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2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

The courses described below are listed in numerical order by discipline. All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted. If laboratory periods are required they are indicated after the description. For example, the notation “3 plus 1” indicates 3 class periods and 1 lab period per week.
 

Ph.D. in Global Leadership
  

  • RES 7015 - Global Leadership Research

    Prerequisite(s): RES 7000 , RES 7011 , RES 7012 
    The purpose of this course is to examine a development of leadership theory in different cultures and to learn about nuances of conducting international studies. Such topics as working with an international sample; collaborating with international scholars; cultural philosophical assumptions and frames of reference and their influence on theory development; challenges with a concept translation; publication standards in international scholarly outlets are among a few topics examined in the course. This course will also enable students to evaluate generalizability of research finds in Western leadership studies. Finally, students will analyze leadership students published by scholars from Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America. Africa, and Middle East. Applications for theory development as well as for leadership development will be discussed. Credit(s): 3
  

  • RES 8001 - Qualifying Research Seminar

    The primary focus of this course is on helping students narrow their research interests and develop a Research Brief that identities a gap in the global leadership scholarship and suggests a specific research area for further investigation. Students will also discuss potential research designs for their projects, develop research questions or hypotheses, work on operationalization of their variables, and formulate practical applications of their research. The course will address both the philosophical and methodological issues of students’ projects. Ethical and diversity issues (protection of human subjects, cultural and language issues) will be considered. Students with approved Research Briefs will start working on their Research Prospectus. The second goal of the course is to evaluate students’ progress in the program and assess their readiness as scholars to conduct an independent research project (their dissertation). Hence, students will conclude the course with the Global Leadership Paper where they explore several original topics suggested by the course professor. Credit(s): 3
  

  • RES 8002 - Dissertation Proposal Development, Defense, & IRB Application

    Used during continuation of work on the dissertation, this course is necessary to comply with the continuous registration requirement of the degree program. The course serves two purposes: (1) Students that made sufficient progress in RES 8001  but did not complete the prospectus (2) Students that passed RES 8001 , enroll in RES 8002  in the dissertation chair’s section, form a dissertation committee, develop the dissertation proposal, successfully defend the dissertation proposal before the dissertation committee, and submit an IRB application. A dissertation proposal includes completed first three chapters of the dissertation, and relevant front and back matter. The IRB application, which includes the Research Protocol, certifications and signatures, and curriculum vitae of the principal investigator, is submitted to the Institutional Review Board for Human Subjects (IRB). Credit(s): 3
  

  • RES 8111 - Continuous Development of the Qualifying Paper

    Students are registered in the section by their Qualifying Paper Chairperson with the goal to continue working on the Qualifying Paper Research (note - only after all coursework has been completed and potentially doing revisions for the Global Leadership Paper). Credit(s): 3 Parent entity: College of Business
  

  • RES 8221 - Continuous Development of the Dissertation

    Students are registered in the section by their Dissertation Chairperson with the goal to continue working on the Dissertation under the direction of the dissertation committee. (note- this course is taken after the RES 8002  course is completed) Credit(s): 3 Parent entity: College of Business
 

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