The D.Min. degree at Central Baptist Theological Seminary requires each student to complete 32 course hours of work. These 32 hours will involve seven courses, four institutional distinctives exams, a major project, and a major project paper.

Of the seven seminars, three are designed to increase core competence. All students will take three core courses:  Shepherding the People of God, Contemporary Theological Issues, and Hermeneutics and Homiletics.

The remaining four seminars and the major project give the student the opportunity to emphasize a particular area of ministry. Students may emphasize Expository Preaching or Shepherding. Some may choose not to emphasize a particular area opting instead to increase their skills across more than one area of ministry.

The institutional distinctives exams cover four topics: 1) cessationism; 2) dispensationalism; 3) fundamentalism; and 4) Baptist theology. A reading list will be given to each new student during his first course. These exams may be completed at any time during the student's program, but must be completed before the student may be admitted to candidacy.