El ectives Program (15 units) In cons ul ta ti o n w it h t he p ro g ram ad visor, t he stud c nt des ig ns a prog ram ( 15-semcste r- u nit m in i m u m ) in l ig ht o f ed u ca t io n a l ba c kg round a nd voca ti o n a l a nd re sea rch in t erests . E le ctive courses offe re d bv docto ra l fac ulty pe rt a in to a reas o f ex pert ise and con t in u ing fac ult y s tud y and a rc numbe re d from 8 11 t hro ug h 865. I n select in g a progra m o f s tu dv, s tu de nt s ma y in copora t c an y e lcc t in ~s o ffe re d (con s ult th c two - year p roj ecte d sc hed ul e o f co u rses). In addi t io n. s uffi c ic nr la tirnd c in des ig nin g e lec ti ve co urse ass ig nments p e rmit s st u d en t s to pur s u e a n iri ery of resea rch in t e rc s rs . Co urses a rc us ua lly o ffe re d on a rota t ing bas is every cwo or three years . COURSE DESCRIPTIONS (TTDE) Norma ll y d octo ra l co u r,es a rc a, ·a il ab lc as te rm-l e ng th courses in th e fa ll a nd sp rin g a nd as o ne o r two-week intens ive mod ul es d uring Ja nu ,ir,· a nd t he summe r sess io n. Rccenr 1·is iring fac ult y wh o ha ve offe red Se lected T o pi cs semin ars inc lude: Ro bert Pazmi i'i o (2000) . \\'arre n Be nson (2000). L ind a Ca n nell ( I999), Ke nneth Gangel ( 1996), 71/ie Pmgmm Direr/Or '/J!Ji/1 advise the stNrlmt n1wrrli11r: m111ple1ioN ofaNy pm~qrrisites .,perijierl iN !ht' m,ep1r111a, of admi.rsir)II Iffier. See the Dortoml Pmgmm Ha11rlbooJ:forde1ails. DE 671 Prerequisite Study in Theology (1) T e d \\'ard ( 199."l, 1997). Prerequisite Courses Re qu ir ed fa ll te rm for e nre rin g doctora l students without suffi c ie nt g radu ate leve l educat io n in t he ol ogy. (Pre req uisite co urse; docs not count t01n1rd units for gradua ti on. ) DE 672 Prerequ is ite Study in Theology (1) Required sp ring te rm fo r ente ring doctora l studc nts witho ut suffi c ie nt g radu a te lc,·c l edu ca tion in th e ol ogy. (Prerequi site co urse; docs nor count coward un its fo r gradu a ti on.) Required Core Courses DE 801 Phil osophi cal Issues in Educati onal Studi es (3) An ad, ·a nce d co urse in wh ich s tu d e nts exami ne p h ilosophica l issues re leva nt ro educat ional stu d ies from a C hr istian wo rld view pe rspect ive. Em phas is is placed o n e nh a nc ing crit ica l thin k ing abou t ed uca ti onal issues pr imar il y through the pre pa ra t io n of se v e ra l c rit ic a l b o o k revie ws s ui ta b le for p ublicat ion.
indwe lling I !o h · S p irit , trad iti o na l s p iriwa l di sc ip lines. e th ical t heo ri es (es p e c ia ll y v i rt ues e t hi cs) , a nd pe rso na l habi t form a t ion. DE 813 Community and Friend ship : Contexts for Growth (3) A n inquir y regard in g C h ri s tian community and ffH1t urc re lati on s hips from rh eo logi ca l and soc ia l sc ie nce p e rs pec t ive s . C o nce p ts to be s t udi e d include : th e Tri n ity, Jes u s a nd comm u nity, fri e nd s hip and int ima cv, interperso na l re lat ion s hips. acco u ncabi li ry, con fli c t , fo rg i, ·c ness, fo rb e aran c e, a nd peace-ma kin g . DE 819 20th Century Christian Education Thought (3 ) E xa minc s th e e d u c ationa l phi loso phi es a nd t he o logica l pe r s p ec ti l'es o f a ,·a r i e t y o f k ey C hri s ti a n ed u ca ti o n lead e rs in t he 20t h cc nc urv, t he e ducat io na l mi n is rrv a pp roaches a nd prac t ices th ey p romote d , a nd their im pact on che c h urc h. DE 820 Selected Topics in Edu cational Foundations (1-3) E xplorati on or se lec te d iss ues led b y rcs id c n t fac u l ty o r v is i t in g pro fesso rs. DE 822 Jesus, the Master Teacher (3) D era i led a n a lys is o f w h a t J es u s ra ughc and how he ca ugh t based on an cxcgcci ca l stud y of va ri ous reach ing e pisodes in the gospel s (compe tcncc in exegetical sk il ls and knowl c dgc of NT Gree k is hclpful ). DE 823 Habits of the Exce llent Teacher (3) Purs ues t he qu es ti o n , "Wh at con s ti tutes exce lle nce in th e te ac her an d in tea c h i ng'" The c our se in vo lves ,1na lyz ing casc swdi es o f o ut~ta nding teac he rs. DE 826 Stud ies in the History of Educati on (3) I n 1·es ti gat ion o f g re a t t e a c hers, great e d uca ti o n a l id eas o r g rea t e du ca t io n a l sys t e m s in th e hi s to ry o f e ducat io n a nd t hc teac h in g m ini s crv o f t h e C hu rc h. A part icu la r hi s cor ica l p e ri od m ay b e trea te d or themes ac ross h is to rica l pe riod s (may b e repeated ). DE 827 Contemporary Christ ian Education Thought (3 ) An ex plora ti o n and eva lu at io n of rece n t C hr istia n ed uca t io n writ ings re prese ntin g a varie ty of ed u cati onal ph il osop hies a nd t heo log i ca l pe rspcct il'es. Looks a t t he c u r re nt s tate of C h ri s t ian e d ucat io n t heo ry a nd h ow i t is im p ac ti n g educa t io na l mini stry in t he c hu rch .
DE 803 Human Development and Learning (3) Ad va nced s tu d y of th e processe s o f lea rn in g a nd life -s pa n hu m a n d eve lo pme nt. Invcs ti gac ion cen ters on unders t a ndin g o f soc ia l sc ience d a ta w i thin a C h ri st ia n w o r ld v iew . S tud e nt s a rc c hal le nged to d e ve lo p impli cat io n s fo r vari o us teaching co ntex ts. DE 804 Management and Organizational Behavior in Non-profit Organi zations (3) Ad,·an ce d s t ud y o f s ig n ifi c ant th eo ri es and princ ip les of effce ti1·c admini s tra ti o n as a pp l ie d in sel e cted no n-p ro fit o rga ni za tion s . 1, m p h as is is u po n t he inrcgra ci o n of man ageme nt th eo ry a nd b ib li ca l co nce p ts for use wi t hin local a nd inte rn a ti o na l e du cat io na l a nd o ther n o n - profit in st i t uti o n s . (Core co urse: No n- profit L e,1 d e r s h ip emphas is)
DE 818 Leadership in Non profit Organizati ons (3)
A c riti cal exam inat ion of conre m p o ra rv lead e rship prin c ip les a nd pract ices II ich pa rti c ular e mph a s is u pon th e a ppl ica t io n of h ow t he se a rc man ifes t in no n- profit c n l' ir onmcn r,. (Co rc co ur se : >Io n -p rofit L ead e rs hi p e mph as is) SCL 803 Qualitative Research (3) A n ad n111ce d co ur se o n th (; e thnograp h ic met hod , e mp has iz ing r igoro us rcsea rc h d es ig n and qual ity co nt ro l wi t h s pec if ic ref e ren(;e to e du cat io n a l resea rch . ( Require d Ph .D. ) DE 884 Doctoral Internship (1-3) An op portuni r, to imp lemcm edu ca ti onal theory into prn<.: ri cc i n an a p pl ie d sett in g . S tud e n ts m ay e m p has ize edu cat io nal lcade rs hi p o r reac h ing, or bot h. A d eta il e d G rowt h Co ntract mu st be clcn : 1- o pe d a nd app rove d b y t he s upe r l' ising fac ul ty mc m be r. fi e ld super v iso r, a n d s tud e n t : th e co ntract m ust be fi led in th e d oc toral p ro gra m offi ce p ri o r to rccc i\' ing a rcg i'itra ti o n s ig nat u re fo r th e co u rse. Eva lu nc ion of t he ex pe ri e nce II ill be based o n a port foli o o f docu mc ncs. e tc.. d e, clopcd b, the stu de nt d uring th e inte rns hip ccrm , as we ll as formaci vt.: and s umm ,nivc 11 ritt c n ern lu aci o ns s u bmi tted h y th e fi e ld , upc fl iso r a nd addi t io nal pe rso ns id e ntifi e d fro m t he min istry context. A minimum of t hree u nit s is re q u ired for al l s t ud e nt s. The cou rse ma) be re peated fo r up co s ix uni ts o r c re di t. Stu d c nrs pre pa rin g fo r co ll ege teac h ing may s u bst i t u te t110 of thc th ree require d units o f ince rm hip wit h an ad, ·anccd cour".;C on teac hi ng.
DE 805 Teaching and Curri culum Theory (3)
Ad vanced study of reaching within l'a rio us ed ucatio na l sett ings. Stu d e nt s arc c halle nged co e nh a nce the ir pe rso nal re pe rto ire of teaching s kill s a nd e du cat io na l strateg ics t hroug h observat ion, di scuss ion and pract ice. Includ es an invest iga tion of guidelines fo r curric ulum design. DE 806 Theologica l Integration fo r Educati onal Studi es (3) A n in t rodu c ti on to researc h method a n d re le, ·anr resources in b ibli ca l a nd t heo log ica l studi es to info rm sc hol a rly researc h of edu ca ti o n al 'lt u d i c~ and m ini ~tr~ prac t ice . S tud en t s prepa re a n in teg rat i1e pa pe r based o n b ib l i ca l a nd t h co logica l s tudi es a nd soc ia l sc ie nce fin dings . DE 807 Educational Research M ethods (3) Ad, ·a nccd study o f a nir ict) of met hod s fo r sc hol a rl y e ducat io na l resea rc h . The co urse fo c uses o n resea rc h eva lu at io n a nd th e liter a rnre re, ·icll" p o rt io n o f a s tud y. addre ss in g resea rc h des ig n , d a rn co l lcc ri o n m e th o d o lo gy a nd res ul ts a n a lys is . DE 808 Statisti ca l M ethods in Educati onal Resea rch (3) t\ pra ctical. com pu te r - b ase d s tud y of t h e co nce p ts and tec h n i qu es in vol ved in th e anal ys i s a nd in te rp re ta ti o n o f qu a nci ca ci , e resea rch cl am based o n de sc ri p t i ve a nd infe re n t ia l s ca cis ri cs . T op ics in c lu d e desc ri b in g d ata, co rr c la t io n , reg ress io n, mul t ip le regress io n , intro du c ti o n to fa cto r anal ys i-,, and anal ys is of n n ia nc.:c .
Electi ve Courses Ce11eml Fler1ives
DE 811 Int roduct ion to Christian Spirituality (3)
Th is co urse ex plores t he mea ns to deve lo pin g a deep re lat io ns h ip wi th (i od. Ba,ed on sc r ip tu ra l reac hing abo u t kn owing Goel, it is gea re d part ic ul a rl ) for t hose pre pa r ing for o r e ngagcd in C hrist ian m in istry. Conside rs barri e rs th a t hind e r us a nd w hat sp iritu a l di sc iplin es and p rac ti ces may be used to nu r ture a d eepe r fri e nd sh ip II ich God . DE 812 Character Format ion and Personal Renewal (3 ) An exp lora ti o n of th e fo rma t ion of C h r is ti a n c ha racte r 11·ich im p li ca ti o ns fo r t he prac ti ce o f teac h ing a nd lea rnin g in loca l c hu rc h, para c hu rc h a nd hi g he r ed ucat io n sc t ti n gs. R e la t ed copi es re le va n t as pe ct s o f sanct if ica ti o n , rh c
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