This track is the starting point for a career, or a catalyst for a career change. It can reinvigorate your current professional trajectory. Or it can add spark to a well-traveled life. In other words, the Interdisciplinary track has a fluid quality. Potential areas of focus tell the stories of past students: activism, African-American religious studies, community organizing, political theology, ecology and spirituality, engaged compassion, non-profit management, sexuality, gender and religion. Now it’s time to add your own ideas to this inventory of thought, interest and action. You can build a foundation in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament in context, study world Christianity, systematic theology and Christian ethics, and do formational work in spiritual practice. And then, with guidance from your academic advisor, create the direction, focus and next step in your future.
MTS Interdisciplinary Track Curriculum:
MTS Core Requirements – 18 credits
Interreligious Studies – 6 credits
TIR3001 Interreligious Dialogue and Leadership (3 credits)
Elective in Interreligious Studies or Second Religious Tradition (3 credits)
Electives – 12 credits
Area of Focus – 30 credits
Ten courses in a specialization supported by current CST course work, chosen in consultation with advisor.
TOTAL – 48 credits
Potential Areas of Focus
Activism & Social Justice
African & African-American Religious Studies
Arts, Religion, & Culture
Comparative Studies in Religion
Constructive & Political Theology
Contemplative Leadership
Contemplative Studies
Decolonial Studies
Dharma Traditions
Ecology & Spirituality
Ecological Civilization
Engaged Compassion
Ethics & Social Change
Hebrew Bible & Jewish Studies
History of Christianity
Interfaith Care & Counseling
Interreligious Education
Interreligious Studies
Islam in Interreligious Dialogue
Jain Studies
New Testament & Christian Origins
Pacific & Asian American Studies in Religion
Philosophy of Religion
Practical Theology
Preaching for Liberation
Process Studies
Religion & the Arts
Religion, Ethics, & Society
Religious Education
Sexuality, Gender, & Religion
Spiritual Formation
Spirituality & Sustainability
Social Change
Theology
United Methodist Studies
Want to learn more?
Reach out to the Admissions Counselor for this program, Karen Gonzalez, by emailing kgonzalez@cst.edu or by using the below link to submit an inquiry form.
