Dissertation Proposal

To be filed at the same time or soon after the Defense of the Dissertation Proposal.
The defense of the dissertation proposal is a major landmark in a doctoral student’s career. The dissertation proposal presents the research questions, hypotheses, or models that are to be examined in the dissertation research, includes a thorough and critical review of the relevant literature, and specifies the methodology that will be used to examine the research questions, hypotheses or models. The approval of the dissertation proposal by the Dissertation Advisory Committee signifies the committee’s general acceptance of the research questions, hypotheses, or models as well as the methodology.

Completion Date: Summer Quarter, 3rd year