Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biblical Counseling
Program
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Program Rational
This
program is designed for the individual who desires to achieve
post-graduate level competency in the science and application of
Biblical Counseling. This is a degree designed for pastors and
practitioners of the ministry of Biblical Counseling.
This Ph.D.
degree provides each student with the opportunity to develop
expertise in Biblical Counseling under the tutoring and supervision
of senior academicians. The degree program will train, mentor
and guide the student in the acquisition of knowledge and skills
that will be of benefit to the evangelical community and will add
credibility to the understanding and dissemination of the science
and application of Biblical Counseling.
Admission Requirements
The applicant to the
Ph.D.
in Biblical Counseling program will have earned one of the following
degrees from an approved institution:
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A biblically oriented master's degree of not less than thirty (30)
semester credits.
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Or a Biblically oriented doctorate degree.
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In some cases, an individual having earned a master's degree in a
non-biblically oriented discipline may be considered if
strengthened by compensatory experience of not less than ten (10)
years in a pastoral or teaching ministry position.
The applicant must have adequate computer skills, have a personal
email account, and be comfortable with the use of the Internet,
including the use of a computer headset and microphone. The
applicant will have a personal telephone or cell phone number.
The applicant will have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus
Christ, and will be committed to the inerrancy and authority of the
Bible.
Certification
Completion of
the Ph.D. in Biblical Counseling degree meets the requirements by
which the graduate may apply for Biblical Counseling Certification
with
the
National Association
of Nouthetic Counselors , and the
International
Association of Biblical Counselors.
Program
Description
Ph.D. in Biblical Counseling
43 Credits Total
Orientation OLS-Ph.D.
Advanced Biblical Directionism Counseling II BD-802
Advanced Counseling Theology II AT-802
The
Philosophical Problem of Evil PE-801
Advanced Essentials in Biblical Counseling II AE-802
Advanced Biblical Directives for Pastors DP-801
Advanced
Spiritual Warfare ASW-801
Preparing Couples for a Biblically Based Marriage BBM-801
Counseling the Victims of Abortion AV-802
Personhood from a Biblical Perspective PH-802
Drugs, Mental Health and the Biblical Counselor DM-801
Practicum
Dissertation
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This
program is completed through non-residency directed study
using the Internet, email and file transfers. The
Orientation course is completed in a one-hour online live
meeting. During the course of the program, the student
may be given the option to substitute one or more of the
standard directed study courses for an online live seminar
course hosted through
Master's International School of
Divinity (seminar fees would apply).
Throughout the
program, the student will be able to keep in frequent
contact with tutors through telephone, email and live online
meetings.
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The Purpose of the Courses in This Program
Orientation OLS-Ph.D.
The purpose of this course is to help ensure that the
student will begin his or her study program at Master’s with the
basic information needed to move successfully toward graduation.
For this reason, this course is mandatory of all new students.
Advanced Biblical Directionism Counseling II BD-802
The purpose of this course is to
increase the doctoral student’s appreciation for the Bible as an
adequate handbook for the human mind, and to supply the student with
an executable system for using the Bible as a counseling model.
Advanced
Counseling Theology II AT-802
To further develop the doctoral
student’s understanding of the broader scope of topics in the
discipline of Systematic Theology and the relevance of these topics
to the work of biblical counseling.
The Philosophical Problem of Evil PE-801
The purpose of this course is to introduce and
explain the various options in Christian understandings of the
problem of evil, and to offer some suggestions for dealing with the
problem so that the student will be better equipped to defend the
coherence of Christian theism as a viable and tenable worldview
against the skeptic's objection to theism based on evil in the
world.
Advanced
Essentials in Biblical Counseling II AE-802
The purpose of this course is to further expand the
doctoral student’s understanding of the requisites of
multidimensional biblical (nouthetic) counseling. The student
will be encouraged to discover and recognize important differences
with other counseling theories and describe his or her relationship
to the biblical counseling model.
Advanced
Biblical Directives for Pastors DP-801
The purpose of this doctoral level course is to
further develop a foundation for the students to enable them to
identify those issues in themselves which are germane to the work
they do with others; to give the student an opportunity to
experience, first hand, the process of growth that future counselees
will need to experience for their own growth; to build an
appreciation for a disciplined approach to the sanctification
process; to allow the student to experience the application of the
Word of God to specific problems.
Advanced Spiritual Warfare ASW-801
The purpose of this course is to assist the doctoral
student to undertake a deeper and genuinely biblical study of
spiritual warfare within the context of the Christian life so that
they acquire an advance understanding regarding the nature of
spiritual warfare, and identify and describe strategies for
overcoming the enemy, and to develop the student’s ability to
summarize the nature of spiritual warfare and evaluate various
strategies for overcoming the enemy.
Preparing Couples for a Biblically Based Marriage BBM-801
This course will introduce the doctoral student to a
biblical approach to Marriage and Family counseling so that the
student will acquire the knowledge of the biblical conceptions of
family roles and interpersonal relationships, and be able to trace
the importance of these data and interpret them in terms of the
counseling process.
Counseling the Victims of Abortion AV-802
The purpose of this course is to
bring the student face-to-face with the literal realities concerning
all of the major issues related to post-abortion trauma for both a
woman and a man, and to prepare the student to become competent to
counsel the post-abortive using a proven biblical approach.
Personhood from a Biblical Perspective PH-802
The purpose of this course is to direct the student
to a Biblical foundation for understanding God’s idea for personal
self-awareness. To lead the student through a Biblical
assessment of the so-called “self-esteem” movement. To compare
and analyze the prevailing secular attitude regarding self-esteem
over against the Scriptural teachings related to these attitudes.
To prepare the student to deal with the issue of self-esteem within
a Biblical counseling regime.
Drugs, Mental Health and the Biblical Counselor DM-801
The purpose of this course is to increase the doctoral student’s
appreciation for the secular worldview of the mental health industry
in general and how those man-centered theories conflict with a
biblical worldview.
Practicum
This course will serve as the counseling program capstone for the
student who has completed all of the other academic requirements for
the Biblical Counseling degree program.
Dissertation
This is the final project for the Ph.D. student. The student will
have the opportunity to demonstrate subject matter expertise and
quality of scholarship. The subject matter is at the discretion of
the student but must be approved in advance by the senior tutor. The
dissertation should be not less than 20,000 and not more than 50,000
words and must follow accepted format for scholarly material. It
must include a summary of the discussion, proper bibliography and
citations.
Tuition and Fee Payment Schedule
Total tuition is $5,160 ($120 per unit). Required fees
are the graduation fee ($200) which
is not paid until near the completion of the program, and the
thesis/dissertation binding fee ($35 - $50 per copy) which is not
due until the submission of the approved final draft.
Tuition payments schedule:
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$500
to be paid within 30 days of notification of acceptance.
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The
remaining tuition balance of $4,660 is to be paid in 36 monthly
installments of $129 due not later than the 21st of each month
beginning the month following the payment of the initial $500
tuition installment.
Tuition payments cannot be paid in advance of the
above schedule. There are no tuition scholarships, discount
grants or other payment options for this program.
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If after enrollment, the student due to unforeseen circumstances
is unable to continue making tuition payments, he or she may seek
relief in the form of adjusted monthly payments. However, if
the student should find he or she is unable to continue making
tuition payments, the student may request withdrawal, and will not
be obligated to continue making tuition payments.
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All tuition paid is vested for a period of ten (10) years from the
date of the initial program registration, (with the exception of
that which is consumed by the completion of coursework), and
remains as a tuition reserve on the student’s record during that
period of time. Unconsumed tuition balances are considered
to be in the student’s TUITION RESERVE ACCOUNT, and remain vested
for ten (10) years from the date of the student’s initial program
registration. After ten years, the balance in the student’s
Tuition Reserve Account is forfeited, although at the discretion
of the Institution may be reinstated in the case of special
circumstance.
Due to the unique pricing structure of this degree program, there
are no tuition refund provisions.
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