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DMR - RESEARCH COURSES DMR-801 Research Methods & Strategies – Developing Ministry through Research (3 hrs; required for all students) This seminar is designed to assist students in developing their D.Min. project and thesis. It will assist students in developing the project title paper and proposal, finding and evaluating available resources, designing the project, evaluating the results, and writing the thesis. The development of the thesis will be presented and its various chapters explained. Topics include quantitative and qualitative research, sampling, library research, developing operational definitions and instructional objectives, administering tests, conducting surveys, and guidelines for writing. This course must be taken as one of the last two seminars. Required prerequisites for Leadership track DMR-802 and DMR-806. DMR-802 Ministry Evaluation Learning Contract (1 hr) This learning contract helps students evaluate their ministry (strengths and weaknesses) through the eyes of their people in order to determine what project and thesis might strengthen their ministry. Deciding what to do for a project is very difficult without knowing what is needed in ministry. Learning from others makes it much easier. Prerequisite to DMR-806. DMR-806 Thinking Systems in Ministry Learning Contract (1 hr) To understand a church or organization it is necessary to see it as a system rather than a collection of individuals. Students will learn to "think systems" in order to discover the systemic structures at work within their church or organization, understand the complex interactions that occur among elements of the system, and identify possible points of intervention to bring change. Prerequisite DMR-802. Leadership track prerequisite to DMR-801. DMR-890 Studies in Project & Thesis (no credit) This week long workshop is occasionally offered for those who are struggling with their project and thesis. DMR-901 Project & Thesis (4 hrs) This summative project enables students to make a significant contribution to ministry. Their thesis records the research done to address a significant need in their ministry. Their project is focused on addressing that need, and is based upon the research. This initial registration is for four of the seven hrs of credit. (Students must register in the term following their last seminar.) DMR-902 Project & Thesis Continuation (no credit) Each subsequent term after students have registered for their project and thesis (through the final term of their sixth program year), they must register that they are continuing to work on their project and thesis and pay a continuation fee of $250. This non-credit continuation allows students who have registered for the project and thesis (DMR-901) to continue to be active in the program. Students must register the term following DMR-901 and every term thereafter until the end of their sixth program year or the term in which they will graduate. If the graduation term falls before the end of their sixth program year, students will register for DMR-904 in the final term. Students who have not graduated by the end of the sixth program year must request a program extension and, if granted, will then register for DMR-903 Extended Continuation, until the term prior to their graduation. Consecutive enrollment is required. Page 19