Master's Degree

Course Information
Proposal Development

Course Description
The purpose of this course is to assist graduate students in the preparation of their thesis or dissertation research proposal. Students will produce the first three chapters of their thesis by the end of the course.
Contacts
Instructor

Jeff Miller
jdmiller@uark.edu

Campus Coordinator

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Disability Support Services

To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.


Textbooks

Writing a Successful Thesis or Dissertation
Lunenburg, F. C., & Irby, B. J.
Edition: 2008
ISBN: 13: 978-141294225
Publisher: Corwin Press

The Elements of Style
Strunk, W., & White, E. B.
Edition: 4
ISBN: 13: 978-02053090
Publisher: Pearson

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association
Edition: 2019
ISBN: 13: 978143383217


Course Access
 
About 3 - 4 weeks before the semester starts, they will receive an email inviting them to the University of Arkansas organization. If students do not have a Microsoft account, they will have to create one. Students taking a course taught by the University of Arkansas will be granted access to the University of Arkansas course management system, Blackboard. An email will be sent to the email address provided by the student's home university with detailed instructions about procedures for logging into Blackboard and the online course. If students have not received the invite they can contact the University of Arkansas campus coordinator, Madison Fielding. If they are having trouble with logging into Blackboard, they can contact our IT Help Desk at 479-575-4357.

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

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