Dissertation Research I

Catalog description

This course is a student’s first phase of data gathering for their project via their unique methodological framework, guided by feedback from the student’s specialized team of advisors. Students are now familiar with existing research in their respective fields but since the course is interdisciplinary by nature (Example: students are working to expand the edges of their field by questioning normative limitations), Dissertation Research I serves as the beginning of the integration of new creative insights into the existing methodologies. It builds on the research from Dissertation Methods II, and expands it with an expectation that the student will begin actively producing original research. Dissertation Research I establishes the architectural framework of the dissertation document that will be foundational to each student's project.