Notre Dame Seminary offers a two-year Bachelor of Philosophy for Theological Studies Program (listed as Bachelor of Philosophy (Philosophy for Theological Studies) and abbreviated as BPhil) for those college graduates who need to transition into seminary life and complete the undergraduate academic courses in philosophy, Scripture, and Latin required by the USCCB’s Program for Priestly Formation. Upon completion of those academic requirements, seminarians are awarded the post-graduate Bachelor of Philosophy (Philosophy for Theological Studies) degree.

Bachelor of Philosophy (Philosophy for Theological Studies) seminarians are fully incorporated members of Notre Dame’s apostolic community. Their academic program is designed to prepare them for the study of theology at the graduate level. Their formation program equips them with the necessary tools for ordained ministry. Seminarians in the BPhil program live, work, study, and pray with the whole community, providing a supportive foundation for their transition into their lives as theologians.