PhD Research Seminary Spring 2025
Course purpose
The purpose of this seminar is to enable PhD students to refine their research skills as they develop a successful/defendable dissertation proposal and, in doing so, to contribute to their formation as scholars prepared to serve the academy, church, and world.
Student Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate skills for independent and collaborative research in an area or discipline, including:
- developing and clearly stating a research topic;
- identifying and developing appropriate evidence; and
- identifying, using, and citing appropriate resources.
2. Identify and describe potential methodologies appropriate to a research project.
3. Articulate a methodological framework appropriate to one’s discipline and area of research.
4. Situate oneself and one’s research in a community of inquiry and practice.
- Teacher: Ron Anderson