EDU-DC730A: Mentoring: Preparing for the IRB

Credit Hours:
1
Estimated Hours Per Week:
5

Overview

This course focuses on finalizing each candidate’s dissertation committee and IRB requirements, and completing Chapter 1 of the dissertation proposal. Concurrently, candidates will be completing their internship in EDU803. The experiences students acquire during this cycle will help to assess where their expertise lies. The course is the first in a series of courses designed to help candidates finish all program requirements so they can earn their EdDs.

In the course project, Chapter 1: Introduction to the Problem, Level 3 (draft) candidates will fully describe their research study. The introduction to the problem must include an explanation of the context of the research project and the question proposed as well as the need or purpose for the study, assumptions, hypotheses, and definition of terms. 

Course Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Present a final, committee-approved version of Chapter 1 of their dissertation proposal.
  • Develop and manage their dissertation committee.
  • Show completion of all IRB requirements.
  • Look ahead and develop their plans for conducting the study, handling data, writing their dissertation, etc.
ENROLLMENT
To enroll in this course, please complete the online application.

Prerequisites

EDU-M722B is a prerequisite for this course.

Required Texts
EDU-DC730A texts are available from the JIU/Follett Bookstore