2020 Qualitative Social Sciences Dissertation Boot Camp Application Form
Please fill out this form by Monday, June 15, 2020.
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Basic Information
Name: *
Email address: *
UCLA Student ID Number: *
Department/Program *
Degree Objective *
e.g., PhD, EdD, MA, etc.
Is this a doctoral dissertation or master's thesis? *
Will you be available for all meetings of the program? Sessions are 5:30-7:00 PM, Mondays/Wednesdays, June 22-July 29 *
Full attendance is required, but we will consider applicants who will miss 1-2 sessions for a legitimate reason.
When did you defend your dissertation proposal or have it approved by your dissertation committee? *
When do you hope to finish your dissertation? *
How many hours per week will you be able to commit to writing your dissertation during boot camp? (We recommend a minimum of 15 hours/week.) *
Dissertation Information
About how many PAGES long will your dissertation be when completed? *
About how many CHAPTERS long will your dissertation be when completed? *
How many CHAPTERS have you written so far? *
How many PAGES have you written so far? *
Does your dissertation have a more traditional structure with separate chapters for methods, results, and discussion, or does your dissertation have one article per chapter? *
If you have (a) separate results chapter (or chapters), how many pages of your results chapter or chapters have you written so far? *
(This question does not apply to article-based dissertations.)
Have you completed the research, data collection, and analysis for this analytical chapter? Please describe where you are in your data collection, analysis, and writing in a few sentences. *
Please describe the specific analytical chapter of your dissertation that you will work on during the boot camp in 200-300 words. *
Your Dissertation Process
What are your current challenges, if any, with the dissertation writing process?
What are your current challenges, if any, with time management and goal setting?
What are your current challenges, if any, with project management issues?
(e.g., organization of data, notes, bibliographies, drafts)
Language
If English is not the primary language in which you were educated, please comment on any challenges you have with writing in English.
If you are writing your dissertation in a language other than English, please indicate which language.
We encourage you to find another dissertator who is working in the same language to apply to the program as well so that you have someone to work with during the collaborative portions of the program.
Additional Information
What professional skills would you like to improve at this stage in your graduate program?
In what ways, if any, do you think this boot camp could help you with your professional development?
Please tell us anything else you would like us to know about you.
We aim to make this program a safe, inclusive environment for all participants.
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