DOCTORAL DISSERTATION OR PROJECT

Doctorate of Philosophy in Organizational Psychology

OPSY 950

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

SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: This course, the dissertation project course, is offered as part of the Ph.D program in organizational psychology. This course serves two main purposes. The first is that the course serves to further your knowledge of a very important segment of organizational psychology, such as consultation or workforce motivation, and secondly, it further gives you the chance to enhance your learning in the program. 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 and the paper must follow very specific guidelines that will be noted in the assignment section of the classroom. This project can take on several different shapes 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. 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 of Philosophy in Organizational Psychology.

TEXTBOOK: You are not required to purchase any textbook per se for this course, but it is required that you use some sort of specific format for the course. The accepted format for this type of writing is APA. The newest APA guide is fifth 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 you get your copy quickly. You should have used this during your program so hopefully you already have it.

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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 as noted above. This is not my only class. Questions need to be properly labeled and signed. The only requirements for attendance are the assignment deadlines given in the classroom.

GRADES AND DISTRIBUTION: There are 100 total points available for the class.

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

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

Please note that anything below C is considered failing for this course!

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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