Skip to Main Content

Timing and Requirements: DIT

Doctor of Information Technology (DIT) Residency Timing

Residency Required or Optional

Timing

(for students who started the program prior to November 2022)

Timing

(for students who started the program after November 2022)
Residency 1 (RESI 8701) Required Complete Residency 1 as soon as you begin your program, within 90 days of completing your Foundations course; required in order to advance into ITEC 8427. Complete Residency 1 as soon as you begin your program, within 90 days of completing your Foundations course; required in order to advance into DITC 8427.
Residency 2 (RESI 8702)

Required

Complete Residency 2 during your research methodology courses; required in order to advance into specialization seminar/leadership courses and ITEC 8100.

 Complete Residency 2 during your research methodology courses; required in order to advance into specialization courses and DITC 8100.
Doctoral Study Intensive

Optional

Complete a DIT Doctoral Study Intensive any time after completing the first ITEC 8100.

Contact Student Success Advising to register.

Complete a DIT Doctoral Study Intensive any time after completing the first DITC 8100.

Contact Student Success Advising to register.

View the DIT Residency Calendar

Email Academic Advising if you have questions.

STAS Residency Learning Outcomes

The following are key learning outcomes you will be expected to achieve as part of your residency experiences at each level:

Residency 1

  1. Describe program expectations and requirements.
  2. Demonstrate competency in critical thinking skills required of a doctoral student in chosen discipline.
  3. Engage faculty and peers in discourse that contributes to the collective advancement of scholarship in chosen discipline. 
  4. Engage university support services to contribute to the successful completion of the doctoral study and doctoral degree.
  5. Differentiate between dissertation and doctoral study. 
  6. Engage with faculty members and student colleagues to formulate appropriate research questions to be pursued in the doctoral study process. 
  7. Analyze research studies that have the potential to contribute to positive social change.  
  8. Engage in peer review to receive and provide critical feedback to shape the doctoral study proposal.

Residency 2

  1. Demonstrate competency in critical-thinking skills required of a doctoral student in chosen discipline.
  2. Engage faculty and peers in discourse that contributes to the collective advancement of scholarship in chosen discipline.
  3. Engage university support services to contribute to the successful completion of the doctoral study and doctoral degree.
  4. Engage with faculty members and student colleagues to formulate appropriate research questions to be pursued in the doctoral study process.
  5. Analyze research studies that have the potential to contribute to positive social change.
  6. Engage in peer review to receive and provide critical feedback to shape the doctoral study proposal.
  7. Design quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis approaches to solve chosen discipline problems.
  8. Design a plan for research dissemination within the organization or in the field.