Dean Pak and Prof. Rambo featured in BU Today article on new STH curriculum

The following is an excerpt from BU Today’s article “School of Theology adjusts to new reality: Ministry expands beyond Church” by Rich Barlow, featuring Professor of Theology Shelly Rambo and Dean and Professor of the History of Christianity G. Sujin Pak, published on April 17, 2025. 


BU’s oldest school has adjusted to this new reality. STH instituted its first curriculum revision in more than a decade this academic year.

The changes, says Rambo, a member of the steering committee that oversaw the revisions, centered on STH’s bread-and-butter programs: the three-year master of divinity degree (MDiv), historically for aspiring ministers, and the two-year master of theological studies (MTS), typically for budding academics, though some denominations require it as a credential.


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