Christian Leadership (Ph.D.) - Spiritual Formation

Christian Leadership (Ph.D.) - Spiritual Formation

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.

Core Courses
CLED 700Biblical & Theological Foundations of Leadership3
CLED 720Biblical & Theological Foundations of Education3
CLED 800Theological Anthropology in Leadership & Education3
CLED 815Character & Ethics in Leadership & Education3
CLED 820Leadership and Management Theory3
CLED 835Organizational Theory and Development3
CLED 845Group and Team Dynamics: Theory and Practice in Leadership3
CLED 855Teaching & Learning: Theory & Practice in Leadership3
Total Hours24
Spiritual Formation Cognate
CLED 715Ecologies of Christian Formation3
Choose two of the following:6
DSMN 850
Biblical Theology of Spiritual Formation
DSMN 860
History of Spiritual Formation
DSMN 870
Facilitation of Spiritual Formation
Total Hours9
Research Courses
CLED 730Research Methods for Christian Leadership I3
CLED 770Research Methods for Christian Leadership II3
CLED 805Research Methods for Christian Leadership III3
CLED 830Research Methods for Christian Leadership IV3
CLED 987Research Methods for Christian Leadership V5
CLED 988Research Methods for Christian Leadership VI5
CLED 989Dissertation Research & Writing 15
CLED 990Dissertation Defense0
Total Hours27
1

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

Plan of Study Grid
First SemesterHours
CLED 700 Biblical & Theological Foundations of Leadership 3
CLED 720 Biblical & Theological Foundations of Education 3
Elective 1 3
Elective 1 3
 Hours12
Second Semester
CLED 715 Ecologies of Christian Formation 3
CLED 730 Research Methods for Christian Leadership I 3
CLED 770 Research Methods for Christian Leadership II 3
CLED 800 Theological Anthropology in Leadership & Education 3
 Hours12
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
 Hours12
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
 Hours9
Fifth Semester
CLED 987 Research Methods for Christian Leadership V 5
 Hours5
Sixth Semester
CLED 988 Research Methods for Christian Leadership VI 5
 Hours5
Seventh Semester
CLED 989 Dissertation Research & Writing 1 5
 Hours5
Eighth Semester
CLED 990 Dissertation Defense 0
 Hours0
 Total Hours60
1

Choose from the following courses: DSMN 850, DSMN 860, or DSMN 870.

2

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.

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