EDD 8875 Preparing for Admission to Candidacy and Understanding the Purpose of a Literature Review

This hybrid course provides doctoral students the opportunity to begin preparations for the admission to candidacy requirement. The students will also become familiar with the general structure of each chapter of the dissertation before focusing on researching and writing a literature review.

Credits

1

Typically Offered

Demorest Campus/Athens Campus: 2nd fall in sequence

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the candidate will be able to:

1. Explain the purpose of the admission to candidacy requirement.
2. Identify the different components of an annotated bibliography.
3. Describe the interconnectivity of the literature review to the other chapters of the dissertation.
4. Explain the roles and responsibilities of the doctoral student, dissertation chair, and research director.
5. Define a subject/topic for study as part of the admission to candidacy requirement.
6. Select information to address the key items associated with the subject/topic under study.
7. Categorize sets of facts in a logical fashion to prove the theses made about the research subject/topic.
8. Apply the skills needed to research and write the admissions to candidacy paper and literature review.
   1. Describe the “funnel concept” as applied to the admission to candidacy paper and literature review.
   2. Discuss the importance of summarization in the academic writing process.
   3. Explain the use of transition devices to improve the flow of academic writing and to avoid plagiarizing the work of others.
   4. Use APA headings appropriately (to include the elimination of orphan headings).
   5. Explain when to use direct quotes and to paraphrase the work of others.
9. Evaluate the quality of a literature review using an evaluation matrix.