The Doctor of Ministry is comprised of four interrelated components:

Coursework

Professional Components (2-day intensives)

Project in Ministry

Professional Paper

The program is currently designed so that students may complete the professional components and two required courses - Interpretation and the Writing Seminar - during the month of January, as part of our CTS "J-Term."

The six other classes may be taken during the fall or spring semester, during J-Terms or summer intensives.

Please note: Courses offered on the semester system and in the intensive format by other seminaries in the Association for Chicago Theological Schools (ACTS) are also available to CTS students, providing a wide and flexible range of options for completing a Doctor of Ministry as a full or part-time student.

To discuss your particular focus and to assess what available CTS electives would be best suited to your individual course of study, contact the Director of Admissions.

Doctor of Ministry requirements include:
•	Two-day Orientation Intensive	Next scheduled: September 2-3, 2004 or Fall 2005
•	Two-day Methods Intensive	Next scheduled: January 27-28, 2005 or Fall 2005
•	Interpretation	One-week course offered during J-Term
•	Coursework	6 courses, up to 3 of which may be taken at other ACTS seminaries
•	Final Project Proposal	Submitted upon completion of Interpretation and Methods Intensive
•	Project in Ministry
•	Draft Professional Paper	Due to your advisor by early November of the year in which you intend to graduate
•	Writing Seminar	One week course offered during J-Term, during which Professional Paper is completed; taken the year in which you expect to graduate
•	Examination	Oral exam scheduled with two (2) examiners
•	Graduation