EDD-9100 Scholar-Practitioner Field Project I - Research Methods, Project Identification, Framing and Site Preparation

This is the first of the three consecutive Scholar-Practitioner Field Project (SPFP) courses of the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) and the Doctor of Education (EDD) degrees. The course focuses on writing the first two sections of the degree culminating field project. The student works collaboratively with the Capstone mentor to write the field project overview section and the literature review that integrates and applies key knowledge acquired from the DBA and EDD curriculum. The central focus of the course is describing the problem through information in the industry literature, defining the methodology, and writing a concise literature review supported by evidence-based literature and contemporary field experience. Key field project products completed in this course include: the field project overview section and literature review.

Advisory: All milestones in EDD-9100 must be completed and approved before students will be allowed to enroll in EDD-9200.

Credits: 3

Offered in Sep 2026

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