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39-POINT CHECKLIST FOR COMPLETING THE DISSERTATION

These steps will generally be completed in the order listed. However, there may be some
individual variations among faculty/departments. Student candidates should check with
their advisers as they go through this process to make sure the order is correct, and to
determine if there are other steps that may be specific to the faculty member/department
that should be added to their list. Use your planner or your phone to help you keep track
of the process effectively.

A. Obtaining a Signed Proposal

ACTIVITY: Date Accomplished

(1) Select Dissertation Chair ____________________

(2) Hold original meeting with Dissertation Chair ____________________
to discuss dissertation topic

(3) Discuss with proposed members of the ____________________
Doctoral Advisory committee about possibility
of serving on the committee.

(4) Submit first draft of proposal to ____________________
Dissertation Chair

(5) Consult with Dissertation Chair ____________________
regarding revisions to proposal

(6) Submit revised proposal to other members ____________________
of the Doctoral Advisory Committee

(7) Meeting of the Doctoral Advisory ____________________
Committee to discuss the proposal

(8) Additional revisions (as necessary) based on ____________________
discussions with Doctoral Advisory Committee

(9) Proposal signed by all members of the ____________________
Doctoral Advisory Committee (Using required
Proposal Cover Sheet and Transmittal Form)

Candidates will note Section C below which addresses “Obtaining Approval from the
University‘s Institutional Review Board (IRB).” It is important to remember that if
candidates conduct any pilot studies as part of their proposal development, these pilot
studies must be approved by the University IRB prior to collecting any pilot data. Although
University IRB approval is required after a proposal has been approved/signed by the
Dissertation Advisory

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