At Regent College in Vancouver, Canada, Master of Arts in Christian Studies is offered as a master's degree in Religious Studies programme. The programme runs for 4 semesters, delivered in a hybrid format. Tuition for international students is CAD 23,856 per total (CAD 23,856 per total for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Master's Degree
Field:Religious Studies
Duration: 4 semesters
Delivery: Hybrid
Local tuition: CAD 23,856 / total
International tuition: CAD 23,856 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Master of Arts in Christian Studies is a 42-credit-hour graduate program combining theological foundations with room for individual focus. Core courses cover Old Testament and New Testament foundations, biblical exegesis, and theology for life, alongside electives in applied theology, church history, spiritual theology, and world Christianity. Full-time students complete the degree in four terms, while part-time students have up to six years; as many as 21 credits can be taken online, with the remainder delivered on the Vancouver campus. Rather than a thesis, students complete a capstone project structured as a take-home examination based on an assigned set of readings. The program is intended for those seeking vocational discernment, spiritual formation, or a renewed sense of direction after a previous career, as well as those preparing for church or parachurch work or wanting to integrate Christian faith more fully with everyday life. Admission requires a bachelor's degree with a minimum 2.8 GPA, or mature-student status for applicants 28 or older with equivalent life or work experience.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:2.80 / 4.0
Admission Requirements: Applicants need a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with a minimum GPA of 2.8 on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent); applicants at least 28 years old without a bachelor's degree may instead apply as mature students by explaining how their life, work, ministry or educational experience is equivalent to a university degree. This program's page refers applicants to Regent College's general admission-requirements page, which sets the English-language requirement for non-native speakers at TOEFL 4.5, IELTS 6.5 or Duolingo 120 (scores valid for two years), with an exemption for applicants who studied at least four years at a post-secondary institution taught and tested in English. Applicants who fall short of the academic requirement may be admitted on probation, limited to 9 credits and a mandatory non-credit academic-writing course in their first term.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall and Winter
Application Deadline:Regent College publishes recommended, not firm, application deadlines that recur annually with no printed cycle year: Canadian applicants are asked to apply by 1 August for September-start (Fall) programmes, 1 December for January-start (Winter) programmes, and 6 February for the May-start MALTS programme, while financial-aid applicants should apply by 1 January. International applicants face earlier recommended dates -- 1 May (Fall), 1 August (Winter) and 10 December (MALTS) -- to leave time for study-permit processing; as of this September 2026 check the Winter-intake international date has already passed for the January 2027 term. Regent states late applications are still welcome and processed as space allows, so admission functions as rolling past these recommended cut-offs rather than a hard close. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
