Costs for travel, housing, meals, books, technical, and counseling supervision are in addition to the tuition fee and are charged separately.

We encourage all D.Min. student to plan strategically as they seek various avenues of financing their program of study. Contact the director for advanced degrees regarding congregational and denominational grants or other sources of funding.

FULL-TIME AND HALF TIME DEGREE PROGRAM DESIGNATIONS

Louisville Seminary has both Full-time and Half time designations for its first-level degree programs (Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, Master of Arts in Religion and Master of Divinity):

Full-time Student – enrolled student taking at least 9 hours per semester and 27 or more hours per academic year. All full-time students are eligible for need-based tuition scholarships, but only full-time students taking at least 30 hours per academic year are eligible for Scholarships for Excellence. Students may also enroll in one of
several dual degree programs while a full-time student.

Half-time Student – enrolled student taking at least 6 hours per semester and between 15 to 26 hours per academic year. The maximum number of years that a half-time student can take to obtain a Master of Divinity degree is six years; the maximum for the Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy is five years; and the maximum for the Master of Arts in Religion is four years. All half-time students are eligible for need-based tuition scholarships, but are not eligible for Scholarships for Excellence. Half-time students are not eligible for dual degree programs.Additional designations include:

Part-time Student – enrolled student in either the full-time or half time programs who, with approval from the Dean, temporarily takes less than the required hours for a particular program. Part-time students must forfeit any tuition scholarship or Scholarship for Excellence while considered part-time.

Non-degree Student – student not enrolled in a degree program at LPTS. No limit is placed on the number of courses a non-degree student may take over a lifetime. However, non-degree students may only take up to six hours in a given semester and no more than 12 hours may be transferred into an LPTS degree program.

Master of Theology Students – Th.M. students must take 30 hours per year for fulltime student designation or 15 hours per year for half-time student designation.

Doctor of Ministry Students – D.Min. students are ordinarily involved in full-time ministry and are therefore required to take only 9 credit hours per calendar year for full-time student designation or 4.5 hours per calendar year for half-time designation. These designations are important because they can affect the student’s eligibility for certain types of loans and Veterans Administration benefits. Please contact the registrar for details.