Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education
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Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education is an institution of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
It is located in the northside of the city of Richmond, Virginia.
For many years, the seminary operated WRFK, a FM radio station at 106.5 MHz. It was sold to commercial interests in 1988.
The Seminary was founded as the theological department of Hampden-Sydney College, located outside of Farmville, Virginia.
Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education (Union-PSCE) is a theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church (USA). With campuses in Richmond, Virginia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, Union-PSCE prepares men and women to serve the church as pastors, educators, scholars, chaplains, and missionaries. Union-PSCE has an outstanding faculty of scholars in the fields of Bible, Christian education, theology, ethics, preaching, worship, church history, and pastoral care. They have written hundreds of books and articles in their respective fields of study.
Union Seminary was founded in 1812 and relocated to Richmond, Virginia in 1898. The Presbyterian School of Christian Education was founded in Richmond in 1914. Union and PSCE were joined in federation in 1997. In 2002, an extension campus in Charlotte, North Carolina, was created on the campus of Queens University of Charlotte. The Charlotte extension is known as Union-PSCE at Charlotte.
A majority of students at Union-PSCE are Presbyterian, but the seminary draws students from more than 20 Christian denominations. There are a large number of international students as well from Ghana, Korea, Switzerland and other nations. The seminary is a member of the Richmond Theological Consortium and the Washington Theological Consortium.
[edit] Degree Programs offered by Union-PSCE
- Master of Arts In Christian Education (M.A.C.E.)
- Master of Divinity (M.Div.)
- Dual Degree Program -- Master of Divinty/Master of Arts in Christian Education (M.Div./M.A.C.E.)
- Master of Arts (Theological Studies) (M.A.T.S.)
- Master of Theology (Th. M.)
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.)
- Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.)
- Dual Degree Programs offered in partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Social Work
- Master of Arts in Christian Education/Master of Social Work (M.A.C.E./M.S.W)
- Master of Divinity/Master of Social Work (M.Div./M.S.W.)
A Master of Divinity/Master of Science Criminal Justice (M.Div./M.S.C.J.) dual degree program offered in partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Douglas L. Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs was discontinued in 2005.
