DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM

Doctorate of Business Administration Degree

BUS 800

Breyer State University
Instructor: Kenneth Micheal Townsend, Ph.D.

SYLLABUS

COURSE OBJECTIVES: This course is dissertation project course is offered as part of the DBA program in business administration with sector concentration options.

This course serves two main purposes. The first is that the course serves to further your knowledge within a selected segment of business, such as market research or a product design, and secondly, this endeavor provides an opportunity to enhance learning by development of a product, project or in-depth study of a business issue or problem. The class itself will consist of a very specific guided project with myself monitoring the entire process. The actual project is decided by you, but I must approve all steps as identified in the Proposal. The Dissertation itself must follow very specific guidelines that will be noted in the assignment section of the classroom.This project can be in various forms or use various approaches depending on your plan for the future.

TIME FRAME: This is a twenty-semester hour course. This course is allotted ten weeks of time, but can be extended to thirty weeks for the Dissertation phase by agreement with me. Each week begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday. There will be no deviation from this unless specified by me ahead of time. Any deviation must be approved before hand and the only excuses are death or serious illness. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded twenty semester hours of credit and, most importantly, your degree titled: Doctor in Business Administration.

TEXTBOOK: You are not required to purchase any textbook for this course, other than materials that you intend to use in research or design of the Dissertation. The accepted format for this type of writing is APA. The newest APA guide is 5th edition and is available at any college or online bookstore (see selections below). This is a required format for this course so please make sure that you are familiar with APA format for Dissertations, including citations.

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OTHER REQUIREMENTS: Once enrolled in the class, you are provided full guidelines for completing your dissertation.

PREREQUISITES: Complete all regular courses within the program before beginning Doctoral Project or Dissertation.

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS AND SUBMISSION DEADLINES: You must submit all assignments on time as listed in the assignment section of the classroom. Other interactions are encouraged, but not necessary. Late assignments will result in point deductions. Questions via email need to be properly labeled and signed in order that I can readily identify you, your topic, and your degree program. The only requirements for attendance are the assignment deadlines given above.

GRADING: The grading scale for this course is as follows:

90-100%    = A
80-89%      = B
70-79%      = C
Below 70% = Fail

PROFESSOR: The professor for this course is Kenneth Micheal Townsend, Ph.D.

PROFESSOR AVAILABILITY: Upon registration, you will be given my e-mail address. I am available periodically through e-mail, so please e-mail me any questions that may occur. That is why I am here. I will do everything to help you as much as possible. Please do not wait until the end of the class to try to get help. It will be too late. Anytime your grade falls below C, I will try to contact you about it. If I do not, please do not hesitate to contact me through e-mail.

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