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    Academic Excellence with Affordability and Flexibility in Mind

    We strive to offer students the best of graduate education while keeping the program affordable and accessible. Our cohort model encourages students to form meaningful relationships with other students and their instructors that are often missing in larger programs. We also offer foreign study opportunities with courses in Rome and Israel that provide life changing experiences for our students.
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    Our program is inspired by the example of St. John Henry Newman who combined academic excellence and passionate faith in his service to the Church. Newman said, “To live is to change and to be perfect is to have changed often,” and our faculty strive to follow the model of our namesake and encourage our students to do the same.
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    Icon of a Target Affordable: At less than $18,000, our total cost for a graduate Theology degree is uniquely affordable.
    Icon of a city Accessible: Our program is designed around the needs and schedules of working adults who juggle jobs, families, and service along with their studies.
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    Faithful: We created our program to serve our diocese and the universal Church. All faculty have received a mandatum from our local bishop and strive to teach the fullness of the Catholic faith.

We are a Catholic, online graduate program with the mission of preparing students for a life of teaching and learning through immersion in Catholic theology.

Our program is specifically designed to meet the needs of working adults who need an affordable and flexible online graduate program. Our graduates have a deeper understanding of Church teaching and are prepared to serve the Church in a range of catechetical roles.

Icon of a Target Affordable: At less than $18,000, our total cost for a graduate Theology degree is uniquely affordable.
Icon of a city Accessible: Our program is designed around the needs and schedules of working adults who juggle jobs, families, and service along with their studies.
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Faithful: We created our program to serve our diocese and the universal Church. All faculty have received a mandatum from our local bishop and strive to teach the fullness of the Catholic faith.

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Academic Excellence with Affordability and Flexibility in Mind

We strive to offer students the best of graduate education while keeping the program affordable and accessible. Our cohort model encourages students to form meaningful relationships with other students and their instructors that are often missing in larger programs. We also offer foreign study opportunities with courses in Rome and Israel that provide life changing experiences for our students.

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Career Pathways
In Graduate Theology

Newman University’s Graduate Theology program provides you with the knowledge and relevant skills to set you on the path to a fulfilling career.

While most graduates maintain other careers, we have had alumni go on to become high school religion teachers, DRE’s, diocesan staff, lay chaplains, music ministers, and a range of other positions in the Church and other Catholic organizations.

 

 

Some who have completed this program have chosen to continue studies in:

  • Doctoral Theology Programs
  • Graduate Bioethics
  • Catholic Culture Studies
  • Canon Law
  • Chaplaincy programs, and others

Programs in Graduate Technology

Justin Steele

"What I enjoyed most about the Masters in Theology program was the passionate professors who know how to communicate God’s truths to any type of learner."

Newman School of Catholic Studies, Justin Steele

Dick Landkamer

"The threaded discussions provided many opportunities to explore, discuss and sometimes debate the theological perspectives of our classmates, and the papers I wrote provided opportunities to delve into areas of interest that I had not previously explored in any depth."

Newman School of Catholic Studies, Dick Landkamer

Our program is inspired by the example of St. John Henry Newman who combined academic excellence and passionate faith in his service to the Church. Newman said, “To live is to change and to be perfect is to have changed often,” and our faculty strive to follow the model of our namesake and encourage our students to do the same.

  • Programs in Graduate Technology

  • About Our Faculty

    Theology Department

    Our faculty and staff have the knowledge and experience to help you prepare for a career in Theology. If you need clarification on a class assignment or advice on how to approach your future, you can feel confident that our faculty is available and ready to help.
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    Career Pathways
    In Graduate Theology

    Newman University’s Graduate Theology program provides you with the knowledge and relevant skills to set you on the path to a fulfilling career.

    While most graduates maintain other careers, we have had alumni go on to become high school religion teachers, DRE’s, diocesan staff, lay chaplains, music ministers, and a range of other positions in the Church and other Catholic organizations.

     

     

    Some who have completed this program have chosen to continue studies in:

    • Doctoral Theology Programs
    • Graduate Bioethics
    • Catholic Culture Studies
    • Canon Law
    • Chaplaincy programs, and others
  • Justin Steele

    "What I enjoyed most about the Masters in Theology program was the passionate professors who know how to communicate God’s truths to any type of learner."

    Newman School of Catholic Studies, Justin Steele

    Dick Landkamer

    "The threaded discussions provided many opportunities to explore, discuss and sometimes debate the theological perspectives of our classmates, and the papers I wrote provided opportunities to delve into areas of interest that I had not previously explored in any depth."

    Newman School of Catholic Studies, Dick Landkamer

About Our Faculty

Theology Department

Our faculty and staff have the knowledge and experience to help you prepare for a career in Theology. If you need clarification on a class assignment or advice on how to approach your future, you can feel confident that our faculty is available and ready to help.

Chuck Ashburn
Director of Vocations, Diocese of Little Rock
School of Catholic Studies
Office: Diocese of Little Rock
|Theology
Joshua Papsdorf
Dean School of Catholic Studies, Director of Gerber Institute
School of Catholic Studies
316-942-4291 ext. 2148
Office: MN301
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|Theology|MTS
Alexander Schmitt
Director of the Blessed Stanley Rother Institute for the Diocese
School of Catholic Studies
(405) 721-5651, Ext. 221
Office: Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
|Theology
Matthew Umbarger
Associate Professor of Theology
School of Catholic Studies
316-942-4291 ext. 2157
Office: MN305
|Theology|MTS|Pastoral Ministry