Persons who have received a graduate theological degree from a seminary of another tradition, and who seek a year of study focusing on the Anglican tradition in preparation for ordination in the Episcopal Church, may be admitted to a one-year program of full-time study leading to a Post-Graduate Diploma in Anglican Studies. (Those who prefer a less structured program of study should apply for the Certificate of Work Accomplished.) Applicants for this program should be postulants or candidates for Holy Orders or have the written permission of their bishops. The application procedure and requirements are the same as for the Master in Divinity degree.

In order to receive the Post-Graduate Diploma in Anglican Studies, a student must be in residence as a full-time student for one academic year and successfully complete at least 30 semester hours of credit, of which 21 hours must be in required courses as specified in the following curriculum:

1. The two "Electives in Theology or Church History" listed above as requirements should be chosen from among the following courses:

CH 45 Augustine's Confessions

CH 46 Being a Christian in the 20th Century

CH 126 Heretics to Divines: An Intellectual History of the English Reformation

CH 135 The American Congregations

CH 213 An Introduction to Early Christian Theology

CH 211 American Christianity

ST 31 Praying with the Poets

2. An appropriate field education experience in an Episcopal Church may by required in place of an elective course. The necessity, nature and extent of such experience will be determined in consultation with the Director of Field Education and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and will be based on the student’s prior field education experiences in such a setting.

3. A course in preaching may be required, in place of an elective course, for those who in the judgment of the Seminary have not had sufficient training in this area.

4. A grade point average of at least 2.0 is required for the Diploma.

5. In case of schedule conflicts or the unavailability of a required course in the one year a student is in residence, appropriate substitutions may be made with the approval of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.