Advanced Degree

CURRICULUM

The MTh programme is designed to be completed in one and a half years when the full load is taken. However, students who reside in Singapore have up to three years to complete it.

COURSE AND THESIS REQUIREMENTS

The following are the minimum requirements for each of the three MTh courses:

1. One 3-hour written examination (in lieu of this, a paper could be written with the consent of the course instructor).
2. One semestral paper of 5,000 words.
3. The minimum final grade required for each course is B-.

*Theological Research and Academic Writing is only graded pass or fail, and does not count towards the final grade.

The thesis must be written within the limit of 25,000 words (not including bibliography).

COURSES OFFERED

The MTh programme is designed to be completed in three semesters (one and a half years) when the full load is taken. However, students who reside in Singapore have up to three years to complete it.
All international MTh students are required to reside in Singapore for the first three semesters. Any exception to the residence requirement must be agreed by the advisor/supervisor and approved by the Academic Dean.

MTh students will take two courses per semester, and in the first semester the General course: Theological research and academic writing. This is a required course for all MTh students and it seeks to acquaint students with basic research methodology and to help them acquire relevant skills such as the proper use of reference tools and books, identification of research topics and organisation of materials. Emphasis will be placed on the acquisition of skills relating to the formulation of a thesis statement and the development of supporting arguments.

Old Testament Studies

The following courses may be offered in this area of concentration:

1. Text, Canon and Methods
2. Introduction to Pentateuchal Studies
3. Genesis
4. Prophecy in Israel
5. Isaiah
6. Jeremiah
7. Minor Prophets
8. Daniel
9. Psalms

And other Old Testament Studies

New Testament Studies

The following courses may be offered under this area of concentration:

1. Text and Canon
2. Background and Methods of Interpretation
3. Selected portions from the Gospel of Mark
4. Selected portions from the Gospel of John
5. The letter to the Romans
6. Paul and the law in recent debates
7. The letter of 1 Corinthians
8. The letter to the Galatians
9. Revelation

And other New Testament Studies

Theological Studies

The following courses may be offered in this area of concentration:

1. Theology: Sources and Methods
2. Eschatology
3. Readings in Hauerwas
4. Theology of Religious Pluralism
5. Karl Barth
6. T F Torrance
7. Hans Urs von Balthasar
8. Wolfhart Pannenberg
9. Theological Method

And other Theological Studies

Church History Studies

The following courses may be offered in this area of concentration:

1. Historiography: Text and Perspectives
2. History of Christian Mission
3. History of Patristic Thought: The Historical Development of Trinitarian Doctrine
4. The Romanisation of Christianity, and the Christianisation of Rome

And other Church History Studies

TTC reserves the right to remove or add courses.