The Master’s degrees student window of time for registration via the Compass portal for January 2025 and Spring 2025 courses is October 28 – November 7, with a stagger based on credits earned and degree program, with those with more credits earned registering earlier. The timeframes for January 2025 and Spring 2025 course registration for Master’s degrees students are as follows, based on the number of credits completed by the start of the Fall 2024 Term (including Summer 2024 credits):
Oct 28 – Nov 7
All ThM students
Oct 28 – 30
Master’s degrees seniors (MDiv & MDiv/MAPT = 63 credits, MA[TS] = 24 credits, MAPT = 24 credits)
Oct 31 - Nov 4
MDiv & MDiv/MAPT middlers = 27 credits
Nov 5-7
Master’s degrees juniors (MDiv under 27 credits, MA(TS) under 24 credits or MAPT under 24 credits)
HOW TO REGISTER:
- Before or during the timeframe for your registration based on your degree and credits earned, you must consult with your advisor to go over your plan for registration for both January 2025 and Spring 2025 courses. Once your advisor is satisfied that your plan for registration is acceptable, they will approve you to register for January 2025 and Spring 2025 Term courses through the Compass portal.
- Once your advisor has approved you to register, follow the detailed instructions for how to register via the Compass portal (“Register for Classes” tile) at the following link: Using Compass To Register For Classes
2024-2025 COURSE SCHEDULE AND INFORMATION:
January 2025 and Spring 2025 courses schedules are available at the CTS web site www.ctsnet.edu (follow Academics to Course Schedules). They are also available at Student eCampus in the Academic Affairs area, and attached here as a pdf. Information about required books for the courses, as assembled by Liz Miller from the CTS Library, is available at Student eCampus in the Academic Affairs area “Course Schedule Jan & Spring 2025 with BOOK LISTS”. As a reminder, our intensive January 2025 Term is January 2-17 and our Spring 2025 Term is January 27 – May 9.
Please check the CTS web site www.ctsnet.edu for course descriptions
https://www.ctsnet.edu/academics/course-schedules/
(follow Academics to Course Schedules to Course Descriptions and scroll down). Prerequisites for courses are given in abbreviated form on the course schedule, and in full in the course descriptions.
Please note that courses designated on the course schedule as for DMin or DEdMin (7000 and 8000 numbers) are open on a limited basis to first level master’s students (MDiv, MAPT, MA(TS)), and with a required Petition Form.
Please also be aware that some courses will NOT be available for self-registration in the Compass portal. Those courses include the following:
Independent Studies (need Dean’s permission and completed Contract for Independent Study Form)
Cross Registration courses (need the appropriate Cross Registration Application Form from the Registrar)
SM (Supervised Ministry) = Contextual Education courses (registration occurs after the Contextual Education and International Partnerships Office (Sue Kim Park and Alvin Lingenfelter) approves the SM course, including CPE (SM6100). The CEIP Office reports the list of approved SM courses for any given term to the Registrar for registration directly by the Registrar.)
Contextual Immersions (I5200) courses (registrations done directly by the Registrar based on lists of those approved by the CEIP Office based on prior applications)
Special off-campus courses requiring a separate application (need confirmation that application has been accepted by the outside party or review committee)
Drops and Adds will be permitted via Compass portal up to the day before the Terms begin (January 2 is the first day of the January Term, and January 27 is the first day of the Spring Term). From the first day of the Terms forward, Drops and Adds must be done directly with the Registrar via email communications.
If a course has met its class size limit, and has a Wait List, the Registrar will consult with the course instructor to determine a fair resolution. Ordinarily seats in a class will be awarded first to those closest to graduation. Those who are not awarded seats in the class will be notified, and asked to register for another class. The alternative class does not require advisor approval, though it is always best to consult with advisors.
COURSE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR JANUARY 2025 & SPRING 2025 COURSES:
*Joel Winchip, Executive Director of the Presbyterian Church Camp and Conference Association, is again teaching a specialized course in the January 2025 Term, P6060 “Camp/Conference Program and Administration.” If you have questions about the course you may contact Joel Winchip directly at joel@pccca.net.
*In the January 2025 Term you will see that there is an HSP (Hispanic Scholars Program)-related option, HSP6000 “Latine/a/o Biblical Hermeneutics”, that requires an outside application to HSP with a November 15 application deadline. Please see my Tuesday, October 1, 2024 4:45 PM email for more detailed information about HSP.
*Please use the degree audit checklist associated with your degree program to make sure you are taking the necessary courses for graduation. The degree audit checklists can be found here. Please note that, in our course numbering system, courses with 5000 numbers are either particular required courses or courses that may count as distribution requirement courses, while courses with 6000 numbers are elective courses.
The distribution requirement 5000 course number ranges for the MDiv are as follows:
Hebrew-based Exegesis (B5410-5599)
Greek-based Exegesis (B5610-5799)
History of Christianities (HD5400-5499)
American Religious History (HD5700-5799)
World Christianities (HD5800-5899)
Christian Ethics (HD5600-5699)
Educational Ministries (P5010-5099)
Christian Leadership (P5100-5199)
Worship (P5400-5499)
The concentration distribution requirement course number ranges for the MAPT are as follows:
Educational Ministries (P5020-5099, P6000-6099)
Pastoral Care / Pastoral Theology (P6200-6299, P6700-6799, I6050, I6200)
Worship, Preaching, and the Arts (P5300, P5400-5499, P5600, P6300-6399, P6400-6500)
For technical trouble-shooting about Compass, please contact Dr. Ann Clay Adams at adamsa@ctsnet.edu
