Highlights of the Doctor of Ministry journey:

• A distance learning program that permits professionals to live and work anywhere while they study, save for three brief cohort intensives in Berkeley, CA.
• A flexible program design allowing for different paces to fit the scheduling needs and goals. Students can finish as quickly as 25 months or take up to six years to complete the DMin degree. 
• At PSR, robust concentrations include congregational leadership, chaplaincy, social justice activism, and LGBTQ+ issues/contexts.
• Enriched cohort learning environment, where every student journeys with a mentoring community comprised of their advisor, faculty, and cohort colleagues. From day one, each student journeys with other professionals as they work towards shaping their final project. A fundamental component of the mentoring environment at PSR happens during cohort conversations, an online platform running every semester, where the DMin cohort regularly shares with the group and has dialog and feedback on what they are learning in their other coursework, research, and how they are evolving their overall project. No matter where a student lives, they stay in community with professionals as they shape their learning journey.
• Cohort continuing seminars are two one-week face-to-face January seminars in Berkeley after completing the introductory cohort seminar.
• The nine credits of research electives may be taken in online and blended formats, independent studies, or in approved courses offered in different geographical contexts. 
• Start any time during the year after being admitted.

For further program details, refer to the academic catalog.