Dissertation Advising

Catalog description

The ES-PhD program is a research degree that is founded upon careful planning, conducting, and completing a significant interdisciplinary environmental studies research project that leads to the completion of a dissertation. Each term the student is required to work with the course instructor (their Dissertation Advisor) during their progress in planning, conducting, and completing their dissertation research. Their work with their Dissertation Advisor can include: 1) planning their Learning Domain courses, 2) choosing their dissertation committee members, 3) developing and defending their dissertation proposal, 4) finalizing dissertation research methodology, 5) completing the IRB process 6) identifying research site(s), 7) conducting their field research and data collection, 8) reviewing research results, 9) writing their dissertation, 10) defending their dissertation, and 11) formal depositing of their dissertation. The instructor (Dissertation Advisor) will assess the student’s work as either “Pass” or “No Pass.” For the student to receive a “Pass” they will need to demonstrate satisfactory progress in one or more of these areas as described in more detail in the ES-PhD Doctoral Student Handbook.