EDRS 9300: Research Seminar: Conceptual Frameworks & Research Design

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: (EDRS 8100  or EDRS 8200 ) and (EDRS 9100  or EDRS 9200 )
This seminar will assist the doctoral candidate in conceptualizing, identifying the components of, and articulating the emerging conceptual framework of their dissertation. Under the guidance of the course professor and in consultation with their dissertation chair, the candidate will emerge from the course with a draft his/her conceptual framework which includes the purpose and rationale for his/her research as well as a draft of the theoretical underpinnings of the research described through a review of literature followed by preliminary research questions or hypotheses for his/her dissertation.