3.3 ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS
This program requires a minimum of three years of study for seminars; completing the dissertation will differ between students, but the normative time frame is one additional year. Participants will be able to integrate that study into existing ministry responsibilities. Students who enroll in the doctoral degree program will complete 60 hours of academic study consisting of 44 credit hours of core competency seminars in leadership and education (11 courses; 4 hours each) plus 16 credit hours of focused, research-related study including comprehensive exams, Prospectus preparation, and completion of the Dissertation.
Each seminar involves 14 weeks of coursework. This includes six and one-half weeks of online, faculty-mediated learning, plus one week of face-to-face engagement in on-campus seminar work (24 face-to-face hours per seminar), followed by six and one-half more weeks of online student-mediated learning. Online sessions include instruction methods that engage the learner such as case study analysis, discussion, PowerPoint presentations, and interactions with precedent literature. The chart below presents the academic requirements to complete the PhD in Leadership.
| Core Competency |
Requirement |
Hours |
Servant Leader
a. Theological Integration
b. Ethical Decisions
c. Character Values-based Leaders |
LSP 902 Biblical and Theological Foundations of Leadership (4)
LSP 903 Character and Ethics in Leadership (4) |
8 |
Leader-Teacher
a. Human Development
b. Personality Theory
c. Learning Processes
d. Teaching Dynamics |
LSP 904 Personality and Development Theory (4)
LSP 905 Teaching and Learning: Theory and Practice (4) |
8 |
Organizational Leader
Leadership Theory
Management Theory
Team Dynamics |
LSP 906 Leadership and Management Theory (4)
LSP 907 Team Dynamics (4) |
8 |
Change Agent
Organizational Culture
Organizational Process
Leading Change
Power Dynamics
Conflict Resolution |
LSP 909 Organizational Theory and Development (4)
LSP 911 Change, Power, and Conflict (4) |
8 |
Researcher-Scholar
a. Research Process
b. Research Design
c. Literature Review
d. Data Collection
e. Data Analysis
f. Proposal Development
g. Dissertation Writing
|
LSP 901 Empirical Research I: Critical Inquiry and Research Design (4)
LSP 908 Empirical Research II: Research Problem and Literature Review (4)
LSP 910 Empirical Research III: Prospectus and Instrument Development (4) |
12 |
LSP 912 Comprehensive Exams (0)
LSP 913 Prospectus Chapters 1-3 (4)
LSP 914 Dissertation (12) |
16 |
Total Required Credit Hours
|
60 |