For ordinands, the minimum standard required for ordination to the diaconate is the Bachelor of Theology or an equivalent degree. Unlike other students, ordinands must satisfy a set of specific competencies set by the Church in the course of their degree programme. These requirements are usually fulfilled by essay-based assignments, but in some cases students may, with mentor agreement, challenge them through other academic methodologies.

Once the two matrices have been completed, most students will then fulfil the remainder of their degree requirements by undertaking either a dissertation or equivalent extended project. However, some candidates may alternatively opt to offer New Testament Greek, in which case successful completion will lead to the degree of Bachelor of Divinity rather than Bachelor of Theology.

Prescribed requirements – First Matrix

The student selects eighteen assignments, so that at least two are chosen from each block, with the remaining four being freely chosen from the remaining topics.

Block 1	Block 2	Block 3
Genesis 1-11	The Pauline Epistles	History of the Celtic Church before 1066
Pentateuch	The Epistle to the Hebrews	History of the Church up to the Council of Chalcedon in 451AD
Psalms	The Acts of the Apostles	The Reformation
Prophecy during the pre-exilic period	The Book of Revelation	The Oxford Movement
Prophecy during and after the period of exile	The Synoptic Gospels	The Thirty-Nine Articles

Block 4	Block 5	Block 6	Block 7
The Holy Trinity	Healing Ministry	Liturgy	Homiletics
The Incarnation and the Atonement	Pastoral Theology	Funeral Ministry	The Nature of Ministry
The Gifts of the Spirit	Prophecy in the Modern Age	Pastoral Counselling	Christian sexual morality
The Creeds	Anglican Realignment	Hymnology	The Sacraments
The Nature of Sin	Youth Ministry	History of Church Music	Ecumenism

Prescribed requirements – Second Matrix

The learner selects eighteen assignments, so that at least one is chosen from each block, with the remaining ten being freely chosen from the remaining topics. Subjects already taken from the First Matrix may not be duplicated.

Block 1	Block 2	Block 3	Block 4
Genesis 1-11	The Pauline Epistles	History of the Celtic Church before 1066	The Holy Trinity
Pentateuch	The Epistle to the Hebrews	History of the Church up to the Council of Chalcedon in 451AD	The Incarnation and the Atonement
Psalms	The Acts of the Apostles	The Reformation	The Gifts of the Spirit
Prophecy during the pre-exilic period	The Book of Revelation	The Oxford Movement	The Creeds
Prophecy during and after the period of exile	The Synoptic Gospels	Theodicy	The Nature of Sin

Block 5	Block 6	Block 7	Block 8
Healing Ministry	Liturgy	Augustine	History of the Papacy in the twentieth-century
Pastoral Theology	Funeral Ministry	The Nature of Ministry	Outline of a particular monastic tradition
Prophecy in the Modern Age	Pastoral Counselling	Christian sexual morality	Non-Conformism
Soteriology	Hymnology	The Sacraments	The Holy Spirit
Determinism and Free Will	History of Church Music	Ecumenism	Aquinas