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Duke University 1999-2000 Divinity School PDFTEST.FM Page 1 Monday, April 26, 1999 12:16 PM bulletin of Duke University 1999-2000 Divinity School Black spot plate The Mission of Duke University The founding Indenture of Duke University directed the members of the university to "develop our resources, increase our wisdom, and promote human happiness." To these ends, the mission of Duke University is to provide a superior liberal education to undergraduate students, attending not only to their intellectual growth but also to their development as adults committed to high ethical standards and full participation as leaders in their communities; to prepare future members of the learned professions for lives of skilled and ethical service by providing excellent graduate and professional education; to advance the frontiers of knowledge and contribute boldly to the international community of scholarship; to foster health and well-being through medical research and patient care; and to promote a sincere spirit of tolerance, a sense of the obligations and rewards of citizenship, and a commitment to learning, freedom, and truth. By pursuing these objectives with vision and integrity, Duke University seeks to engage the mind, elevate the spirit, and stimulate the best effort of all who are associated with the university; to contribute in diverse ways to the local community, the state, the nation, and the world; and to attain and maintain a place of real leadership in all that we do. 1 EDITOR Judith Smith PUBLICATIONS COORDINATOR Rob Hirtz DIVINITY SCHOOL LIAISONS Carter Askren, Director of Communications Elisabeth C. Stagg, Associate Director of Communications STAFF SPECIALIST: COURSE CATALOG MASTER Margaret R. Sims PHOTOGRAPHS Bruce Feeley Chris Hildreth Kathryn Ruth Self Les Todd Jimmy Wallace Yale University Photography The information in the bulletin applies to the academic year 1999-2000 and is accurate and current, to the best of our knowledge, as of March 1999. The university reserves the right to change programs of study, academic requirements, lecturers, teaching staffs, the announced university calendar, and other matters described in the bulletin without prior notice, in accordance with established procedures. Duke University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, handicap, sexual orientation or preference, gender, or age in the administration of educational policies, admission policies, financial aid, employment, or any other university program or activity. It admits qualified students to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students. Duke University recognizes and utilizes electronic mail as a medium for official communications. The university provides all students with e-mail accounts as well as access to e-mail services from public clusters if students do not have personal computers of their own. All students are expected to access their e-mail accounts on a regular basis to check for and respond as necessary to such communications, just as they currently do with paper/ postal service mail. For further information about the Divinity School, call (919) 660-3436. Information that the university is required to make available under the Student Right to Know and Campus Security Acts may be obtained from the Office of University Relations at 684-2823 or in writing at 615 Chapel Drive, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708. For information concerning Duke University’s alcohol and drug policies, please refer to the Bulletin of Information and Regulations. Volume 71 May 1999 Number 5A The Bulletin of Duke University (USPS 073-680) is published by Duke University, Duke Station, Durham, North Carolina 27708 as follows: monthly May; semimonthly March, April, June, and August; thrice-monthly September. Periodical rate paid at Durham, North Carolina. 2 Contents Calendar 4 University Administration 6 General Information 12 History 13 The Role of the Divinity School 14 The Relation of the Divinity School to Duke University 14 Library Resources 14 Faculty 18 Admissions 30 Student Life 38 Corporate Worship 39 Student Activities and Organizations 39 Living Accommodations 42 Student Health 43 Motor Vehicles 44 Financial Information 46 Fees and Expenses 47 Student Financial Aid 48 Field Education 66 International Programs 70 Black Church Affairs 74 Continuing Education 76 The Center for Continuing Education 77 Additional Study Opportunities 80 Curriculum 84 Degree Programs 85 Doctoral Studies Accredited by the Graduate School 85 The Basic Theological Degree-Master of Divinity 88 The Master in Church Ministries Degree 94 The Master of Theological Studies Degree 96 The Master of Theology Degree 97 Duke Summer Session 98 Courses of Instruction 101 Appendices 126 3 Academic Calendar of the Duke Divinity School Fall 1999 August 8 Summer Assignments conclude 12 Summer Term II ends 15-23 Project Bri(ddd)ge 16 All Final Reviews due 23 Field Education Placement Interviews begin (new students interviews 8/30) 24 Orientation program for MTS students 25-27 Orientation for all new students begins 26 Advising for New Students 30 Fall semester classes begin Drop/Add period begins September 1 Divinity School Opening Convocation (Duke Chapel) 6 Labor Day – Classes are in session 8 (noon) Honor Code Lecture 10 Last day for Field Ed. applications Drop/Add period ends 17 Field Ed. Orientation – academic year 20 Field Ed. Assignments begin – academic year October 1 Deadline for Field Ed. Evaluations 1- 2 Board of Visitors 8 Fall Recess begins 11-13 Convocation and Pastors’ School 13 Fall Recess ends, Classes resume 25 Field Ed. Learning-Serving covenants due 27 Registration for Spring 2000 semester November 19 Registration for Spring semester ends 20 Drop/Add period begins Last Day to withdraw with “W” 24 Thanksgiving Recess begins 29 Classes resume at 8:00am December 9 Fall semester classes end at 9:30p.m. 10 Reading Day 14 Final Examinations begin 17 Final Examinations end Spring 2000 January 11 Orientation for new students begins Registration for new/returning students 12 Spring semester classes begin Drop/Add begins 4 Calendar 17 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Rescheduled classes on January 12 24 Midterm Field Ed. Reviews due 26 Drop/Add ends February 1 Deadline for incompletes taken in Fall semester 1999 14 Deadline for Field Ed. Summer applications 21 Deadline for Church/Agency applications March 10 Spring recess begins at 7:00p.m. 10-11 Board of Visitors 20 Classes resume at 12:00noon 22 Deadline for Field Ed. Student initiated Summer placements 29 Registration for fall 2000 semester begins April 1 Last date to withdraw with “W” 14 Registration for Fall semester ends 15 Drop/Add begins 20-21 Maundy Thursday, Good Friday Classes do not meet. 24 Deadline for Field Ed. Final Review 26 Divinity School Closing Convocation Duke University Chapel Spring semester classes end at 7:00p.m. 27-28 Reading days May 1 Final examinations begin 5 Final examinations end 13 Divinity School baccalaureate Duke University Chapel – 6:30 p.m. 14 Commencement exercises; Wallace Wade Stadium–10:00 a.m. 12 week Field Ed. assignments begin 28 10 week Field Ed. assignments begin Calendar 5 University Administration GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Nannerl Overholser Keohane, Ph.D., President John W. Strohbehn, Ph.D, Provost Ralph Snyderman, M.D., Chancellor for Health Affairs, Executive Dean, School of Medicine; President and Chief Executive Officer, Duke University Health Systems, Inc. Tallman Trask III, M.B.A., Ph.D., Executive Vice-President Eugene J. McDonald, LL.M., Executive Vice-President—Asset Management John F. Burness, A.B., Senior Vice-President for Public Affairs John J. Piva, Jr., B.A., Senior Vice-President for Alumni Affairs and Development Charles E. Putman, M.D., Senior Vice-President for Research Administration and Policy Myrna C. Adams, J.D., Vice-President for Institutional Equity H. Clint Davidson, M.B.A., Vice-President for Human Resources Janet Smith Dickerson, M.Ed., Vice-President for Student Affairs Robert S. Shepard, Ph.D., Vice-President for University Development Joseph S. Beyel, M.S., Vice-Chancellor for Medical CenterDevelopment and Alumni Affairs William J. Donelan, B.A., M.S., Vice-Chancellor for Medical Center Administration and Chief Financial Officer Edward W. Holmes, M.D., Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean, School of Medicine Michael Israel, A.B., M.P.H., Vice-Chancellor for Health Affairs, Chief Executive Officer, Duke University Hospital Jean Gaillard Spaulding, M.D., Vice-Chancellor for Health Affairs Alvis R. Swinney, B.S., M.P.H., Vice-Chancellor for Medical Center Business Development and Marketing David B. Adcock, J.D., University Counsel N. Allison Haltom, A.B., University Secretary William H. Willimon, M.Div., S.T.D., Dean of the Chapel Joseph L Alleva, M.B.A., Director of Athletics Divinity School Administration EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION L. Gregory Jones (1997), M.P.A., M.Div., Ph.D., Dean of the Divinity School Willie J. Jennings (1986), M.Div., Ph.D., Associate Dean for Academic Programs Janice A. Virtue (1998), M.B.A., M.Div., Associate Dean for Continuing Education and Strategic Planning Wesley F. Brown (1981), M.Div., Associate Dean for External Relations B. Maurice Ritchie (1973), B.D., Th.M., Associate Dean for Student Life and Field Education Gregory F. Duncan (1988), M. Div., Director of Admissions and Student Life Tracy Anne Allred (1998), M.Div., Assistant Director of Admissions Carter S. Askren (1988), M.T.S., Director of Communications Elisabeth C. Stagg (1998), M.A., Associate Director of Communications Sandra K. McNutt (1996), M.Div., Director of Development Sarah W. Pickens (1998), B.A., Assistant Director of Development and Director of the Annual Fund Charlotte Núñez-Wolff (1999), B.A., Director of General Administration and Finance Carolyn Lucas (1999), M.Div., Chaplain Deirdre Gordon (1999), B.S., Coordinator of Continuing Education Programs Division of Special Programs Jackson W. Carroll (1993), B.D., Ph.D., D.D., Director of the J. M. Ormond Center for Research, Planning, and Development Richard P.
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