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Specialization Requirements

Changes of specialization may be authorized under certain circumstances prior to the completion of 40 credits, but are discouraged after that point.

Advanced Standing

Applicants who have taken undergraduate courses in biblical or theological studies may request advanced standing based on collegiate work. See Talbot Admissions Requirements for details.

Biblical Languages Requirement

Two biblical languages are required: Greek and Hebrew. 

Greek

The courses listed below are required. Qualifying examinations to test out of or  are available to all interested students. Depending on exam results, a student may enroll directly into or . For any language courses waived by a qualifying examination, the student should take an equal number of credits in the New Testament department (3 or 6).

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
	Beginning Greek I	3
	Beginning Greek II	3
	Introduction to Exegesis	3
	Exegesis in the Gospels	3
or	Exegesis in the Epistles

Hebrew

The courses listed below are required. Qualifying examinations to test out of or  are available to all interested students. Depending on exam results, a student may enroll directly into or . For any language courses waived by the qualifying examination, the student should take an equal number of credits in the Old Testament department (3 or 6).

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
	Elements of Hebrew I	3
	Elements of Hebrew II	3
	Introduction to Hebrew Exegesis	3
	Hebrew Exegesis	2

Curriculum Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Prerequisite Courses
	Old Testament Survey
	New Testament Survey
Program Courses
Students enrolling in the Spiritual Formation specialization will take the following program courses and co-curricular requirements. All TTSF courses must be taken in-residence.
	Hermeneutics and the Word in Spiritual Formation	3
or	Hermeneutics and Bible Study Methods
	Patristic and Medieval Theology	3
or	Reformation and Modern Theology
or	Historical Theology Survey
	Beginning Greek I	3
	Beginning Greek II	3
	Introduction to Exegesis	3
	Exegesis in the Gospels	3
or	Exegesis in the Epistles
	Elements of Hebrew I	3
	Elements of Hebrew II	3
	Introduction to Hebrew Exegesis	3
	Hebrew Exegesis	2
	Expository Preaching	3
	Theology I: God, Scripture, Creation	3
	Theology II: Christ, Humanity, Sin, Salvation	3
	Theology III: Spirit, Church, Last Things	3
Spiritual Formation Specialization Courses
	Pastoral Ministry	3
	Introduction to Christian Spirituality and Prayer	2
	History and Theory of Christian Soul Care and Direction	2
	History and Traditions of Christian Spirituality (or TTSF elective course)	2
	Developmental Spirituality and Contemplative Prayer	2
	Personal Foundations of Spirituality and Retreat	2
	Personality Development and Psychopathology	3
	Soul Care Pre-practicum I and Professional Ethics	2
	Soul Care Pre-practicum II and Professional Referral	3
	Prayer and Formation in Expository Preaching 1	1
	Christian Virtue and the Spiritual Disciplines	2
	Intensive Journey Inward and Retreat 2	2
	Soul Care Practicum I	2
or	Field Apprenticeship IV
	Soul Care Practicum II 3	2
Select two of the following:		6
	Introduction to World Missions
	Apologetics
	Evangelism and Disciple-Making Strategies
	Developing Strategic Church Ministries
	The Church and Society
Elective Courses
TTSF elective courses		2
Co-Curricular Requirements
Contact the Institute for Spiritual Formation (ISF) for a full description of these requirements. 4
Didactic Therapy
Faculty-Student Retreats
Personal Retreats
Student Progress Assessment
	Personal Spiritual Direction (must be taken every term of enrollment)
Total Credits		79

¹

to be taken with .

²

to be taken twice for 1 credit each time.

³

A 2-credit TTPT elective may be taken in place of .

⁴

Institute for Spiritual Formation (ISF).