Writing the Dissertation Prospectus

Catalog description

To be taken concurrently with PSYC-8901. This required course is the first of two sequential workshops where students actively engage in writing their Prospectus document. In the service of composing a solid research inquiry, the course offers specific benchmarks for proposal chapters, teaches effective rhetorical strategies, embodies best practices in dissertation writing, and asks students to consider their discourse community. Students should schedule their first dissertation committee meeting soon after the end of this course.