LICENTIATE IN THEOLOGY REGULATIONS
The program leading to the award of the Licentiate in Theology (L.Th.) provides a scheme of further study for men and women who desire to extend their knowledge of the Bible and related subjects. In addition to being the Second Level for those who have completed the requirements for the Tyndale College A.C.Th. and are proceeding in the next stage of their Course, it provides a comprehensive program of further theological study for those who have done a preliminary theological course at comparable level with another institution and wish to continue their studies to qualify for the award of the Licentiate in Theology.
This program of study has in mind the needs of lay men and women who wish to be better informed about their faith and better equipped to serve their Lord within the context of their church life. It also provides further training in the Bible and theology for full-time Christian workers who may not be able, for any number of reasons, to attend a full-time course at a Theological or Bible College, particularly as this program allows them to proceed by distance education, and at their own pace.
The program also provides an opportunity for those who have already completed a Diploma Course in theology (or its equivalent) to undertake further guided study in areas which may not have been open to them in their previous course(s), or as a “refresher course” which will allow such people to update their knowledge in their fields of interest.
Candidates for the award of Licentiate in Theology are required to have received (or become qualified to receive) the award of Associate Certificate in Theology by gaining 72 credit points (or by being exempted from them or some of them under the provision for exemptions on the basis of equivalent Recognized Prior Learning [RPL]), and then to complete, at a satisfactory level, a further eight Subject Units, including all exercises, assignments and examinations, for a further 72 credit points, together with an additional Residential Unit.
A Candidate who has completed most of the Subject Units of the A.C.Th. may be granted approval by the Faculty to complete the remaining A.C.Th. Unit or Units concurrently with undertaking a Unit or Units of the Licentiate program.
This Second Level of the Course is the equivalent of one year of full-time study and would normally be undertaken over a period of between two and four years of part-time study. (Shorter or longer periods than this may be arranged in appropriate circumstances in consultation with the Director.)
Candidates for the Licentiate in Theology (L.Th.) may be granted exemption by the Council, upon the recommendation of the Faculty, for any of the sixteen Subject Units (Levels One and Two) required for the award of the L.Th., on the basis of having completed equivalent Recognized Prior Learning [RPL] to a satisfactory standard, up to a limit, in total, of exemptions from eight of the sixteen Subject Units required by the L.Th. program. For details concerning exemptions, see pages 33ff.
Where a student has completed work at another institution which is the equivalent of almost all the work in a Subject Unit of the Tyndale College L.Th. program, the Faculty may set that student supplementary work in that Unit, in order to complete what has not been covered, and then grant exemption.
No exemptions are granted from the Residential Unit.
The exit standard of the L.Th. program is that of the second year of a tertiary course of study.
A working knowledge of Greek is required in L.Th. level studies, and Candidates who are proceeding to their L.Th. are required to study and pass in Greek 1 before undertaking the study of New Testament 1 and New Testament 2, unless there are unusual and compelling reasons accepted by the Faculty for not doing so.
Students should note that they are required to study and pass in Greek 2 before undertaking the study of either of the Th.Schol. New Testament Subject Units, New Testament 3 and New Testament 4. They may choose to take Greek 1 in their Level One (A.C.Th.) program and Greek 2 in their Level Two (L.Th.) program, if they wish. Those who (a) include Greek 1 in their Licentiate program, and pass in this Unit, and also (b) who satisfy the requirements for the award of the Licentiate, qualify to proceed to take the Th.Schol. level. Under normal circumstances it is necessary to have completed Greek 1 before being admitted to any of the Units of the Th.Schol. level. In exceptional circumstances the Faculty may grant approval for a student to study Greek 1 concurrently with certain Units from the Th.Schol. level.
Prerequisite: Tyndale College A.C.Th. or equivalent. (Direct entry to the Licentiate in Theology program or exemption from specific subjects may be granted by the Council, upon the recommendation of the Faculty, to a student who has completed equivalent Recognized Prior Learning [RPL] to a satisfactory standard.) Requirement For The Award: Completion of nine Units, comprising eight Academic Units (six core Units and two elective Units), and one Residential Unit:
1. 211 Old Testament 1: Genesis, and History of Israel to the United Kingdom
[Prerequisite: Introduction to the Old Testament]
2. 212 Old Testament 2: History of Israel from David to the Maccabees
[Prerequisite: Old Testament 1]
3. 221 New Testament 1: The Gospels and Acts [Prerequisite: Introduction to NT]
4. 222 New Testament 2: The Corinthian Epistles [Prerequisite: Introduction to NT]
5. 231 Church History 2: Reformation Church History [Prerequisite: Ch. History 1]
6. 251 Christian Ethics 1
7, 8. Two Subject Units selected from these electives:
* 213 Hebrew 1 [Prerequisite: Introduction to Biblical Languages]
* 223 Greek 1 or 224 Greek 1C or 225 Greek 1P (alternatives)
* 241 Systematic Theology 1 [Prerequisites: Doctrine 1 and Doctrine 2]
* 252 Pastoralia and Ministry for Today’s World
* 253 Preaching 1
* 254 Counselling 1
* 261 Missiology 2: History of Missions [Prerequisite: Missiology 1]
* 323 Greek 2 or 324 Greek 2P (alternatives) [Prerequisite: Greek 1, 1C or 1P]
* 361 Missiology 3: Missions into the 21st Century [Prerequisite: Missiology 1]
* Any Unit (not already taken) from the Associate Certificate or Th.Schol. programs
9. Satisfactory participation in 291 the Residential Conference 2
Note: Students who are or wish to be Candidates for the Th.Schol. should take into account the issues discussed in the Th.Schol. Regulations in making their choice of Level Two elective Units.
