What Is the Nature of the Dissertation?
• Distinguishes the doctorate from other graduate degrees • 25% of the credit hours • Process actually begins in the first semester of study as part of the Research Seminar sequence that continues throughout the first two years • Select an appropriate topic with the help and guidance of an advisor • Register for dissertation research in the third year of study • Dissertation is an original, rigorous, independent applied research product that may • Advance knowledge • Improve professional practice • Contribute to the understanding of computing • Be a disciplined and systematic inquiry for the purpose of discovery, establishing or extending the field of study • Research methods used depend upon the nature of the research • Controlled experiment • Project development • Empirical studies • Theoretical analyses • Other methods as appropriate Back to top Software / Hardware Requirements • Program depends heavily upon internet access • Student-student and student-faculty document exchange • D
