Academics

The dual degree programs offered at Boston College are academically rigorous, but more than doable for a student who is very interested in two fields of study.  The dual degree programs are a bit longer than the programs offered at the CSTM, 结果是三年的连续学习(如果你独立完成两个学位，他们需要四年的时间), 但是有多个支持网络可以帮助指导你完成整个过程和课程要求.

You must reside in Boston for a minimum of two years while working on your Ph.D. 

Yes. Degree students taking at least one course for credit may do so, through the Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium (BTI), the world’s largest theological consortium. Students can cross-register at local universities that participate in the consortium, such as Harvard University and Boston University. Students may take up to 50% of their course work at a BTI school.

BTI Site

Yes! 在第一学期开始之前，每个注册学生都会与我们的一名教师进行配对，以获得学术建议. Our faculty members are always excited to meet with and get to know their advisees. At CSTM, students are not just a number. 老师和学生一对一的交流让学生熟悉CSTM的学术生活, to determine what courses they should take, and to explore options for the future. Students usually have the same advisor for the duration of their academic program, which allows the student and faculty advisor to better discern academic options.

All dual degree students complete placements as part of their program, providing students with the chance to apply their studies and build their ministerial toolbox through rich field experience.

M.A./M.S.W. and M.A./M.A. students do not complete a supervised ministry placement through the CSTM, but instead complete a field placement through their partner school. M.A./M.S.W. students complete two social work field placements in Academic Year II and Academic Year III, while M.A./M.A. students complete a full-year counseling practicum in the final year of their program. M.A./M.S.W. and M.A./M.A. students can speak with their field advisors through the School of Social Work and Lynch School of Education and Human Development to identify field placement sites that are a good fit for their unique hopes and goals as dual degree students.

M.A./M.B.A. students do complete a supervised ministry placement through the CSTM and will complete this contextual education during the final year of their program. More information on contextual education for the M.A./M.B.A. program can be found in the program handbook.

M.A./M.Ed. students do not complete a supervised ministry placement through the CSTM; their teaching position through the Urban Catholic Teacher Corps takes the place of the CSTM placement.

Social Work Field Education

Counseling Practicum

M.A./M.B.A. Handbook

Definitions vary, but BC's program is committed to education from and for a faith perspective on life, with the goal of nurturing people so they can live into a transcendent horizon: God. While grounded in a distinctly Catholic and Christian tradition, our program is honors diverse understandings of God. True to its name, 该计划认真对待神学和教育，并试图将它们整合到教会和世界的服务中.

M.A., M.Div. and Th.M. (Ministerial Practice track) students complete a supervised ministry placement. This can be done in a variety of settings, including hospitals, schools, universities, social services, parishes, and nonprofits. There are many placement options. There is even an opportunity to work with the supervised ministry coordinators to develop a new one. 

If you are a dual degree student with the M.S.W. or M.A. in Mental Health Counseling, you will do your supervised ministry through the practicum requirement at the partner school. Dual degree students are enrolled at CSTM for their first year of study, so they would meet with a placement advisor during their first year of study.

Supervised Ministry

A master's degree in theology is required. 候选人应该由在电子游戏正规平台生阶段教过他们的教师推荐, 他们应该有很强的写作能力，并表现出对宗教教育的兴趣, the interface of theology and education, and/or practical theology. Some experience in teaching or ministry is also vital. 

Yes, but you would need to take an education-oriented approach to that subdiscipline that considers not only how to understand it, but also how to teach it effectively. If you are interested solely in the study of systematic theology, Scripture, ethics, or another area, BC's Department of Theology in the Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences offers a Ph.D. in theology.

BC Theology Department

The BTI is a consortium of graduate theological schools in the Boston area, and in recent years, the consortium has begun expanding throughout New England. CSTM在BTI的成员资格创造了通过会议进行普世和宗教间对话的机会, 讲座, and cross-registration. CSTM students can take up to 50% of their courses at BTI member institutions. BTI每两周发送一份时事通讯，让学生了解其成员学校发生的事件.

The Clough School of Theology and Ministry is one school housed within the larger university of Boston College. 通过CSTM，学生可以攻读神学和事工方面的不同学位. BC神学系位于电子游戏软件栗子山校区的莫里西艺术与科学学院.  The focus of the Theology Department is the Ph.D. 神学(圣经电子游戏正规平台、道德神学、系统神学、历史和比较). 两所学校的学生都被允许并鼓励在系或CSTM上课. The possibilities of courses are endless.