Dissertation Research and Writing

Catalog description

This course runs in eight-week segments to allow students to work directly with advisors to actively progress through dissertation milestones. Students are registered for this course three times to work through the dissertation components listed in the course objectives. Through the three-term enrollment, the dissertation research and writing course enables advisors to provide guidance and practical support for doctoral candidates in the various phases of the dissertation project with emphasis on refining the problem of practice and grounding the study, developing a dissertation proposal, completing the DBA Program Review Process, submitting an application to the JWU Institutional Review Board (IRB) for permission to conduct the study, completing any other ethical research practices and protocols in accordance with the protection of human subjects and informed consent procedures, piloting instruments for data collection (if applicable), conducting data collection for the approved study, transforming the dissertation proposal into chapter 1 and using the proposal to outline/develop the literature review (chapter 2) and the methodology (chapter 3) for the dissertation. Lastly, students analyze their data and report the findings. Workshops are provided on special topics related to data collection, instrument design and sampling strategies, as well as scholarly writing support and APA formatting/guidelines. The DBA Program and Dissertation Handbook should be referenced for specific dissertation information. A final dissertation course ( RSCH9010 ) guides students through chapter 5, final manuscript completion, and the dissertation defense.