Dissertation Defense

Course Description:

This course is for doctoral candidates who have completed all courses, examinations, and Dissertation Research and Writing course.  To enroll in Dissertation Defense, the prerequisites of dissertation courses, which includes Dissertation I, Dissertation II, Dissertation III, Dissertation IV, and Dissertation V, must be taken a minimum of four (5) times.

Upon completion and approval of your Dissertation Research paper, the candidate will present a 15-20 minute PowerPoint oral final defense of the study with an emphasis on the findings and the conclusions.  Evaluation of the Final Defense will include three possible results:

• Pass;
• Provisionally approved with revisions; or
• Failure.

Dissertation Defense is an intensive course and can be taken two times.

For Dissertation Continuous Enrollment Policy please see the Terms and Conditions page at this link.