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Five Year Program Schedule
Research Methods (ICS 9600) and Dissertation Proposal (ICS 9900) are delivered in an online seminar with a cohort of
students. Following successful completion of ICS 9900, the student will be assigned to a qualified faculty mentor who will
oversee the student through eight semesters of Dissertation Research and Development (ICS 9901-04). In the eighth
semester, if the faculty mentor deems that that the dissertation is acceptable, a committee of the faculty mentor and two
other faculty members will convene to read the dissertation and the student is registered for Dissertation Defense (ICS
9905), which culminates in an oral defense of the student’s research.
Year Fall
Spring
1
ICS 9600 Research Methods (6)
ICS 9900 Dissertation Proposal (6)
2
ICS 9901 Dissertation Research &
Development I (4.5)
ICS 9901 Dissertation Research &
Development I (4.5)
3
ICS 9902 Dissertation Research &
Development II (4.5)
ICS 9902 Dissertation Research &
Development II (4.5)
4
ICS 9903 Dissertation Research &
Development III (4.5)
ICS 9903 Dissertation Research &
Development III (4.5)
5
ICS 9904 Dissertation Research &
Development IV(4.5)
ICS 9904
ICS 9905
Dissertation Research &
Development IV (4.5)
Dissertation Defense (0)