Christian Leadership (Ph.D.) - Ministry Leadership
Important: This degree plan is effective for those starting this degree program in fall 2024 through summer 2025. This degree plan will remain in effect for students who do not break enrollment or who do not change degree programs, concentrations, or cognates.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| CLED 700 | Biblical & Theological Foundations of Leadership | 3 |
| CLED 720 | Biblical & Theological Foundations of Education | 3 |
| CLED 800 | Theological Anthropology in Leadership & Education | 3 |
| CLED 815 | Character & Ethics in Leadership & Education | 3 |
| CLED 820 | Leadership and Management Theory | 3 |
| CLED 835 | Organizational Theory and Development | 3 |
| CLED 845 | Group and Team Dynamics: Theory and Practice in Leadership | 3 |
| CLED 855 | Teaching & Learning: Theory & Practice in Leadership | 3 |
| Total Hours | 24 | |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Ministry Leadership Cognate | ||
| CLED 715 | Ecologies of Christian Formation | 3 |
| CLED 780 | Change, Power, and Conflict in Leadership | 3 |
| Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
| Leadership & Cultural Contextualization | ||
| Trends & Issues of Contemporary Leadership | ||
| Total Hours | 9 | |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Research Courses | ||
| CLED 730 | Research Methods for Christian Leadership I | 3 |
| CLED 770 | Research Methods for Christian Leadership II | 3 |
| CLED 805 | Research Methods for Christian Leadership III | 3 |
| CLED 830 | Research Methods for Christian Leadership IV | 3 |
| CLED 987 | Research Methods for Christian Leadership V | 5 |
| CLED 988 | Research Methods for Christian Leadership VI | 5 |
| CLED 989 | Dissertation Research & Writing 1 | 5 |
| CLED 990 | Dissertation Defense | 0 |
| Total Hours | 27 | |
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Students who are not ready for enrollment in CLED 990 after completing CLED 989 may be required, as determined by the student's dissertation chair, to repeat CLED 989 until deemed ready for enrollment in CLED 990.
All applicable prerequisites must be met
Graduation Requirements
- Complete 60 hours
- A maximum of 50% of a post-graduate and doctoral degree may be transferred if approved and allowable, including credit from an earned degree from Liberty University on the same academic level
- 3.0 GPA
- No grades lower than B- may be applied to the degree
- Successful completion of Comprehensive Examination
- Successful defense of Prospectus and Dissertation
- Degree must be completed within 7 years
- Submission of Degree Completion Application must be completed within the last semester of a student’s anticipated graduation date
Program Offered in Online Format
| First Semester | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| CLED 700 | Biblical & Theological Foundations of Leadership | 3 |
| CLED 715 | Ecologies of Christian Formation | 3 |
| CLED 720 | Biblical & Theological Foundations of Education | 3 |
| CLED 745 or CLED 765 |
Leadership & Cultural Contextualization or Trends & Issues of Contemporary Leadership |
3 |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CLED 730 | Research Methods for Christian Leadership I | 3 |
| CLED 770 | Research Methods for Christian Leadership II | 3 |
| CLED 780 | Change, Power, and Conflict in Leadership | 3 |
| CLED 800 | Theological Anthropology in Leadership & Education | 3 |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Third Semester | ||
| CLED 805 | Research Methods for Christian Leadership III | 3 |
| CLED 815 | Character & Ethics in Leadership & Education | 3 |
| CLED 820 | Leadership and Management Theory | 3 |
| CLED 830 | Research Methods for Christian Leadership IV | 3 |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| CLED 835 | Organizational Theory and Development | 3 |
| CLED 845 | Group and Team Dynamics: Theory and Practice in Leadership | 3 |
| CLED 855 | Teaching & Learning: Theory & Practice in Leadership | 3 |
| Hours | 9 | |
| Fifth Semester | ||
| CLED 987 | Research Methods for Christian Leadership V | 5 |
| Hours | 5 | |
| Sixth Semester | ||
| CLED 988 | Research Methods for Christian Leadership VI | 5 |
| Hours | 5 | |
| Seventh Semester | ||
| CLED 989 | Dissertation Research & Writing 1 | 5 |
| Hours | 5 | |
| Eighth Semester | ||
| CLED 990 | Dissertation Defense | 0 |
| Hours | 0 | |
| Total Hours | 60 | |