Dissertation (Doctoral)

Students must submit an Application for Continuation in order to register for this course. Students will continue working on their dissertations and are responsible for meeting with their dissertation Chairperson to create a timeline with specific deliverables.

Students will continue working on their dissertations and are responsible for meeting with their dissertation Chairperson to create a timeline with specific deliverables.

Students will continue working on their dissertations and are responsible for meeting with their dissertation Chairperson to create a timeline with specific deliverables.

Students will continue working on their dissertations and are responsible for meeting with their dissertation Chairperson to create a timeline with specific deliverables.

During the three-unit course, students are expected to work closely with their Committee Chairperson to complete their committee formation and complete the full draft of the proposal. During this quarter, students should also have a proposal meeting and submit the approved proposal to Research Ethics Committee. There are also several milestones that are tracked by the Dissertation Office during this phase of the dissertation. Students should stay in touch with the Dissertation Office in order to make sure paperwork is up to date and accurately filed.

Students must meet with their Chairperson at the beginning of the quarter. During this quarter students will begin recruiting participants and begin data collection.

Students often get lost at this stage. Stay in touch with your Dissertation Chair to assure methods and data collection are on track.

Students should meet with their Dissertation Chair at the beginning of the quarter. Complete data analysis (if not completed in the previous quarter), organize the results, and begin writing the results chapter.

Working closely with the Dissertation Chair, students should write a draft of results and discussion chapters and get approval of the full draft of the dissertation from the Chair.

During the last Dissertation course students should have a full committee draft meeting and complete all dissertation steps. Students should stay in touch with the Dissertation Office to make sure paperwork is up to date and accurately filed. After successful completion of the Dissertation courses, the Dissertation Office notifies the Registrar that the students have completed all dissertation requirements. Academic requirements are reviewed and approved by the Program Chairperson. Completed dissertations must be copy edited by a professional editor. Suggested editors are listed on the Dissertation Office section of the Student Resources on the Sofia website.