How to Navigate the Master’s Thesis Process
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this comprehensive and engaging course, you will be able to:
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- Identify key differences between a Master’s Thesis and a Doctoral Dissertation
- Review the standard timeline for the completion of a Master’s Thesis
- List the 5 key audiences for a Master’s Thesis
- Use a structured checklist to select a Master’s Thesis topic
- Conduct a systematic literature search and prepare an annotated bibliography
- Formulate research questions and hypotheses for your Master’s Thesis
- Choose the methodological design and statistical analytic approach for your Master’s Thesis
- Prepare a successful Institutional Review Board (IRB) application to get ethics approval for your Master’s Thesis research
- Use a structured checklist to select a Master’s Thesis advisor and contact them using an e-mail template
- Use a structured checklist to select Master’s Thesis committee members and contact them using an e-mail template
- Effectively communicate with your advisor and committee members throughout the Master’s Thesis process
- Navigate common problems encountered with advisors and committee members
- Develop effective coping strategies to deal with repeated rejection, Imposter Syndrome, and burnout
Instructor
Sarah M. Coyne, PhD is Mary Lou Fulton Professor of Human Development in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University. She received her BSc in Psychology from Utah State University and her PhD in Psychology from the University of Central Lancashire. Dr. Coyne is a popular speaker at both national as well as international conferences and has over 100 peer-reviewed publications on topics including media, aggression, gender, and child development. Dr. Coyne currently serves as an Editorial Board Member for Psychology of Popular Media Culture as well as Developmental Psychology, and she is former Associate Editor of Aggressive Behavior. Her research has been supported by grants from leading funding bodies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
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