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Stendahl proposes to increase the core curriculum required of students enrolled in the Master of Divinity program. Currently, students enrolled in the Master of Divinity program are required to complete 12 full courses, but are free to choose their courses as they like. In the curriculum for Master of Divinity degree students, the school needs "to consolidate a core of knowledge, competence and understanding which is a common denominator instead of a curriculum which mainly lets people pursue what they are interested in," Stendahl says...
Martin agrees with Stendahl that the Div School should have a "strong representation" of students interested in the ministry. Students enrolled in the Master of Divinity program are "almost uniquely free of requirements," Martin says, adding that, outside of being required to take the minimum 12 full courses, Master of Divinity candidates have language and field education requirements. As to the likelihood of a decision by the Div School faculty to institute a core program of courses for the Master of Divinity program, Martin says, "I think there's a fair split among faculty members." Martin adds that he expects...
...Conrad Wright '37, professor of American Church History, and secretary of the Divinity faculty, says there is "no question" that the faculty will tighten up its requirements for the Master of Divinity program, adding that he is not sure of the direction that the tightening up will take. Wright says that the area of quantitative skills in the Masters program hasn't really been discussed yet by the faculty, and adds that the area is something that Stendahl is especially interested...
...School "ought not to try to reinvent capabilities that exist elsewhere in the University." Boynton says that he is not sure how the school could adapt these capabilities to meet its needs, adding that he agrees with Stendahl that the tools of analysis are useful to students in the Master of Divinity program...
Boynton says that Stendahl's proposal of a core curriculum for Master of Divinity degree candidates is "under consideration right now" by the Div School faculty. Currently, Boynton says, there are guidelines--courses offered in a variety of fields, including the Old Testament, Religion, Theology, Ethics, and the Church and Society. The debate is whether these guidelines should remain guidelines or become requirements, Boynton says, adding that the debate is similar to the core curriculum discussion currently going on in the College...