进入博士学位后 计划，将为学生分配一名在学生预期的研究领域中工作的顾问。该顾问将协助选择课程，监控语言习得的进度，并担任取得良好进展所需的所有其他角色。在完成第一年课程学习后，学生可以选择该部门的另一位成员来履行这一职责。学生当然可以但不是必须请其导师担任论文的导师。基督教历史/历史神学的教职员工和学生研究了几个世纪以来基督徒如何运用他们的传统，其信仰和实践以及他们所生活的世界。神学和学说，虔诚的生活和实践，礼仪，机构，文化产物和宗教信仰都是研究的重点。教师和学生在历史时期和/或地区（例如拜占庭早期，中世
Faculty members and students in history of Christianity/historical theology examine the ways in which Christians, through the centuries, have engaged their tradition, its beliefs and practices, and the world in which they live. Theology and doctrine, devotional life and practices, liturgy, institutions, cultural productions, and lived religion are all foci for study. Faculty and students focus on specific theologians in particular contexts (e.g., Augustine, Gregory of Nyssa, Henri de Lubac), on historical periods and/or regions (e.g., the early Byzantine era, the medieval west, the United States, 20th century Europe), or on themes throughout Christian history (e.g., asceticism, the papacy, heresy, Jewish-Christian relations, mysticism, gender, embodiment, sacred space).