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Overview

A candidate for the Ph.D. degree is expected to complete the dissertation requirement within two years after admission to candidacy.

Dissertation Types

EDP students may submit their dissertation in one of 2 forms:

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Students and dissertation Chairs are required to communicate with their committee about which format will be used, and clarify expectations regarding the format chosen. After the dissertation proposal, changing from one format to the other requires the consent of the full dissertation committee.

Dissertation Proposal and Proposal Meeting

Students complete their dissertation proposal under the supervision of their dissertation supervisor.  Generally, the dissertation proposal consists of the first three chapters of the dissertation: Introduction, Literature Review, and Method. Dissertations in the Department of Educational Psychology are written in accordance with APA style. A source for the dissertation process is Dissertations and Theses from Start to Finish, by Cone and Foster (1996), available at www.apa.org. This book guide students through selecting a topic, choosing committee members, writing a proposal, and making it though the dissertation defense. 

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The completed Dissertation Proposal Meeting Form is submitted to the EDP Department after the proposal meeting. This form documents the results of your Proposal Meeting.  

Dissertation Enrollment

While working on the dissertation, you must remember to complete all remaining departmental and area of specialization requirements, as well as to register continuously for dissertation hours during all long semesters until you graduate. Summer registration in dissertation is required if: your faculty adviser believes it necessary, if you will hold your proposal meeting in the Summer, or if you will graduate during the summer. 

Use of Human Subjects and the Institutional Review Board

After approval from your committee at the Dissertation Proposal meeting, you are ready to carry through with original data collection and analyses for your dissertation. It is expected that you will continue to do so under the close supervision of your dissertation supervisor.  Under most circumstances, students are not allowed to begin original data collection in connection with their dissertation until they have conducted a successful dissertation proposal meeting.

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If your project must receive Full Board review, other deadlines apply.  The University’s IRB meets once a month for Full Board reviews, and the deadline for submission of materials is very strict and well in advance of the meeting.  If revisions are necessary, a second IRB review will take place, according to a set meeting schedule.  For questions about deadlines, email the Office of Research Support and Compliance.

Departmental Subject Pool

In conducting original research and/or completing the dissertation, student researchers may request the use of the department’s subject pool.  Students in selected EDP courses will constitute the pool:  371 (Introduction to Statistics), 363 (Human Sexuality), 363M (Adolescent Development), and 310 (Individual Learning Skills). 

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