Theology Degree Program

The study of theology at TLU prepares students for career paths in which spiritual sensitivity, a well-tuned moral compass, interfaith understanding, and critical engagement with religious texts and traditions are required. Our majors go on to serve as pastors and youth ministers, lead non-profits, teach at private schools, work as counselors and therapists, engage in social activism, attain advanced degrees, and pursue countless other paths. 

 

Theology majors come from diverse denominational backgrounds and have varying forms of personal religious commitment, including none at all. For interested students, TLU’s campus ministry program serves as a laboratory for putting faith commitments and theological paradigms into practice.

All Are Welcome- Campus Ministry
 

The theology degree plan invites students to construct an academic path that will prepare them for the future they envision. We offer six possible concentrations within the major.

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General Studies - With the fewest hours required, this concentration is intended to facilitate double majors.

Pre-Seminar - Involving coursework in biblical Greek, this concentration is for students who intend to seek ordination in a denomination requiring a graduate degree in theology.

Social Change - This concentration incorporates coursework in social innovation and entrepreneurship and/or communications to empower students to become change-makers through activism.

Worship Arts - Drawing on coursework in music and/or dramatic media, this concentration helps students cultivate their artistic gifts for use in worship contexts.

Youth Ministry - A longstanding strength of TLU, this concentration gives students the practical knowledge and experience needed to serve as youth ministers / directors of faith formation in local congregations.

Pre-Counseling - This concentration incorporates coursework in psychology to help students prepare for graduate programs with a view to becoming therapists.

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