This online course is designed to help students learn how to craft a DMin doctoral project proposal for a contextually applied ministry project (formally "ministry focus paper" or "final project"). It is NOT intended for students seeking approval to do a dissertation or training manual. 

DM710 will offer guidelines to identify a suitable topic and will familiarize the student with the DMin theological model and the related three primary components of the doctoral project (ministry context, theological reflection, and ministry strategy). The course content will include project examples and specific research tools for each of these three components. The student will become knowledgeable of the elements of the proposal itself, from thesis statement to bibliography, and learn how to identify both the characteristics of a strong proposal and the common problems in developing one. 

This course uses an online format, which is presented as a ten-week learning experience. It consists of required texts and learning modules; interaction with an online learning community; and, written assignments, culminating in the creation of a doctoral project proposal.