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Certificates
What do you need to move ahead in your ordination process, your career and educational goals, or your current work? Graduate certificates at Drew provide a flexible and accessible way to build your knowledge and skills and earn a graduate theological credential without doing an entire degree program.
This certificate provides training in the history, doctrine, polity, and practices of the Anglican tradition. The curriculum meets the requirements for those seeking ordination in the Episcopal Church. This program is available as a stand alone graduate certificate and may also be completed concurrently with a graduate degree for currently matriculated Drew masters students.
Students in the Anglican Studies certificate complete 12 credit hours:
Affordably complete your certificate:
This certificate is also available to students enrolled in Drew’s degree programs.
The Graduate Theological Studies certificate provides an introduction to the basic theological foundations of the Christian tradition. The biblical, historical, and theological disciplines are introduced in courses infused with Drew’s mission and shared values. This certificate can be combined with the Certificate in United Methodist Studies to meet the Basic Graduate Theological Studies requirements for Deacon’s orders in the United Methodist Church.
Students in the Graduate Theological Certificate complete 12 credit hours:
Affordably complete your certificate:
This certificate is not available to students already enrolled in Drew’s degree programs.
The Certificate in Interfaith Peacebuilding provides training in peace and conflict studies, mediation, conflict management, and interfaith engagement. Drawing upon curricular strengths in the Conflict Resolution program and the Theological School’s core curriculum, this program is available as a stand alone graduate certificate and may also be completed concurrently with a graduate degree for currently matriculated Drew masters students.
Students in the Certificate in Interfaith Peacebuilding complete 15 credit hours:
Affordably complete your certificate:
This certificate is also available to students enrolled in Drew’s degree programs.
The Certificate in Religion, Ecology, and Justice provides training in understanding and analyzing the intersections of religion, ecology, and justice. Students explore how to promote faith-based environmental justice work both within and outside the larger church. Drawing upon the Theological School’s core curriculum, this program is available as a stand alone graduate certificate and may also be completed concurrently with a graduate degree for currently matriculated Drew masters students.
Students in the Certificate in Religion, Ecology, and Justice must complete 15 credit hours:
Affordably complete your certificate:
This certificate is also available to students enrolled in Drew’s degree programs.
This certificate builds a theological, analytical, and practical foundation for restorative and reparative ministries with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people and their communities. The certificate is offered both at Drew Theological School and at New Jersey correctional facilities. This program is available as a stand alone graduate certificate and may also be completed concurrently with a graduate degree for currently matriculated Drew masters students.
Students in the Restorative Justice and Prison Ministries certificate complete 15 credit hours:
Affordably complete your certificate:
This certificate is also available to students enrolled in Drew’s degree programs.
The United Methodist Studies certificate provides training in history, doctrine, mission, polity, and practices of the Wesleyan Methodist tradition, with particular attention to the worldwide United Methodist Church. The curriculum meets all the requirements for those seeking ordination in the United Methodist Church. This certificate can be combined with the Certificate in Graduate Theological Studies to meet the Basic Graduate Theological Studies requirements for Deacon’s orders in the United Methodist Church.
Students in the United Methodist Studies Certificate complete 15 credit hours:
Affordably complete your certificate:
This certificate is also available to students enrolled in Drew’s degree programs.
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• Transcripts for all academic study beyond secondary school.
• Statement of Purpose (one page) by the applicant explaining explaining the reasons and goals for pursuing this certificate program.
• One letter of reference.