Doctor of Ministry Courses for the 2011 Summer Session

This course orients the incoming students to the DMin program, including introduction to its goals, dynamics, the theory and practice of collaborative learning, the establishment of both a collaborative learning group and a learning covenant, as well as, the development of an individual learning plan (ILP). Clarifying and sharpening the students’ research interest is central to the focus of this course. Note: coursework will continue online beginning in September 2011. 

This course gives an overview of qualitative research methodology and the techniques to appropriate it with a view to the formulation and articulation of the students’ respective research statements and methodological procedures. Note: coursework will continue on-line beginning in September 2011. 

This course will focus on the theological reflection and social and cultural analysis of the students’ respective contexts of ministry and research. The use of case studies and the students’ research data will assist students to gain the necessary analytical and interpretive skills to deal theologically with the data generated by their action-in-ministry.