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EDCI 8380 & EDCI 8690

Phases of Dissertation

Goals and Objectives

Dissertation Syllabus

You will...

01.

01.

Topics and Methods Building

determine your topic and methods that will guide your dissertation.

Skills Needed

02.

Course Materials

Grading/Credit

02.

Framework and Literature Review Beginnings

follow a process for finding literature on your topic and methodology to initiate a draft.

This course does not award a grade, but a completion status.

  • "Pass" = complete at least 2 milestones.
  • "Incomplete" = less than 2 milestones.
  • "Fail" = no progress, no milestones

This course is divided into 8 phases or modules.

This course does not require books. Materials and tools will be linked in the course as you need them.

03.

03.

Literature and Methodology Refinement

01.

extend your research and methodology with additional sources.

Time Management

04.

04.

LItrature Extension and Introduction

02.

develop and refine the first three chapters of your dissertation.

Resilience

05.

05.

The Proposal Defense

03.

prepare your proposal defense to present to your dissertation committee.

Attendance/Checkpoints

Communication

06.

Organization

The Study in Action

04.

06.

Use UTRGV email for questions or concerns: leticia.deleon@utrgv.edu

  • Emails will be answered by 9:00 am or by 5:00 pm., Monday-Friday.
  • Emails sent on weekends will be answered on Monday.

07.

Your attendance in this course is based on checkpoint appointments you make.At least 3 are required.Checkpoint appointments use Microsoft Booking.

collect data in your study setting.

Critial Thinking

07.

Results and Conclusions

05.

determine what your data reveals about your study.

08.

Analytic Skills

Dissertation Defense

08.

06.

prepare your dissertation defense to present to your dissertation committee.

Organization

Office Hours

AI Ethical Use

Office hours can be booked on the following days and times:

  • Tuesday: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
  • Wednesday: 10:00 am to 11:00 am
  • Thursday: 10:00 am to 11:00 am; 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Please note that if someone else takes a time slot, it will not appear as an option.

This course uses AI for some of the phases of the dissertation. You are allowed to use it only within those parameters. Information generated from AI and used word for word and without citation is considered unethical.