Dissertation Proposal Seminar

.5 credits · Graduate School

The aim of the course is for third-year PhD students to make progress towards developing an original dissertation project with a clear motivation, conceptual framework, and contribution to the field. Students will review prior dissertations and share and receive peer feedback on memos that outline key sections of their dissertation proposal. By the end of the course, students will be familiar with dissertation expectations and have drafted the beginning sections of their dissertation proposal [.5].