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DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE PROGRAM

Requires a Bachelor’s Degree, a Master’s Degree, Plus 60 Credit Hours of Doctoral Study

Materials for each course in this program consist of either a series of audio lectures, a textbook, or a
workbook. Students are required to listen to the audio lectures, to read the textbook, and to answer the
questions prepared for each course. Answer sheets are provided for that purpose. This process may
require listening to the audio or reading the textbook several times. Students are then required to
prepare an outline of the contents of each audio lesson, or each chapter in the textbook. In addition,
students are required to write an eleven paragraph essay describing nine points of the book or audio
course that spoke to them. Also, students are required to read an ADDITIONAL book that is related to
the subject matter being taught and to prepare a twelve-page book report of that ADDITIONAL
book. All Outlines, Essays, and Book Reports are to be written as per the required format provided in
the appendix of this catalog.

For each course of the Doctorate Degree Program the Test will comprise 40%, the Outlines will
comprise 10%, the Essays will comprise 20%, and the Book Report will comprise 30% of the course
grade. All scores will be averaged together for one grade

In addition to the required course of study, all students receiving a Doctor of Philosophy Degree must
submit a dissertation in MLA form of no less than one-hundred (100), and no more than one-
hundred twenty-five (125) typewritten (double-spaced) pages with fifteen outside resources on a
subject that has been pre-approved by the Academic Dean.

NOTE: A student cannot begin studies in a new course unless all requirements for the
previous course have been completed and submitted.

Special Note: If a student is changing his or her field of study from a Master’s degree
to a Doctorate, he or she will have to take additional courses to ensure
competency in the new field of study. If a student has not taken,
The Gifts and The Calling of God, he or she must take this course in addition
to any other requirements for a degree.

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