If a person holds a bachelor’s degree and has completed a three-year diocesan approved diaconal training program which has led to ordination as a Roman Catholic deacon, he may earn the GTF Master of Theology by providing documentation verifying his training and ordination, completing two online courses, and by submitting a 35,000 to 40,000 word master’s thesis to the Graduate Theological Foundation.

If a person has been ordained a Roman Catholic deacon but does not have a bachelor’s degree, he may take the Bachelor of Theology from the GTF by completing two online courses and the senior paper.