Calendar

The calendar is for the Summer June Session class, 2010.

Day:Date

Content

Week 1	Course Introduction; Understanding the PhD Research Experience; Research Design Issues
6/7	Background literature research and question formulation
6/8	Chapter 1 Content; The Research Question and Hypotheses; Sample Chpt 1
6/9	Research Design and Statistical Options
6/10	Internal and External Validity; Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria; Sampling; Statistical power
6/11	independent writing
Week 2	Dissertation Structure; Chapter 1: Introduction
6/14	The Research Proposal & PowerPoint Content of the Proposal
6/15	Issues and Concerns with Chapter 1; Writing for Chapter 1; Individual assistance
6/16	Writing for Chapter 1; Individual assistance
6/17	PowerPoint Presentations of Introductory Content; Writing for Chapter 1; Individual assistance
6/18	independent writing and refinement of PowerPoint presentation
Week 3	Chapter 3: Methods; Sample Chpts 1, 2 & 3
6/21	Issues and Concerns with Chapter 3
6/22	Writing for Chapter 3; Individual assistance
6/23	Writing for Chapter 3; Individual assistance
6/24	PowerPoint Presentations of Introductory Content & Methods; Feedback
6/25	independent writing
Week 4	Final Edits to Chapters and PowerPoint
6/28	Writing for Chapters 1 & 3; PowerPoint development; Individual assistance
6/29	Writing for Chapters 1 & 3; PowerPoint development; Individual assistance
6/30	Writing for Chapters 1 & 3; PowerPoint development; Individual assistance
7/1	PowerPoint Proposal Presentations - Final versions; Submit Chpts 1 and 3.
7/2	no class