Common Curriculum

At The Seattle School, all students, regardless of degree program, take a common set of courses referred to as the common curriculum. In addition to the degree program’s specific descriptions and objectives on the following pages, the common curriculum coursework is designed to provide an innovative, embodied, and formational education experience. 

Common Curriculum Description

The Common Curriculum at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology is the cross-disciplinary intersection where “text, soul, and culture” are brought together for all degree programs in a critical first year of study. Students explore the central questions within, and interplay between, the disciplines of theology and psychology, and they begin to cultivate deep listening skills in service of understanding text, self, others, and the Divine. Throughout the Common Curriculum, students will develop a foundational self-understanding of what it means to be an intentional presence in the world and form a compelling vision and praxis for human flourishing, a foundation which will undergird students’ vocational development and their ongoing work in service of God and neighbor.

Common Curriculum Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Form a foundational self-understanding of what it means to be an intentional presence in the world.

• Explore the central questions which guide the disciplines of theology and psychology and the way they mutually influence both personal and societal well-being.

• Develop and apply deep listening skills in service of understanding text, self, others, and the Divine.

• Articulate a vision of human flourishing informed by cross-disciplinary inquiry and self-reflection.