Instruction
Plan of Action 2 pages
Provide your plan for completing the dissertation. In your plan, be sure to include your timetable for completing specific milestones, and when, specifically (e.g., in the evening, on weekends), you will work on your dissertation. Provide cited references to support your timeline.
Readings
Course Text: Surviving Your Dissertation
Chapter 9, "Overcoming Barriers: Becoming an Expert While Overcoming Barriers"
Book Excerpt: Mills, C. W. (1959). On intellectual craftsmanship. In The sociological imagination (pp. 7-1 7-15). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
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Article: Miller, R. K. (2003, April 1). Finishing the dissertation. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/article/Finishing-the-Dissertation/45136/
Article: Pannapacker, W. (1999, February 19). How to finish a dissertationwithout the agony. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/article/How-to-Finish-a-Dissertation/45714/
Article: Templeton, E. E. (2010, August 20). The rule of 200. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/the-rule-of-200/26343
Article: Walden University. (2009). APA style. Retrieved from http://writingcenter.waldenu.edu/APA.htm
Article: Walden University. (2009). Scholarly writing. Retrieved from http://writingcenter.waldenu.edu/312.htm
Article: Walden University. (2010). Welcome to the catalog, student handbook, and University guidebooks. Retrieved from http://catalog.waldenu.edu/