At CUC you’ll discover a built-in community to help direct your discernment about where the Lord might be leading you in life and ministry.
Our theological faculty is recognized and respected throughout the Church. They are authors of numerous published books, articles and commentaries, and also serve as adjunct faculty for our LCMS seminaries.
The director of the Pre-Seminary program also serves as Concordia-Chicago’s campus pastor. He works closely with our students, mentoring their academic, spiritual and personal development. By entering CUC’s program, you will hit the ground running with many mission, ministry and service opportunities—all intended to help you discern whether being a pastor is the right calling for you.
Our Pre-Seminary program offers three degree tracks:
- A liberal arts track in which you will take theology courses and professional support courses, while choosing a liberal arts major and minor.
- The second degree track is through the College of Education in which you will follow the secondary education Lutheran teacher education track and take several theology courses.
Pre-seminary students select a major either in liberal arts or teacher education. Recommended majors within the liberal arts are theological languages, history, psychology, philosophy, sociology or English. These programs meet all academic entrance requirements for both LCMS Synodical seminaries. CUC’s depth and breadth of coursework prepares students to enter and excel at the seminary level.
