Coursework
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Course Work Overview
During the first two years of the program, students participate in three sets of courses over six modules:
- Research courses: DMIN 513, 523, 533, 543
- Customized courses: DMIN 516, 526, 536, 546
- Len Sweet's courses: DMIN 517, 527, 528, 537, 547, 548
The table below outlines the course sequence for the program:
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Year One Fall Semester — Personal Leadership Formation (6 hours) |
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Orientation advance |
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DMIN 513 Introduction to Research and Resources |
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DMIN 516 Contours of Leadership in Emerging Culture - The Nature of Semiotics and Future Studies |
3 |
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DMIN 517 Engaging Leadership Concepts - Semiotics in Historical Perspective |
2 |
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Spring Semester — Dynamics of Leadership (6 hours) |
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DMIN 526 Vision and Voice in Postmodern Culture - Missional Concerns Concentration I |
3 |
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DMIN 527 Developing Leadership Strategies - Missional Concerns in Theological Perspective |
3 |
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Summer Semester — Leadership and Personal Spiritual Formation (4 hours) |
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DMIN 523 Developing a Topic for Research |
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DMIN 528 Spirituality and Leadership (includes June Advance) - Relational Concerns Sociological Perspective |
3 |
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Year Two Fall Semester — Leadership in Global and Local Perspectives (6 hours) |
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DMIN 533 Designing a Research Model |
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DMIN 536 Leadership in Cross-Cultural Perspective - Relational Concern Concentration II |
3 |
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DMIN 537 Thinking Globally and Leading Locally - Church, World & Culture |
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Spring Semester — Leadership in Theological and Practical Perspectives (6 hours) |
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DMIN 546 Theology and Practice of Leadership in the Emerging Culture - Incarnational Concern Concentration III |
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DMIN 547 Distilling a Dream for Leadership in the Emerging Culture - The Nature and Art of MRI Leadership |
3 |
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Summer Semester — Leadership and Community Spiritual Formation (4 hours) |
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DMIN 543 Writing the Dissertation |
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DMIN 548 Spiritual Leadership in Christian Community (includes June Advance) - Geography of Personhood: Remapping as followership |
3 |
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Year Three Fall Semester |
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DMIN 550 Dissertation |
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Spring Semester |
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DMIN 555 Dissertation (non-credit continuation billed at 1 hour) |
Learn more: Explore the course descriptions in the university catalog
Research Courses
The research courses prepare students for the dissertation phase of the program by helping them gain greater competence in information literacy - the art of knowing when one needs information, where to get it, how to access and evaluate it, and how to incorporate that information into one’s work. Students meet face to face for the first two days of each advance for DMIN 513, 523 and 543.
Customized Courses
The customized courses are designed to give students greater flexibility to pursue subjects of interest to them. Students are assigned a faculty advisor during the orientation advance who oversees and evaluates their work in these courses. The customized courses include three major elements:
- Learning Plans: Written up at the beginning of the module and approved by their faculty advisor, students propose a course of study for each module that includes a reading pool, conference and essay thesis.
- Conferences: Students attend a conference for modules 01, 02, 03 and 04 appropriate to their topic of study. Faculty advisor approval is required.
Listed below are a sample of conferences that students have attended in the past. Students are not required to participate in any of these conferences.
- Essays: All learning experiences for each module are synthesized in a 4,000-word essay at the end of semester.
Courses Taught by the Lead Mentor
Len Sweet's courses are characterized by directed reading and self-organizing interaction. Following Len's lead, students explore various aspects of leadership in the emerging culture. Len's courses normally include the following elements:
- Reading: Len provides a reading list and schedule of books, articles and websites for students to explore and discuss.
- Asynchronous discussion: Students meet weekly in an asynchornous chat forum to discuss the assigned course materials.
- Chat: Students meet once a week for synchronous chat. Len faciliates the discussion.
- Advances: As a part of DMIN 517, DMIN 528, and DMIN 548, Wednesday through Friday of the advances, students meet face to face with Len.