Dissertation Sequence Procedures

General Field

  •  Get approval for topic/question in Class
  •  Follow scaffolded steps in LDL Doctoral Dissertation Sequence Community
  •  Submit manuscript draft to Coordinator
  • Revise as needed
  •  Resubmit draft to Coordinator
  • Coordinator will send work invitation, Connect formatted CG Scholar Document
  •  Peer reviewers assigned
  •  Revise
  • Send Formatted Word document to Dissertation Chair, cc Coordinator
  •  Revise
  •  Submit revision to Dissertation chair, cc Coordinator
  • Revise until “you may proceed to exam”
  •  Apply for examination and follow prompts

Special Field

  •  Present Question/s and possible outline to Dissertation Chair
  •  Follow scaffolded steps in LDL Doctoral Dissertation Sequence Community
  •  Submit manuscript draft to Coordinator and include General
  •  Revise as needed
  •  Resubmit draft to Coordinator
  •  Coordinator will send work invitation, Connect formatted CG Scholar Document
  •  Peer reviewers assigned
  • Revise
  • Send Formatted Word document to Dissertation Chair, cc Coordinator
  •  Revise
  • Submit revision to Dissertation chair, Student includes change notes, cc Coordinator
  •  Revise until “you may proceed to exam”
  • Apply for examination and follow prompts

Theory & Methodology

  •  Present Logic Model and potential research questions to Class
  •  Follow scaffolded steps in LDL Doctoral Dissertation Sequence Community
  • At this point, you may start to combine Chapter 2 General and Special into 1 literature review
  • Submit full 3-part manuscript draft to Coordinator
  •  Revise as needed
  • Resubmit draft to Coordinator as needed
  •  Coordinator will send work invitation, Connect formatted CG Scholar Document
  •  Peer reviewers assigned
  • Revise
  • Send Formatted Word document to Dissertation Chair, Student includes change notes, cc Coordinator
  •  Instruments completed, IRB Completed
  •  Revise as needed until “you may proceed to exam”
  •  Apply for prelim examination, coordinator will help facilitate and set date with committee

Chapter 4 & Chapter 5

  •  Data Gathering
  •  Reporting Results – Chapter 4 manuscript – Send to chair, cc coordinator
  • Schedule meeting with chair
  •  Chapter 5 – Implications and Recommendations
  •  Dissertation Chair Review
  •  Revision, repeat if necessary
  • Revise until “you may proceed to defense”
  •  Revise according to comments during defense
  • Send final to dissertation chair with log of changes
  • Revise if necessary
  •  Apply for graduation
  •  Graduate College check
  •  Revise structure
  •  Surveys
  •  Deposit