Online Seminary Education
If you're already in a ministry setting or can't yet move to one of our locations, online seminary courses provide a great way to receive a thorough theological education from seasoned, godly professors and start forming relationships with other students. You can complete our entire CBTS and MA(BS) degrees online or begin a hybrid program that combines online classes with week-long trips to one of our eight locations.
Online Classes
Immersive Classroom Technology
Online seminary at DTS is not simply correspondance courses carried out over email. Instead, our theological distance learning brings the entire classroom and community to you.
Stay and Make Disciples
Keith Twigg is a campus pastor in Wyoming who continues to minister to the people God to whom has called him while completing his degree online at DTS.
Online Education at DTS
Fully Online Programs
DTS offers several fully online programs in English:
- MA in Biblical Studies (MA[BS])
All 62 hours can be completed in any DTS location or through a combination of online and on-campus classes. - Certificate of Biblical and Theological Studies (CBTS)
30 hour fully online English program for lay leaders and those wanting an introduction to seminary.
Hybrid Online Degrees
Students can complete up to two-thirds (2/3) of any DTS degree through distance education:
- MA in Christian Leadership (MA/CL)
After 41 hours online and a 12-hour ministry internship, you only need to complete 9 hours through week-long intensives at any of our eight locations. The MA/CL is also available at our new mobile seminary sites. - Master of Theology (ThM)
Up to 80 hours of our flagship 4-year program completed online or at an extension campus. - Other degree programs
You can complete up to 2/3 hours of any other degree program online.
Online Chinese Language Programs
- MA (Christian Studies)
62-hour fully online Chinese language program - Chinese Certificate of Graduate Studies
30-hour fully online Chinese language program
Distance Learning Locations
Each of our six master’s-level extensions features classes taught by regular Dallas and Houston campus professors and offers complete MA/CL and MA(BS) degrees. For the ThM and professional MA degrees, you can start online or at an extension campus and complete the remaining hours at the Dallas or Houston campuses.
Mobile Seminary
The Mobile MA/CL enables you to stay in your current ministry while DTS partners with your local church to offer a seminary degree tailored to help you better love and serve your people. Learn about our current Mobile MA/CL programs in Pittsburgh, Nashville, and Fargo.
