Doctor of Ministry - Specialization in Transformational Leadership
Admission Requirements
- A Master of Divinity degree or MDiv equivalence, defined as 72
semester credit hours of relevant graduate course work, with at least a
3.0 GPA.
- Students who only have 60 credit hours of graduate work may be
provisionally admitted to the DMin, with the understanding that they
must satisfactorily complete those 12 hours before final admission to
the program and matriculation into a cohort.
- At least three years of full-time ministry experience after
receiving an MDiv degree or its equivalence. Up to 20% of students in
the DMin program may be admitted without meeting the three year
requirement.
- For students whose first language is not English and have not earned a Bachelor degree taught in English in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, or Canada, the TOEFL is required. Students must receive at least a score of 95. A score of 7.0 on the IELTS for regular academic admission.
- Official transcript from degree granting institution(s).
- Three letters of reference (one pastoral, one academic, one from a lay person who has been under their ministry).
- A sample of academic writing (10 to 20 page work).
Program Requirements
- Intensives - A student takes two weeks of intensive
courses per year for the first three years (it is also possible that
some of these courses might be taken online). Each intensive course is 5
semester credit hours, making up 30 of the 38 degree hours. These
intensives would involve extensive pre- and post-course work. In some
cases, a Faculty Mentor may wish to do one of the “intensive” courses
online, but no more than 50% of any cohort design will involve purely
online courses.
- Absence from Intensives - In the case of a major
emergency, with the permission of the Faculty Mentor, a student may miss
one intensive session (one week) in the degree program. In such cases
it is up to the Mentor to determine an appropriate way for the student
to make up for the lost learning. If a student misses more than one
intensive session, however, the student will have to withdraw from the
program and reapply to a subsequent cohort.
If a student withdraws from a DMin cohort and then is readmitted to a subsequent DMin cohort, the student may be required to audit seminars for which they have already received credit.
- Withdrawals - If a student withdraws from a DMin
cohort and then is readmitted to a subsequent DMin cohort, the student
may be required to audit seminars for which they have already received
credit.
- Project - Students will be assigned a Project Advisor
near the end of the initial three years. An External Reader will also
be chosen. Students will continue to register for MIN-802 Project
Continuation (one credit hour) until project completion. The substance
of the student's work will be in dialog with the Project Advisor. The
oral defense will include the student, the Project Advisor, the Faculty
Mentor (if different from Project Advisor), and an External Reader.
Graduation Requirements
- Successful completion of 38 hours of coursework with at
least 3.00 GPA.
- A minimum grade "B-" in each course.
- Successful oral defense of a submitted project.
- All requirements for the degree must be completed within seven years of enrollment in the DMin.
- Payment of all tuition and fees is required to receive a diploma.
DMIN Program of Study
Foundational Courses
Specialization in Transformational Leadership
| LEAD-721 | Leadership Seminar 1: Theory and Theology of Personhood & Leadership | 5 |
| LEAD-722 | Leadership Seminar 2: Practices of Personal Leadership | 5 |
| LEAD-723 | Leadership Seminar 3: Theory and Theology of Community & Leadership | 5 |
| LEAD-724 | Leadership Seminar 4: Practices of Community Leadership | 5 |
| LEAD-725 | Leadership Seminar 5: Theory and Theology of Society & Leadership | 5 |
| LEAD-726 | Leadership Seminar 6: Practices of Societal Leadership | 5 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 38 |
