| Committee Formation Process: PhD Students
PhD students request the formation of their dissertation committee as part of an assignment during a course in their program.
Using information that students share about their dissertation interests, program leaders match them with an appropriate committee chair and second committee member. Students may request a specific faculty member to serve on their committee. Those requests are reviewed by program leaders to ensure the faculty member’s availability and appropriate expertise.
Students will be notified about who is on their committee prior to the term in which they start their dissertation courses. At that time, students are encouraged to introduce themselves to their committee members. However, committee members will not review research drafts prior to the beginning of the dissertation courses.
PhD Courses with Committee Formation Assignment
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Program |
Course |
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PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision |
COUN-8896 Internship B |
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PhD in Counseling Psychology |
Students request a new committee after completion of all coursework prior to the term they intend to start dissertation. Students generally start dissertation alongside field and hence, most if not all students should have already requested a committee. However, there may be students on LOA or some that although in field have not requested the committee yet and hence, you would receive a request in during any of the following field courses: PSYC 8281/8282/8283/8284/8285 |
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PhD in Developmental Psychology |
DPSY-8702 Dissertation Literature Review Lab |
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PhD in Forensic Psychology |
FPSY-8700 Dissertation Literature Review Lab |
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PhD in Industrial / Organizational Psychology |
IPSY-8702 Dissertation Literature Review Lab |
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PhD in Psychology |
PSYC-8702 Dissertation Literature Review Lab |
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PhD in Clinical Psychology |
PSYR8117 Writing a Quality Prospectus (BAYR course) |
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PhD in Human and Social Services |
HUMN-8550 Preparing for Dissertation |
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PhD in Social Work |
SOCW-8550 Preparing for Dissertation |
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PhD in Criminal Justice |
CRJS-8115 Writing a Quality Prospectus |
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PhD in Public Policy and Administration |
PPPA-8115 Writing a Quality Prospectus |
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PhD in Health Education and Promotion |
HLTH-8551E Preparing for Dissertation |
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PhD in Health Services |
HLTH-8551 Preparing for Dissertation |
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PhD in Public Health |
PUBH-8551 Preparing for Dissertation |
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PhD in Nursing |
NURS-8551 Preparing for Dissertation |
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PhD in Management |
MGMT-8100 Dissertation Mentoring |
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PhD in Education |
EDPD-8004/8114 Demystifying Doctoral Writing for Research |
Committee Formation Process: Professional Doctorate Students
Students in professional doctorate programs at Walden should refer to their program leadership or Student Success Advisors regarding the committee formation process.
Professional doctorate programs include:
- DBA
- DIT
- DHA
- DNP
- DPA
- DrPH
- DSW
- EdD
- PsyD
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