Theology Graduate Students
Student Resources
An Updated Collection of Documents and Resources for Students in the MACT, MTS, and PhD Programs
Doctoral Student Handbook for Theology (Red Book)
Doctoral Student Handbook for Theology Blue Book)
Forms and Documents
Some of the departmental forms and documents are available for viewing, printing, and/or download in Adobe Acrobat PDF file format from the Theology Department's web site. All other forms are available only through the departmental secretary.
Forms
- Application for the PhD Comprehensive Examination
- Approval of Dissertation Committee
- Approval of Dissertation Proposal
- Change of Dissertation Committee Request
- Change of Dissertation Title
- Dissertation Title Approval
- Status Certification Form
Any forms not listed above are available through the departmental secretary. However, many of the forms listed below are for faculty and staff use only. These include:
- Approval for Dissertation Defense
- Change of Grade Form
- Continuing Student Non-Matriculated Application*
- Departmental Report on the PhD Comprehensive Examination: Evaluation of Examination by Professor
- Dissertation Acceptance Form
- Fulfillment of Language Requirement
- Mentor's Report of Students Writing Dissertations or Proposals
- New Student Non-Matriculated Application*
- Request for Grade of Incomplete*
- Results of MA Examination
- Results of the PhD Comprehensive Examination
- Solicitation of the PhD Comprehensive Examination Questions
- Transfer of Credit*
- Waiver of Requirements*
- Annual Reviews of Students*
*Note: an asterisk (*) indicates a form for student use that can only be secured through the departmental secretary.
Comprehensive Examination Lists
Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity
Systematics - Effective Fall 2019
- Christology
- Theology of God
- Ecclesiology.
- Fundamental Theology
- Paradigmatic
- Sacramental Theology
- Theological Anthropology
Systematics - Pre-Fall 2019
- Christology
- Doctrine of God
- Ecclesiology
- Fundamental Theology
- Paradigmatic
- Sacramental Theology
- Theological Anthropology
History of Christianity
Bible
Theological and Social Ethics
- Bioethics
- Catholic Social Thought
- Economics and Ethics
- Environmental Ethics
- Foundational Theological Ethics
- Gender and Sexuality
- Liberation and Feminist Texts
- Major Texts
- Philosophical Sources and Theological Ethics
- Race and White Privilege
Examination and Submission Information
- Language Examinations Dates, 2023-2024: August 28 & 29th, November 29th, February 7th, and April 17th.
- Doctoral Comprehensive Examinations Dates (*Oral exam will be scheduled for approximately one week later.): October 18 and 20, April 3 and 5.
- Submission dates for Doctoral Committee Reviews: November 8 and March 20.
Graduate Course Offerings
Fall 2024
Please review the Fordham bulletin for theology course descriptions.
THEO 5690: Church in Controversy
Brenna Moore
THEO 5820: Hebrew Bible/OT Interpretation
Ki-Eun Jang
THEO 5901: Context, Theory, and Theology
Bob Davis
THEO 6026: Second Temple Judaism
Karina Hogan
THEO 6040: The Neighbor: Biblical Witness and Contemporary Ethics
Larry Welborn
THEO 6193: Law and Theology in Antiquity
Emanuel Fiano
THEO 6630 - Church in Contemporary Society: Theology and the Practice of a Synodal Church
Bradford Hinze
THEO 6659: Latinx Theology
Leo Guardado
THEO 6740 Catholic Social Thought and Praxis
Christine Firer Hinze
THEO 7736: Seminar in Religion and Bioethics
Cristina Traina