RESEARCH TOPICS After participating in the Discussion, finish up your Journey Lo

RESEARCH TOPICS
After participating in the Discussion, finish up your Journey Log by completing Part 5. You should also review the entire log and make any necessary adjustments to reflect changes in your thinking (if any).
Throughout this module, you have been exploring potential dissertation topics and evaluating their viability. For this Assignment, based on what you learned through your peer and instructor interactions in the Discussion, refine your ideas and document potential dissertation topics related to your area of interest.
Remember: The Journey Log provides an opportunity to reflect on and document your learning throughout this course. Be sure to take this valuable resource with you so that you can refer to it as you progress through your program of study. It will help you keep track of your thoughts and ideas, along with how they evolve over time.
Reminder: Here in Module 5, you will submit your Journey Log with all five parts completed.

What you need to do… By when…
Here in Module 5, you will complete Part 5 of the Journey Log, which asks you to respond to the following prompts:
Describe a research topic that interests you and is important to the discipline.
Express your initial ideas for a potential dissertation.
Identify academic and professional communities that will help you find a place in the discipline and pursue your research goals.
After completing Part 5, review, revise, and finalize Parts 1-4, and then submit your completed log.

RESOURCE
The Journey Log document
You should have already downloaded this worksheet when completing your assignments in the previous modules. However, it is included again here for your convenience.
resources
Journey Log.docxDownload Journey Log.docx
Document: Journey Log (Word document)