To prepare:

• Reflect on your annotated bibliography entries, which you have developed to understand your topic of interest and potential research problem. This should help you craft the premise statement.

Assignment: 1-page premise and confirmation of Assignment screenshot

This Assignment has two parts:

• Part 1: Premise Completion
  Create a 1-page premise. As noted in the Dissertation Premise Guide (PDF), the premise consists of four parts:
  • Title
  • Problem statement
  • Approach (i.e., proposed methodology) for the study
  • References
• Part 2: Doctoral Committee Matching Assignment
  Complete the Doctoral Committee Matching Form to begin the process of establishing your capstone committee. Click on the following link: Doctoral Committee Matching Form.Links to an external site. Note: Students who already have a chair:
  • If you have a chair but need a second committee member, please complete Part I and Part II. For Part II, you will indicate you need a second committee member on the form and not a chair.
  • If you already have both a chair and a second committee member, please submit a document to your Instructor indicating you already have an approved committee and provide the names of chair and SCM.
• Submit a screenshot of the confirmation for the Assignment (i.e., Thank you, You have successfully submitted your capstone committee member request form.)