This course is designed to help students to work on the further development of their dissertation topics in collaboration with their newly selected dissertation advisors along with other dissertation committee members. The course provides hybrid-learning platforms via face-to-face, synchronous, and online faculty-doctoral student meetings, strategies to assist writers in working and finalizing the problem statements, research questions and related components of the Research Process paper from ISCM 8130. The dissertation advisors are expected to spend 28 contact or teaching hours with their dissertation advisees for the duration of this course. For more details about the responsibilities of the dissertation advisor, see the Student/Faculty Handbook, 2B. The Dissertation Committee and Advisor and 2C. Responsibilities of the Dissertation Committee Members.