Doctor of Philosophy in Intercultural Studies

Following their Core courses, PhD ICS students will choose between two tracks: Missiological Studies or Christian Relief and Development. Each track involves 12 credits (three courses) of study in a specialized area.

Missiological Studies Track

Christian Relief and Development Track

Students will select three classes from the available Elective courses to deepen their study of specific topics.

One elective course in Area Studies is required.

The other two electives may be chosen from the following:

In preparation for the dissertation the student will enroll in three four-credit dissertation research tutorial courses designed to facilitate the research required for the proposed dissertation. The dissertation  proposal  will  identify  where each dissertation  research course corresponds within the research design of the proposal. The tutorials will focus either on a review of the literature to provide the theoretical or theological foundation for the proposed research or after a brief review of precedent literature, the substance of the tutorial will be the student's own primary research and analysis. For each course the student will present a research tutorial contract proposal to the assigned mentor for approval which includes research objectives, a literature  review  and  research methodology. Once the research tutorial contract  proposal  is approved,  the student will execute the research and report the findings in a format like a dissertation. The content of the dissertation research courses should reflect the multi-disciplinary nature of intercultural studies. (An approved dissertation proposal is required to enroll in these courses.}