Dissertation Guidelines

The Dissertation Guidelines booklet is a step-by-step checklist that will help students and faculty to ensure that all aspects (the "DNA") of the dissertation proposal and subsequently the dissertation are sufficiently addressed.

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University Handbooks

Heitner, K. & Sherman, K. (2014). Dissertation field guide. San Diego, CA: Constellation.

University of the Rockies. (2014). University of the Rockies Dissertation Handbook. Colorado Springs, CO: Author. 

University of the Rockies (2014).  University of the Rockies Institutional Review Board (IRB) Handbook.  Colorado Springs, CO: Author.

Checklists

Change Matrix

Forms

A1: Request for Committee Candidates (as needed)

A2: Dissertation Committee Chair Request

A3: Dissertation Letter of Intent  

A5: Request for Preliminary Oral Defense

A6: Preliminary Oral Defense Evaluation

IRB Request for Full Review, Expedited Review, or Exemption

IRB Research Summary

Certificate of Completion of the online Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Human Subjects Research Tutorial

A8: Request for Final Oral Defense