Residency Courses (6 Credit Hours)

DAV 701 Residency Seminar I (2 Credit Hours)

This course is designed to provide new Ph.D. students the knowledge they will need to become successful in their doctoral program. Upon completion, doctoral students will be able to navigate the ERAU online environment, understand and apply the academic policies and best practice standards set forth by the ERAU graduate academy, and demonstrate the ability to access support services and resources provided by ERAU to ensure their success. Students will gain the knowledge to effectively use Blackboard for their coursework, and to employ various statistical techniques using SPSS and research methods to common aviation research problems. Additionally, course objectives will reflect the responsibilities of doctoral students as they become members of The Academy, critical thinking and life transformation, scholarly research and writing seminar, time management and organization, forming a cohort of doctoral scholars at ERAU, and ethics in research. Students will have the opportunity to present their goals and objectives, and initial thoughts about their intended research areas.

DAV 702 Residency Seminar II (2 Credit Hours)

Prerequisite: DAV 701 and a minimum of 17 credit hours toward the doctoral degree. This seminar course will focus on the selection of appropriate and significant research problems for doctoral dissertations. Students will gain additional knowledge of elements of research, including selecting, validating and managing dissertation topics; conducting literature reviews; research design; and statistical methods. Case reviews of published dissertations will be conducted with emphasis on relevancy and importance in the aviation body of knowledge. Students will have the opportunity to present a preliminary proposal on a research topic of interest. Students will gain an understanding of the qualifying exam process and strategies for successful completion of the exam.

DAV 703 (Residency Seminar III) (2 Credit Hours)

Prerequisite: DAV 702 and a minimum of 34 credit hours toward the doctoral degree. This seminar should be taken at or near the end of all course work. The seminar will focus on the dissertation prospectus. Students will present a summary of their preliminary literature review, their research plan, and their research question(s). The Dissertation Committee will be identified at or before the student takes this residency. Students will also function as mentors for other residency students enrolled in DAV 701 and DAV 702.

DAV 704 (Residency Seminar IV) (0 Credit Hours – repeat as necessary)

Prerequisite: Permission of the Residency Coordinator. Students will function as mentors for other students enrolled in DAV 701, DAV 702 and DAV 703.