Vision
The vision for the Dissertation Completion Pathway is to provide “all-but-dissertation” or ABD students a structured approach for completing their dissertation and help them achieve their academic goals in obtaining their doctorate. This pathway provides a student-centered, high touch, and structured pathway that recognizes past academic coursework while providing the student with the preparation and guidance to earn their doctoral degree.
Basis for Admissions
- Achieved doctoral candidacy from a regionally-accredited institution for a degree program and specialization offered by NCU (excluding PhD MFT and DMFT)
- 7 year maximum for block transfer of credits into an existing NCU degree program (from official transcripts)
- Minimum GPA of 3.0 in previous doctoral program coursework
- Complete NCU Dissertation Completion Application with required documents
- Cannot be academically dismissed from previous doctoral program
- Must complete a phone or video interview with assigned NCU committee
- Completion of a memorandum of understanding and statement of intent
General Pathway Requirements
- The DCP requires a minimum of 23 semester credit hours
- Grade Point Average of “B,” 3.0, or higher
- Official transcripts on file for all transfer credit hours accepted by the University
- Official documents on file for basis of admission
- All financial obligations to the University paid in full
DCP Course Sequence
DCP-8001 - Scholarly Writing and Synthesis of Literature
DCP-8002 - Designing Scholarly Research
DCP-8003 - Dissertation Intensive (student responsible for travel and expenses)
CMP-9700D - Dissertation Completion Pathway – Prospectus
DIS-9901A - Components of the Dissertation
DIS-9902A - The Dissertation Proposal
DIS-9903A - Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Data Collection
DIS-9904A - The Dissertation Manuscript and Defense
**In addition to the required dissertation sequence of courses (DIS-9901X – DIS-9904X) with a minimum of 12-credit hours for dissertation coursework.
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