Monday, December 10, 2007

DWS Government-recognized Programs

Divine Word Seminary, Tagaytay City offers two government degree programs: Bachelor of Arts Major in Theology under government recognition no. 65 series of 1965 and Master of Arts in Theology under government recognition C-002 s. 1977.
In accordance with the Commission on Higher Education's standards and policies, DWS applied for an additional major in Theology for the Bachelor's Degree Program as a requirement for the Degree of Master of Arts in Theology, effective AY 2005-2006. It is a two-year program, which is taken during the first two years of the Four-Year Curriculum. The first batch of graduates for the Degree of AB Major in Theology graduated in 2007.
The Master of Arts in Theology is a two-year program, which starts in the third year of the Four-Year Curriculum.
On 16 April 2007, DWS submitted to the Commission on Higher Education the revised curricula of the different majors of the Degree of Master of Arts in Theology based on the policies and standards set forth by CHED Memorandum Order no. 12.
The revised curricula of the MAT program will apply to students who graduated the degree of AB Major in Theology in 2007 and are enrolled in the MAT program AY 2007-2008. The old curriculum will apply to students who were enrolled before the implementation of the AB Major in Theology Curriculum in 2005.
DWS also apllied for the offering of the additional majors of the thesis program in Church History and Spirituality, effective AY 2007-2008.

The Degree of Master of Arts in Theology has the following majors:

THESIS PROGRAM
MAT Major in Sacred Scriptures
MAT Major in Systematic Theology
MAT Major in Moral Theology
MAT Major in Missiology
MAT Major in Church History
MAT Major in Spirituality
NON-THESIS PROGRAM
MAT Major in Pastoral Ministry
MAT Major in Mission Studies

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