Students enroll in dissertation seminar in year three. Students take 3 credits each term in fall, spring, and summer. This course meets face to face and with embedded field work. In the first term of the course, students prepare for and complete their individual written comprehensive exams and the all-cohort oral exam. Throughout the remainder of the course, in terms two and three, students build collaborative partnerships with communities and tribal partners to define an issue or problem. Students will examine the research literature and apply the findings of the literature to the issue. Students will design a project proposal addressing the issue. Students will prepare their dissertation project for UWGB IRB review and IRB review in the individual tribal communities, as appropriate. Each dissertation project must incorporate intergenerational learning. In other words, just as Ed.D. students have learned from oral traditional scholars throughout their coursework, they must, in turn, design a dissertation project that incorporates younger learners. Student can create an individual dissertation project. In addition, we will consider projects designed using the Ed.D. consultancy model and thematic groups model, whereby, students work to understand and address a problem in teams. At the end of year three and the completion of 9 dissertation seminar credits, students must successfully defend a written dissertation project proposal.
P: Successful completion of the following: FNED 800, 801, 804, 805, 807, 810, 820, 825, 826, 830, 831, 832, 834.