Tuesday

All done now but the "shouting." This course has been about preparing us to accomplish our projects. It was structured with a variety of exercises to help us frame our research studies. I have accomplished all of the modules and completed the final project while here on site. I believe most of the rest of the class will get the modules complete while here but have to finish their final project (the first chapter of the research project) within the alloted 2 weeks of our "break." Since I'm going to be on vacation next week it was very important to me to get all of this done while I was here. So...for those who may be reading this to gather information on what's expected during the residency, my advice is to do as much advanced preparation on selecting your research topic and draft the first chapter of the proposal before you arrive for the residency.

So...what's next? I have 3 more formal courses to complete -- Advanced Statistics (or Qualitative Research for those doing a Qualitative study), Strategic Planning, and Strategic Leadership. Each of these courses are 8 weeks with 2 weeks off in between; therefore the formal courses will be done in early January. The final 2 courses are the "Dissertation" courses which are basically "independent" where we work with our Dissertation chair (mentor) to complete our study. I'm fairly disciplined and hope to keep working on my dissertation while in the other courses. If I can stay on track and manage both, I could potentially be done with everything by early February, 2012.

I feels great now to have both residencies done (well..this one is almost done).