PSY 894 - Doctoral Dissertation III

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The steps and requirements for adequate progress through the Dissertation sequence are more fully outlined in the Doctoral Dissertation Handbook. Students begin to register for the dissertation sequence at the beginning of their third year in the program. Students are required to select a dissertation chair and committee and develop and successfully orally defend a proposal to the satisfaction of their dissertation committee. Approval of the dissertation proposal is also a requirement for all students prior to applying for internship. The Doctoral Dissertation provides an opportunity for students to engage in scholarship on an issue or problem that is psychological in content and professionally relevant. Students must begin registering for Doctoral Dissertation as they begin to develop their dissertation proposal and are guided through this process by their dissertation chair until the completion of their dissertation. Students must complete six semesters of Doctoral Dissertation I-VI for a total of three credits typically across their third and fourth year. Upon completion of their dissertation, students register for Dissertation Oral Defense PSY 998. If after six semesters of dissertation, students have not completed their dissertation and are not registered for internship, they are required to register for Doctoral Dissertation Continuation (PSY 904) to maintain enrollment until they are approved for Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense (PSY 998). Students receive a grade of CR (credit) for any term in which they are making satisfactory progress on their dissertation and a grade of NC (no credit) when they are failing to complete the project in a timely manner as outlined in the Dissertation Handbook. Any student who has received three consecutive grades of NC for Doctoral Dissertation will be automatically referred to the Student Comprehensive Evaluation Committee for review. When a student satisfactorily completes the dissertation, a grade of CR will be issued, and all prior grades of NC will be changed to CR. (Students entering 2019-2020 AY or later)