Below is my version of a dissertation calculator. A few
things to know, this is a "best case scenario," there are many
unknowns that can't be predicted (you run into IRB trouble, have difficulty
getting subjects, etc.). I have been conservative with faculty response times
(allowing 2 weeks for each, I have built chair response times into the time for
each chapter). If you have writing issues, personal issues, you have many
revisions, etc. it will take you longer. My calculator will get you done in 2
years.
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Target
Date
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Completed
Date
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Complete a draft prospectus (allow 2 week; this is for
chair recruitment)
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Find your chair
(allow a month)
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Complete prospectus
(allow a quarter); at the same time, find your committee member (allow a
month)
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Prospectus approved
by chair, committee member, and program director (allow 2-4 weeks)
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Complete Chapter 2
(allow 2 quarters)
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Chapter 2 Approved
by chair
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Complete Chapter 1
(allow 6 weeks)
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Chapter 1 approved
by chair
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Complete Chapter 3
(allow 6 weeks)
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Chapter 3 approved
by chair
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Proof full
proposal, references, complete appendixes, table of contents (allow a month)
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Proposal approved
by chair, committee member (allow a month)
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Proposal approved
by University Research Reviewer (URR; allow 2-4 weeks)
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Oral Defense of
Proposal
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IRB Approval (allow
a month)
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Conduct study
(allow 1 quarter)
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Complete data
analysis and Chapter 4 (allow a quarter)
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Chapter 4 approved
by chair
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Complete Chapter 5
(allow a month)
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Chapter 5 approved
by chair
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Proof full
dissertation, references, appendixes, table of contents (allow 2-4 weeks)
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Dissertation
approved by chair, committee member (allow a month)
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Dissertation
approved by URR (allow 2-4 weeks)
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Form and Style
review (allow 2 weeks)
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Oral Defense of
Dissertation
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Final URR approval
(allow 2 weeks)
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Chief Academic
Officer (CAO) approval of abstract (2 weeks)
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DONE!
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Next time I will begin a series going through each section
of the dissertation. Do you have an issue or a question that you would like me
to discuss in a future post? Would you like to be a guest writer? Send me your
ideas! leann.stadtlander@waldenu.edu
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