Master of Divinity - Distributed Learning
Receive solid spiritual and academic formation from Luther
Seminary’s world-class faculty in the context of your own ministry
setting through a combination of online classes and on-site
intensives.
The Distributed Learning Master of Divinity program (DL M.Div.) allows students to complete the requirements of a
M.Div.
degree at Luther Seminary potentially without having to relocate
to St. Paul.
Cohort-based, Blended, Contextual Learning
The DL M.Div. program offers more than just an online degree. It
follows the same academic standards and courses of the residential
program. You will receive the same rich, theological education as if
you had moved to St. Paul.
The DL mode takes 5.5 or 6 years
depending on your course path. The 30 courses are completed in a
combination of online courses and short-term intensives on-campus.
Courses
Courses are completed both online and through on-campus
intensives.
Online Courses
- Includes regularly scheduled reading, writing assignments, a
teacher and classmates.
- Materials posted in discussion forums.
- Web-based technologies allow you to foster interaction between
yourself, other students, the professor and the course content.
Intensive Courses
- Collaborate with residential students.
- Meet face-to-face other DL M.Div. students within your cohort.
- Develop relationships with faculty.
- Most include an online component before and following the
actual residential intensive
- One or two weeks in length, every January and June
- Much
of every day is spent in class.
Read more about
distributed learning courses.
Community
The support and community formation essential to a
seminary education are developed through working in a cohort of 12
to 20 other students.
You will take many classes with your cohort members, as well as
other Luther Seminary students. The cohort model allows you to
create the rich relationships that are fundamental to the
distributed learning process.
Read more about
community.
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| Luther Seminary's first DL M.Div. cohort at
their Summer 2008 campus gathering. |
Congregational Context
Christian public leadership is the shaping context of the DL
student. You will be able to be in regular conversation with your
supervisor and mentors in your area, as well as experience
leadership in various areas of congregational ministry while
completing your degree. Coursework feeds your ministry and
ministry feeds your coursework.
Read more about
context.
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Previous Issues
April 2008 DL Dispatch
Scott Ruud
 Before he entered the Distributed Learning (DL) Master of Divinity (M.Div.) program at Luther Seminary, Scott Ruud knew a traditional seminary track was not a viable option. Previously, he worked as a computer consultant at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, commuting home on weekends two-and-a-half hours to Elbow Lake, where he has lived for 30 years. Despite a four-day workweek, he still found home life shortchanged.
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Preparing Missional Pastors
Luther Seminary’s goal for the master of divinity program is that
our graduates will be prepared to serve as missional pastors in the
church, empowering the faithful for lives of witness and service. We
want our graduates to be known for excellence as preachers of the
biblical message and leaders in worship, as people who are committed
to engaging the word of God and serving their neighbors.
Mary Hinkle Shore
Associate Dean for
First Theological Degree Programs
For more information
For more information on the Distributed Learning Master of
Divinity program, contact:
Office of Admissions
admissions@luthersem.edu
Phone: 1-800-LUTHER3
Luther Seminary, Admissions
2481 Como Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
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