EDU851: Formal Proposal, School of Education

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Overview

This is the final course before candidates begin to collect data and conduct their dissertation or project research. During the course candidates will demonstrate that their dissertation or project proposal meets all requirements to gain final mentor and committee approval.

The course project, Dissertation Proposal: Defense and Approval, is a program requirement. In order to pass this course, each candidate must have a fully approved dissertation proposal that includes:

Proof of IRB approval.
Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of the proposal finalized.
An oral presentation of formal dissertation proposal.
Data collection procedures finalized and approved.
Proof of proposal approval by full committee.

Course Learning Objectives

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

Obtain full IRB approval for conducting their research.
Present a full dissertation proposal to their committee for final approval.
Obtain approval of their dissertation proposal by their committee.
Explain their plan for data collection.
Gain approval for planned data collection procedures.

ENROLLMENT

To enroll in this course, please complete the online application.

Special Requirements

Webcam.

Prerequisites

EDU850 is a prerequisite for this course.

Required Texts
EDU851 texts are available from the JIU/Follett Bookstore