Dissertation

Catalog description

The dissertation is a comprehensive document that is an original contribution and one that advances theory, research, and practice in the global security discipline. It is written under the direction of the dissertation committee and students must be enrolled in the dissertation course to proceed to this stage. All program requirements and the proposal defense must be successfully completed before beginning the dissertation. This course is a 16-week course. Students must continuously enroll in the course until successful completion of the oral dissertation proposal defense and full dissertation and corresponding oral defense. Refer to the dissertation guidelines in the Dissertation Manual. (Prerequisite: DOCT894)