Students in the Human and Organizational Systems and Human Development PhD programs are expected to graduate with the following skills and abilities:
- Deep and broad understanding of the scholarly literature in the fields of human and organizational development
- Develop logical and coherent scholarly argument, critique theory and research
- Synthesize ideas and integrate theory and practice
- Reflect on your own practice skills in light of the theory and research you have read
- Integrate your intellectual, personal and professional learning and demonstrate appropriate use of personal voice in your writing
- Understand diverse cultural world views and epistemologies and the social justice implications of knowledge, theory and practice
- Graduate-level writing skills including the appropriate use of primary and secondary resources, scholarly language and the logical flow and sequencing of ideas
- Distinguish different research methods and demonstrate depth of knowledge in the method you choose for your dissertation
- Indicate the strengths and weaknesses of various research strategies and be able to connect various research methods to different research objectives and questions
- Connect the results of your own research to other research and theory in your field
