ED 960 - Dissertation Advisement 1: Literature Review

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This course serves as the introductory class in the doctoral dissertation writing process that will assist the student in defining the dissertation, research goals, research guiding questions and testing models. The course will explore the Doctoral Dissertation requirements of the Graduate School and the COE Doctoral Program. The student will begin the process of selecting and refining a topic, construct a problem statement, speak to theories and gaps in theories, develop questions to be answered and a rough draft of his/her research described through a review of the literature. The goal of the course is to have the start to a quality literature review, and have the literature review approved by the dissertation chair by the end of the course. Prerequisite(s): Approval of adviser