A course designed to develop research skills in the development and approval of a dissertation prospectus/proposal. Students will write and secure approval of a PhD prospectus/proposal outlining chapter by chapter content summation in alignment with a thesis statement and a comprehensive approach to research and writing. The dissertation prospectus/proposal must be approved prior to beginning dissertation writing, which will take place within the course once the prospectus/proposal is approved.

Registration Restrictions: Program Director Approval

Offered: Resident

Prerequisite: DISS 987

A course designed as a continuation of DISS 987. This course is the second step of dissertation research and writing. Under the guidance of the dissertation chair and committee members, students will research and write chapters to add to the prospectus and materials from DISS 987.

Registration Restrictions: Program Director Approval

Offered: Resident

A course designed as the final step for dissertation research and writing prior to the dissertation defense. Under the guidance of the dissertation chair and committee members, students will research and write chapters to complete the dissertation and to prepare for the final defense in DISS 990.

Registration Restrictions: Program Director Approval and Admission to the PhD Biblical Studies, PhD Theological Studies, or PhD Theology and Apologetics degree

Offered: Resident

Prerequisite: DISS 989

DISS 990 facilitates the oral defense for a PhD in Theology and Apologetics candidate who has completed the dissertation under their supervisory team and is ready to defend their research and results.

Registration Restrictions: DISS 989, Approval of Program Director, and Enrollment in the Ph.D. in Biblical Studies, Ph.D. in Theology and Apologetics, or the Ph.D. in Theological Studies

Offered: Resident