PSY-7109 - Planning Dissertation Research in Psychology

Semester Credits: 3 Weeks: 12

This course focuses on how (a) to conduct effective literature searches, specifically in preparation for the dissertation (b) to develop a plan for writing comprehensive, critical, and synthesized reviews of research literature and (c) to critically review and write about underlying theoretical frameworks that lay the foundation for future research. The overarching goal of this course is for students to conduct an extensive search of the peer-reviewed research literature in their topic area and identify potential areas of inquiry for their dissertation.