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Dissertation Preparation

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Course Information

Subject code

PSY

Subject Code Description

Psychology

Course Number

8800

Course Title

Dissertation Preparation

Catalog Subject and Course Number

PSY 8800

Catalog Title

Dissertation Preparation

Course Description (Combined)

Course Restriction: Restricted to students in the Doctorate of Clinical Psychology program

This course provides guidance for students beginning to plan their dissertation. Through seminars, interactive exercises, and group supervision, students will generate and develop research questions and hypotheses, begin a preliminary literature review, begin to develop their methodology, and begin writing their proposal and, if applicable, IRB protocol. Through a process of two-way interviews, they will also select a dissertation chair and two committee members.

Credit: 3

No Prerequisites and Corequisites