Completing the Prospectus Draft

One of your course texts, Rudestam and Newton’s Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process (2015), dedicates a chapter to the process and experience of creating all pieces of a dissertation. Chapter 9, on overcoming barriers, includes the topics: working with your committee; and overcoming issues related to emotions, tasks, organization, working with others, and oral exams. Consider your experiences in this course so far.

By Day 4, post a brief statement about your experience in completing your Prospectus draft so far. Where are you in the process? What challenges are you experiencing? What questions do you have or support would you like? This is a chance to obtain feedback from your colleagues that may help you complete each of these sections of your Prospectus.