Certificate Programs

Enrich Your Mind. Enrich Your Faith.

The Christendom<center Graduate School offers a variety of Certificate Programs in addition to its Master of Arts in Theological Studies program. Students who are interested in a particular field of theology and want to establish a competency in it, but who do not need or want to earn the Master of Arts degree, may find that a certificate exactly meets their needs.

Certificate students take the same challenging courses as degree-seeking students
Certificates are offered in the areas of Dogmatic Theology, Moral Theology, Catechetics, Consecrated Life, and Scriptural Studies.
Flexible program allows students to take courses according to their schedules
Courses are offered during the evening and on weekends, some yearly and others every-other-year
Consecrated Life courses are offered during the NDGS Summer Program, as part of the Vita Consecrata Institute (co-sponsored by the Institute on Religious Life)

Designed for:

Casual students who are interested in a particular area of theology
Teachers who already have a master’s degree but who wish to teach theology in addition to their current subject matter
NDGS MA students wishing to earn a certificate in an additional field besides their area of concentration
Teachers who need courses for re-certification, but who want something more than individual courses
Anyone with a love of learning and of theology!

Requirements:

No prior theological education required
Even those without a college degree can earn a certificate
Simplified application process - easy to start
Five 3-credit courses are required (six 2-credit courses for Consecrated Life)
Student must maintain a 3.0 (B) average or higher
Courses taken in the past may be applied towards a certificate if the grade earned was a B or higher

CERTIFICATE IN DOGMATIC THEOLOGY
THEO 601: God the Father
THEO 602: Christology
THEO 603: Holy Spirit and Ecclesiology
THEO 604: Moral Theology
THEO 605: Liturgy and Sacraments

CERTIFICATE IN MORAL THEOLOGY
THEO 604: Moral Theology
THEO 720: Theological Anthropology
THEO 721: The Virtues
THEO 724: Sexual Ethics
THEO 802: Catholic Social Teaching

CERTIFICATE IN CATECHETICS
THEO 606: Apologetics
EDUC 602: The Catechetical Tradition
EDUC 603: Catechetical Norms and Methods
THEO 605: Liturgy and Sacraments
EDUC 801: DRE (Religious Education) Internship
EDUC 630 & 631 (Teaching the Faith, I & II)
may be substituted in place of the Internship

CERTIFICATE IN CONSECRATED LIFE
(available summers only)
CONL 621: History of the Consecrated Life
CONL 622: Liturgy and the Consecrated Life
CONL 623: Scriptural Foundations of Consecrated Life
CONL 624: The Vows According to St. Thomas Aquinas
CONL 625: Consecrated Life and Vatican II
CONL 626: Consecrated Life in the Code of Canon Law

CERTIFICATE IN SCRIPTURAL STUDIES
SCRI 606: Old Testament
SCRI 607: New Testament
Three additional Scripture courses of the student’s choosing.