Thoughts on the ThM Program
Dr. Wong Fook-kong Professor of Old Testament The Master of Theology program at our college is a program that allows students to study the Bible (Old Testament or New Testament) and explore theology in more depth. This depth is difficult to achieve in basic courses such as Master of Divinity or Bachelor of Theology. In many seminaries in the United States (including the seminary I attended), the Master of Theology program is equivalent to the first year of the doctoral program. "HKTS" has similar requirements. In order to make the doctoral students in theology more solid in certain areas of knowledge, we sometimes require them to take some Master of Theology courses according to individual circumstances. For this reason, Master of Theology students majoring in the Bible must be able to read the original languages of the Bible (Hebrew and...
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