PhD (Discipleship in Lifespan Education) Customized Emphasis

Required Courses for the Degree

Prerequisites	DSLE 606 Philosophical Fnds of Education & Philosophy DSLE 605 Foundations in Discipleship and Lifespan Education EDRM 505 Research Methods DSLE 541 Foundations of Biblical Spirituality	12 credits
Core Courses
Christian Apologist	DSLE 850 Theological Foundations of Christian Teaching GSEM 915 Biblical and Theological Hermeneutics	6 credits
Pastor- Teacher	Choose 1 of the following 3 courses: GDPC 604 Human Sexuality and Sex Therapy GDPC 620 History and Systems of Psychology GDPC 635 Theories and Techniques of Counseling Choose 1 of the following 4 courses: DSLE 610 Teaching for Discipleship DSLE 860 Teaching Religion in College EDCI 650Curriculum Design: _______ EDCI 750 Course Design: ________	6 credits
Servant Leader	Choose one 2-credit course or a total of 2 credits from the following courses: EDAL 667 Leadership in Higher Education EDCI 620 Facilitating Change in Learning Organizations LEAD 635 Leadership and Learning Plan PATH 712 Transformational Leadership	2 credits
Researcher Evaluator	EDRM 605 Qualitative Research Methods in Educ & Psych EDRM 611 Applied Statistical Methods I EDRM 712 Applied Statistical Mehtods II	9 credits
Maturing Christian	DSLE 830 Advanced Fostering Spiritual Growth	3 credits
Lifelong Scholar	DSLE 878 Advanced Scholarly and Professional Development DSLE 950 Synthesis in Discipleship and Lifespan Education	2 credits
Dissertation Sequence	EDRM 880 or LEAD 880 Dissertation Proposal Development DSLE 887 Applied Research DSLE 994 Dissertation: Literature Review DSLE 995 Doctoral Dissertation	16 credits
Concentration Courses	Students may design an individualized course of study if three of the following conditions are met: Academic area must be appropriate to Discipleship in Lifespan Education Graduate courses on the topic must be available at Andrews University Andrews University faculty with expertise in the topic must be available for advising 9 credits need to be taken from Christian Formation & Discipleship Concentration	20 credits
Total		64 credits

Options for the customized course of study include, among others, such areas as:

    Family life education
    Youth, young adults, and adult research
    Spiritual nurture of children
    Spiritual nurture of youth and young adults
    Campus ministry research
    Campus spiritual leadership
    History of education
    Church music and worship
    Educational philosophy
    Formal/non-formal learning
    Holistic education/physical education
    Intercultural studies/world religions
    Lifespan Education
    Discipleship and transformation