This is an intensive eight-week Seminar that includes both an online course-room and a face-to-face weekend residency
experience. Learners interact with peers and faculty as they participate in
online course-room and weekend residency activities that emphasize applying the
research skills necessary to develop a research question and to select an
appropriate dissertation topics, conducting preliminary literature review on the topic, and developing initial research proposals. In Track 2, learners complete PhD Dissertation
Milestone 2 (Topic Approval). Following the weekend residency experience,
learners complete a final assessment that demonstrates Track 2 learning
outcomes.
Learning Outcomes
- Refine research topic in track 1 for approval
- Conducting literature review to support topic approval
- Developing initial research proposals for consideration