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135 FC 1103 Obstacles and Opportunities in Ministry and Mission This final core course addresses a number of current obstacles and opportunities facing ministry practitioners in a variety of ministry contexts. Students begin to identify/define specific issues within their own ministry setting that they may want to address and/or use for the doctoral-level thesis. Students will be exposed to various models for doing research and will begin to construct a literature review for their doctoral thesis that is firmly grounded in their biblical and theological convictions. Prerequisite: FC 1101 Biblical and Theological Reflection on the Practice of Ministry and FC 1102 Relational and Vocational Foundations. Three hours. THESIS (REQUIRED) DT 1101 Thesis The program concludes with the completion of a professional doctoral-level thesis which includes a project. All previously taken seminars are a part of the preparation for the thesis. Early in the doctoral program, students will identify a problem, challenge, opportunity, or topic that needs to be addressed in their ministry setting, determine what specifically needs to be changed or achieved, and then design and conduct a project to address that need. The project demonstrates the student's ability to diagnose and address a ministry need in a manner that is both biblically and theologically grounded, is supported by the literature, and is relevant to the practice of ministry. The project requires the student to write a five chapter scholarly paper that introduces, develops, and assesses the effectiveness of the project. Four hours. DT 1102 Thesis Continuation Students who previously enrolled in DT1101 and are not ready to enroll in DT1104 will register for DT1102 each semester until they are either ready to enroll in DT1104 or complete the final semester of the fifth program year. Students who have not graduated by the end of the fifth program year must request a program extension and if granted, will then register for DT1103 Thesis Extended Continuation, until the term of graduation. Course is graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Two consecutive semesters of receiving an unsatisfactory grade and/or two consecutive semesters of not paying the continuation fee will result in withdrawal from the program. $250 fee per semester. Prerequisite: DT 1101 Thesis. No credit. DT 1103 Thesis Extended Continuation Students who have requested and been granted a program extension beyond the initial five program years must register for this course each term beginning with the first term of their sixth program year until ready to enroll in DT 1104. Course is graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Two consecutive semesters of receiving an unsatisfactory grade and/or two consecutive semesters of not paying the continuation fee will result in withdrawal from the program. $500 fee per semester. Prerequisite: DT 1101. No credit. DT 1104 Thesis Completion Students register for DT 1104 the term of thesis completion and graduation. Each student must also complete an application for graduation and submit it to the Registrar's office no later than the deadline noted on the form in order to graduate that semester. Course is graded pass/fail. Prerequisite: DT 1101. Three hours.