What is the SBSF 7100 (Research Forum) course?

The purpose of this forum is to assist students with making steady progress toward earning a Doctor of Philosophy degree. Students will prepare a plan of action, engage in regular scholarly discussion with a faculty mentor and fellow doctoral students, and submit a personal progress report. Students will submit drafts of Learning Agreements, Knowledge Area Modules (KAMs), and dissertations to the faculty mentor for feedback. Information and resources related to KAMs, dissertations, residencies, research and writing, and doctoral program expectations are provided for guidance.

The KAMs are not online courses and require no online registration. Each quarter, you will be automatically registered for EDUC 8800, which is the Research Forum (this will happen automatically, unless you have a hold on your account, withdraw, or are on a Leave of Absence). This serves as your registration for KAMs, regardless of which KAM you’re working on. Each quarter that you are actively working on a KAM, you’ll then be required to log into EDUC 8800 within the first seven days and submit your quarterly plan to the dropbox. If you are not yet working on your KAMs, yet you are in a program with KAMs, please log in to the class in the first week, but you do not need to complete any of the assignments. If you do not log in during the first seven days each quarter, you will be dropped for Failure to Attend.