Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings

• 03 - Humanities
• 39. - Theology and religious vocations
• 39.06 - Theological and ministerial studies

39.0602 - Divinity/ministry (BDiv, MDiv)

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals for ordination as ministers or priests in any of the Christian religious traditions. These programs include courses in the theology and polity of a particular church, church law, liturgy and ritual, principles of pastoral ministry, homiletics, evangelism, church/parish organization and management, Christian ethics, church history, and related studies.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • Christian ministry
  • church ministry
  • clergy
  • divinity
  • minister of religion
  • ordained clergy
  • ordained minister
  • ordained priest
  • priest

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• Exclusion(s)

  • lay pastor(39.0705)
  • missionary studies(39.0301)
  • ordained pastor(39.0701)
  • seminary(39.0604)
  • theology(39.0601)
  • urban ministry(39.0703)
  • women's ministry(39.0704)
  • youth and family ministry(39.0702)