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PhD (Discipleship in Lifespan Education) Customized Emphasis

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Required Courses for the Degree
Prerequisites 

DSLE 606 Philosophical Fnds of Education & Philosophy

DSLE 605 Foundations in Discipleship and Lifespan Education

EDRM 505 Research Methods

DSLE 541 Foundations of Biblical Spirituality

12

credits

Core Courses    
Christian Apologist

DSLE 850 Theological Foundations of Christian Teaching

GSEM 915 Biblical and Theological Hermeneutics

6 credits
Pastor- Teacher Choose 1 of the following 3 courses:

GDPC 604 Human Sexuality and Sex Therapy

GDPC 620 History and Systems of Psychology

GDPC 635 Theories and Techniques of Counseling


Choose 1 of the following 4 courses:

DSLE 610 Teaching for Discipleship

DSLE 860 Teaching Religion in College

EDCI 650Curriculum Design: _______

EDCI 750 Course Design: ________

6 credits
Servant Leader Choose one 2-credit course or a total of 2 credits from the following courses:

EDAL 667 Leadership in Higher Education

EDCI 620 Facilitating Change in Learning Organizations

LEAD 635 Leadership and Learning Plan

PATH 712 Transformational Leadership
2 credits
Researcher Evaluator

EDRM 605 Qualitative Research Methods in Educ & Psych

EDRM 611 Applied Statistical Methods I

EDRM 712 Applied Statistical Mehtods II
9 credits
Maturing Christian DSLE 830 Advanced Fostering Spiritual Growth 3 credits
Lifelong Scholar DSLE 878 Advanced Scholarly and Professional Development

DSLE 950 Synthesis in Discipleship and Lifespan Education

2 credits
Dissertation Sequence

EDRM 880 or LEAD 880 Dissertation Proposal Development

DSLE 887 Applied Research

DSLE 994 Dissertation: Literature Review

DSLE 995 Doctoral Dissertation

16 credits
Concentration Courses
Students may design an individualized course of study if three of the following conditions are met:
  • Academic area must be appropriate to Discipleship in Lifespan Education
  • Graduate courses on the topic must be available at 日韩AV
  • 日韩AV faculty with expertise in the topic must be available for advising
  • 9 credits need to be taken from Christian Formation & Discipleship Concentration
20 credits
Total  64 credits

 

Options for the customized course of study include, among others, such areas as:

    Family life education
    Youth, young adults, and adult research
    Spiritual nurture of children
    Spiritual nurture of youth and young adults
    Campus ministry research
    Campus spiritual leadership
    History of education
    Church music and worship
    Educational philosophy
    Formal/non-formal learning
    Holistic education/physical education
    Intercultural studies/world religions
    Lifespan Education
    Discipleship and transformation