The Course Book and Academic Bulletin of Union Theological Seminary provide information on degree programs, policies, and graduation requirements.
The Seminary will reserve the right to cancel or modify policies and courses of instruction and to change academic calendar dates, course instructors, and other details of the curriculum and academic programs as may be deemed advisable.
Changes in the class schedule will be published at the beginning of each semester, when students are given registration information. Additional information about classes and other academic matters will be posted on the bulletin board throughout the term.
Students are responsible for acquainting themselves fully with the Seminary’s rules and policies that are published in the Academic Bulletin and elsewhere, such as in registration materials and the Student Handbook.
No student may register for more than 15 points in a semester or 30 points in an academic year (exclusive of the January intersession) except by permission of the academic dean.
Students are expected to participate fully and attend faithfully all classes for which they are enrolled, including tutorial sessions and other special course meetings. Absences, except in cases of emergency, should be reported in advance to the professor, since absence from class may be grounds for failing a course.
Important to the Registrar’s record-keeping are the course numbers, which must be used precisely by students at registration. January Intersession courses are identified by the suffix J. The suffix Q means that course credits are earned during the summer (and may be enrolled for only in May). Exegesis courses in the Biblical Field have the letter E at the end of the course number.
A student who wishes to drop a course or otherwise make changes in registration must do so in the Registrar’s Office, in accordance with the deadlines stated in the academic calendar. Stopping one’s class attendance or excusing oneself to the instructor does not constitute dropping a course.
Tuition fees will not be adjusted for courses dropped after the end of the late registration period except in the case of complete withdrawal from the Seminary. The deadline for dropping courses without academic penalty, or for changing a registration to audit, is November 1 in the first semester and April 1 in the second semester. After these deadlines, students are responsible for the requirements of all courses in which they are enrolled according to the records held by the Registrar.
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Course Listings & Descriptions
2010-2011 Academic Year
2009-2010 Academic Year
Academic Bulletin
The Academic Bulletin for 2005-2007 can now be downloaded as a PDF file. Due to its size, it has been broken down into three sections:
Section I:
Introduction to the Seminary and its Degree Programs
Table of Contents, Introduction to Union Seminary, Information on all Union degree programs (M.Div., M.A., M.Div./M.S.S.W., S.T.M., and Ph.D.) and Columbia Joint programs (M.A. and Ph.D.).
Section II:
Admissions, Financial Aid, and Community Life
Information on applying to Union Seminary, Financial Aid Opportunities, Information about Disability Services at Union, Information on Community Life, Relationships with Neighboring Institutions, and The Burke Library.
Section III:
Special Study Opportunities and General Academic Information
Information on Academic Policies and Procedures (i.e., Plagiarism, Leaves of Absence, FERPA, Appeals, etc.), and different opportunities for study.
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