LEAD 8300 Dissertation:Scholarship In Practice

The Dissertation: Scholarship in Practice (DSIP) is a scholarly endeavor that impacts a complex problem of practice. A complex problem of practice is a persistent, contextualized, and specific challenge embedded in the practice of a professional leader/practitioner. Addressing this complex problem of practice through research and collaboration has the potential to result in improved understandings, experiences, and outcomes in the candidate’s practice or anticipated practice.

Candidates will be given the opportunity to design and complete the DSIP in three semesters (Summer III, Fall III and Spring III) through inquiry, seminars, independent study, and on-line synchronous and asynchronous participation in collaboration with their colleagues and professors. During the research process, both qualitative and quantitative data will be used to support the research and candidates will demonstrate their ability to gather, organize, judge, aggregate, and analyze situations, literature, and data with a critical lens. The design of the candidate’s DSIP may take on a variety of scholarly practitioner formats and include the use of media.

In LEAD 8300 (3 credits), candidates will meet as a cohort in a course with an assigned faculty instructor. The goal of LEAD 8300 is the successful defense of the dissertation proposal. Prerequisite(s): Completion of all core courses in the program.
Credits: 3.0