DOC/715
Doctoral Seminar I
Course level: Graduate
Christine O.
BSA
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DOC/715 focuses on refining students' proposed study into a coherent and defensible dissertation foundation. Students strengthen the research problem using relevant scholarly and/or contextual evidence, evaluate alignment among core study components, defend the selected methodology and design, and assess feasibility, access, scope, and methodological boundaries. Successful completion of the course reflects completion of Phase 2 of the dissertation sequence.
Required materials
Additional course materials not included in the resource fee, are required or recommended for this course. Please review course material information.
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Earn these career-relevant skills in weeks, not years.
Feasibility Evaluation
Evaluate whether the proposed study is realistically executable within identified contextual, methodological, and access constraints
Design Defense
Defend the appropriateness of the selected methodology and design in relation to the intended line of inquiry
Evidence-Based Refinement
Refine the research problem using relevant scholarly and/or contextual evidence