacred Theology (STB) degree. Since this degree is awarded by the Angelicum, it is an entry-level pontifical degree; candidates awarded this degree may then pursue higher pontifical degrees. Including the prerequisite language courses, the total number of credit hours required for the STB Degree is 92 (184 ECTS).

Theology

The Master of Arts in Theology (MA) is a first-level graduate degree, which may be taken for personal enrichment, as preparation for teaching, or as preparation for further studies. It has two primary goals: first, to provide a core, graduate-level competency in theological studies; second, to allow for a concentration in biblical studies, dogmatic theology, moral theology, or pastoral theology and evangelization.