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Cook School of Intercultural Studies Department of Intercultural Studies: Doctor of Missiology D.MISS. COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS SECTION 5.7 D.MISS. COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS All students must pass the comprehensive exams before beginning dissertation writing. The content of the examinations is drawn primarily from core courses, individual student research and a core bibliography of resources that should be mastered by all D.Miss. students. The content of these examinations is based upon the core course requirements and a comprehensive bibliography covering all areas of missiology. Each student is responsible for all materials on the comprehensive bibliographies and core courses covered in the D.Miss. program. Check with the program director for updated bibliographies. The questions on the exams are integrative in nature rather than testing recitation of specific knowledge of a particular course. Sample questions are available, which will assist you in preparing for the comprehensive exams. These may help you think about how to integrate your reading materials around specific issues germane to the subjects under examination. When preparing for the D.Miss. comprehensives keep the following questions in mind: 1. What is the history of the topic under discussion? 2. How has the topic evolved over time? 3. Who are the major proponents (cite)? • What theories drive their conclusions? • What contributions did they make? 4. Who are the major opponents (cite)? • What theories drive their conclusions? • What contributions did they make? 5. How do you view this topic? All students will take seven comprehensive exams, at two hours for each. These include: Part One 1) Anthropological Theory 2) Spiritual Warfare 3) Leadership & Followership 4) Church Planting or Church Growth or Translation. Part Two 5) History of Mission 6) Crosscultural Education or Narrative 7) Dissertation Area of Specialization (question provided by mentor upon reception of proposal submitted through Research Design (see below). Students will submit a proposal from the Research Design course that includes a weighty bibliography. Date: November 2008 Page 1 of 3
Cook School of Intercultural Studies Department of Intercultural Studies: Doctor of Missiology D.MISS. COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS SECTION 5.7 A select committee of the faculty reads the exams, with at least two persons reading each exam. If the student should fail to pass any question on the examination and the overall examination is deemed weak, he/she automatically fails the examination and will be required to respond to new questions at the next appointed comprehensive examination date. The student may only re-take the examination once more. Failure of one question with satisfactory responses to the other questions will necessitate a plan to resubmit a satisfactory response to the question either in the form of another examination or submission of a paper that demonstrates the student’s grasp of the content of the field. Students are advised that retaking comprehensive examinations is a discretionary privilege that may not be granted if, in the estimation of faculty, the student manifests little likelihood of successfully completing the requirement. In such cases, the alternative may be termination of the student’s continuance in the program. Once all the comprehensive exams are successfully completed, the student is cleared to begin the dissertation process. Resident Student Procedures Normally, resident students will take the annual comprehensive exams over a two-week period on a Friday in November or May. If a student wishes to take the examinations during the summer or at another time, he/she must inform the Director of the D.Miss. program so that arrangements may be made. 1. During the first week, four exams are taken in one day, at two hours for each. 2. During the second week, three exams are taken in one day, at two hours for each. 3. Normal scheduled exam times (subject to change) are as follows: 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m., 3:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m. The examination must be completed in printed form. You will use a campus computer assigned to you for the exam (personal computers are not allowed). You may bring a flashdrive to save your work. Help of any kind (books, notes, articles, computer files, etc.) is not permitted while taking the exams. You will submit, in total, seven separate exams, and return the exam questions back to the proctor. Date: November 2008 Page 2 of 3
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