Academic Calendar and Overview (MDiv)
Course schedule and requirements for the Founders Seminary MDiv degree.
Academic Calendar
2025-2026 Academic Calendar & Course Schedules
New Student Application for Fall 2025 Opens
New Student Application for Fall 2025 Deadline
Fall registration period closes
Fall late registration closes
New student orientation
Semester begins
Deadline for Add/Drop
No Classes
Spring/Winter Registration
Finals
Break
Grades due, Semester ends
Winterim
Winter Break
New Student Application for Spring 2026 Opens
New Student Application for Spring 2026 Deadline
New Student Orientation
Spring Registration Period Closes
Spring Late Registration closes
Semester begins
Deadline for Add/Drop
Founders Conference (No classes)
Fall/Summer Registration
Spring Break
Final Exams
Graduation
Summer Terms
Program Overview
Courses and credits
Biblical Theology – 22 Units
BT410 Biblical Theology (2)
BT501 Pentateuch (2)
BT502 Historical Books (2)
BT600 Hebrew Wisdom Literature (2)
BT700 Major Prophets (2)
BT701 Minor Prophets (2)
BT503 Matthew and Mark (2)
BT504 Luke and Acts (2)
BT601 Pauline Corpus (2)
BT702 General Epistles (2)
BT703 Johannine Corpus (2)
Bible Interpretation – 21 Units
BINT-HERM400 Hermeneutics (3)
BINT-HBRW500 Hebrew 1 (3)
BINT-HBRW501 Hebrew 2 (3)
BINT-HBRW600 Hebrew 3 (3)
BINT-GREEK500 Greek 1 (3)
BINT-GREEK501 Greek 2 (3)
BINT-GREEK600 Greek 3 (3)
Applied Theology – 18 Units
(each class will require
church evaluation and involvement)
ATH500 Ecclesiology (3)
ATH530 Pastoral Theology (3)
ATH600 Political Theology (3)
ATH650 Preaching 1 (Logic and Rhetoric) (2)
ATH710 Cultural Apologetics (2)
ATH800 Preaching 2 Workshop (2)
ATH810 Preaching 3 Lab (3)
Systematic Theology – 21 Units
STH500 Philosophy for Theology (2)
STH600 Prolegomena, Bibliology, Symbolics (3)
STH601 Theology Proper (3)
STH602 Anthropology (2)
STH603 Christology (3)
STH604 Pneumatology/Angelology (2)
STH700 Soteriology (3)
STH701 Eschatology (3)
Church History – 13 Units
CH400 Patristic Fathers (3)
CH450 Middle Ages (2)
CH500 Reformation (3)
CH600 Puritans (3)
CH700 Modern Era (2)
3 Electives (2 Units each)
Missions
Theology Worldview and Ethics
The Modern Self
Biblical Counseling
101 Units Total
(Including weekly mentorship with elders at Grace Baptist Church)
Program Overview
Program Matriculation Track (Four Years)
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | |
Fall | BT 410 – Biblical Theology (2) | TH601 Theology Proper (3) | BT600 Hebrew Wisdom Literature (2) | ATH710 Cultural Apologetics (2) |
BINT-GREEK 300 – Greek Grammar 1 (3) | ATH600 Political Theology (3) | BT601 Pauline Corpus (2) | ATH800 Preaching 2 Workshop (2) | |
CH400 – Church Fathers (3) | BINT-GREEK 500 – Expositing the New Testament (3) | BINT-HBRW 300 – Expositing the Old Testament (3) | BT701 Minor Prophets (2) | |
TH500 – Philosophy for Theology (2) | BINT-HBRW 211 – Hebrew Grammar 1 (3) | TH603 Christology (3) | BT703 Johannine Corpus (2) | |
BINT-HERM 400 – Hermeneutics (3) | BT502 Historical Books (2) | ATH650 Preaching 1 (Logic and Rhetoric) (2) | Elective 1 (2) | |
TH604 Pneumatology/Angelology (2) | ||||
Spring | TH600 – Prolegomena/Bibliology/Symbolics (3) | TH602 Anthropology (2) | TH700 Soteriology (3) | CH700 Modern Era (2) |
BT501 Pentateuch (2) | BT504 Luke and Acts (2) | BT700 Major Prophets (2) | TH701 Eschatology (3) | |
BT503 Matthew and Mark (2) | BINT-HBRW 232 – Hebrew Grammar 2 (3) | BT702 General Epistles (2) | Elective 2 (2) | |
ATH500 Ecclesiology (3) | CH500 Reformation (3) | CH600 Puritans (3) | Elective 3 (2) | |
BINT-GREEK 400 – Greek Grammar 2 (3) | ATH530 Pastoral Theology (3) | CH450 Middle Ages (2) | ATH810 Preaching 3 Lab (3) |
