Course Goals
This is a graduate seminar which will demand a high commitment from you as a student. If you want to do well in this course, I expect you to:
- Work hard and independently
- Work well with others and share your work and feedback with your peers
- Grow as a scholar
- Attend required class meetings
- Try your best
- Be courteous
- Improve yourself as a researcher
- Learn as much as you can
- Have some fun
Graduate students who meet all these very basic expectations will do well in this course.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of English 900: Dissertation Research, students enrolled in the course should achieve the following learning outcomes:
- Analyze current literature related to their individual dissertation project
- Synthesize how current literature will shape the student’s dissertation research
- Develop a detailed literature review draft