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Ph.D. in Missiology
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
- Students will successfully complete a minimum of 72 quarter hours of Ph.D. course work
with a cumulative GPA of no less than 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Individual courses will be
regarded as successfully completed only when a grade of B- or better is received. The 72
hours will have the following structure:
| Subject Area |
Quarter Hours |
| Study of the Word (core) |
18 |
| Study of the World (core) |
12 |
| Study of Missiological Research Literature (core) |
06 |
| Study of Research and Design (core) |
12 |
| Concentration |
09 |
| Free Electives |
15 |
- Students must complete the minimum residency requirement of full-time enrollment (at
least nine hours per quarter) for three or more consecutive quarters. With the permission
of the Supervisor of the Ph.D. program, the residency requirement may be met by two
quarters or residency taken consecutively at two different times.
- Students must successfully complete the four-part competency (preliminary)
examination. This examination may be taken after the completion of 21 of the required
30 hours in the subject areas of the Study of the Word and the Study of the World.
- Students will choose an area of concentration from one of the following:
- Missionary Communication: Urban, Suburban, Rural
- Evangelism, Church Planting and Growth
- Islam
- Leadership Formation and Management for Missions
- Confessional Theology for the Church in Mission
- Students must successfully complete the written and oral comprehensive (qualifying)
examination after the completion of at least 54 quarter hours, including the entire 48
quarter hours of the core curriculum. At the discretion of the Supervisor of the Ph.D.
program and the Dean of Graduate Studies students may be given a second opportunity to
take the qualifying exams or any part of them.
- Adissertation proposal concerning a specific missiological problem or challenge must be
submitted to a Ph.D. Dissertation Committee through the program supervisor for
its approval.
- There are no credit hours given for the dissertation. An initial dissertation fee
equivalent to three credits is required of the student upon acceptance of the
dissertation or project research proposal and dissertation schedule.
- If students do not complete their dissertation within the 12 months from the
acceptance of the proposal, a continuation fee equivalent to three credits will be
charged each year of extension. Continuation fees will not be assessed for years
waived under item 12 below.
- Students must complete a doctoral dissertation which demonstrates the following
competencies:
- Ability to engage in independent missiological research;
- Ability to analyze critically evidence, whether textual or contextual, relevant to
the student's dissertation topic;
- Ability to formulate a meaningful and coherent missiological response to the
problem or challenge described in the dissertation;
- Ability to communicate clearly and accurately one's missiological research and
conclusions.
- No later than 30 days before graduation, students must successfully defend the
doctoral dissertation.
- All fees, including a $75 graduation fee, must be paid at least one week
before graduation.
- Requirements for the Ph.D. degree should be completed within six years of the
student’s admission into the program. When calculating the six-year total, the Graduate
Studies Committee, upon formal request, may waive the years of life and mission
service in a field situation where scholarly activity is difficult. If the requirements are
not completed within this prescribed time, students may be reinstated for an additional
two years if they earn six additional course hours. Reinstatement can be made only once.
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