Master of Divinity - Distributed Learning
A combination of online, on-campus and contextual learning for those in ministry positions who seek further education without moving to the Twin Cities. This program takes five and a half to six years to complete.
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 30 courses are completed in a combination of online courses and short-term intensives on-campus.
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.
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 and cohort.
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Luther Seminary's first DL M.Div. cohort
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Students Talk About Community
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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.
Students Talk About Congregational Context
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