Dissertation Preparation

This course will provide guidance for the student who is beginning to plan their dissertation. Through seminars, interactive exercises, and group supervision, students will generate and develop research questions and hypotheses, begin a preliminary literature review, develop their methodology, and begin writing their proposal and IRB protocol. Through a process of two-way interviews, they will also select a dissertation chair and committee members. At the end of this course, students will submit their formal dissertation proposal for approval.