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Based on Guide to Successful Thesis
and Dissertation, by James E. Mauch and Jack W. Birch, 1998; and
Dissertation and Theses from Start to Finish: Psychology and
Related Fields, by John D. Cone and Sharon L. Foster,
2003.
What does a committee
do?
- Guides and evaluates your proposed
study and written project
- Provides quality
control
- Examines you in oral
defense
How large should a committee
be?
- Plan for three to four
persons to a thesis committee
What you want
- Appropriate expertise, with
strengths to compensate your weak areas
- Members who are compatible with
each other and with you
- Members with strong committee
skills
- Your advisor may suggest a content
expert if she does not have an extensive background in your topic
area
- Often this individual will be a
community-based clinician or expert
- Members who are likely to be on
staff when your finished project is finally ready
What to do
- Talk to students who have used your
prospective committee members as
- committee members.
- Interview prospective committee
members
- For detailed advice on interviews,
see pages 74 - 78 in Dissertation and Theses from Start to
Finish.
- Review the MSN Student Handbook and
for more info, see page 142 in Guide to Successful Thesis and
Dissertation
- Study the helpful sections in the
two books cited below and take advantage of their
advice.
Helpful sections
- Dissertation and Theses from Start
to Finish -- Chapter Five: Selecting a Chairperson and a Committee,
starts on page 61.
- Guide to Successful Thesis and
Dissertation -- Chapter Two: The Research Advisor, page 33; and
Chapter Five, The Thesis or Dissertation Committee, page
131.
- For an example of an actual
thesis/dissertation evaluation form that your committee might use,
see pages 133 - 135 in Guide to Successful Thesis and
Dissertation.
- For an easy-to-use "to do" list,
see page 79 in Dissertation and Theses from Start to
Finish.
- For an example of an actual
thesis/dissertation evaluation form that your committee might use,
see pages 133 - 135 in Guide to Successful Thesis and
Dissertation
- For an easy-to-use "to do" list,
see page 79 in Dissertation and Theses from Start to
Finish.
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