ADSA 9902 Applied Research Project

The Capstone Project for Sports Administration gives students the opportunity to apply the knowledge acquired throughout their graduate program to real-world situations. This knowledge will culminate in a final presentation and major paper that reflects in-depth, individualized research. As such this course provides students the opportunity to integrate knowledge from their core and concentration courses, to gain insight into the meaning of professionalism, and to produce a research project that can be leveraged in their current work setting to showcase their skills and talents. This project can also be used to highlight their background to prospective employers.

Course overview

Department
Advancing Studies
School
ADV
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Summer

Catalog details

Prerequisites
Permission of Department

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
4.53 / 5 · Excellent
65 responses
Instructor rating
4.70 / 5 · Excellent
65 responses
Terms evaluated
12
Most recent: Spring 2026

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Spring 2026Patricia Raube Keller4.75.04.94.94.94.84.84.07–9 hrs/week8 of 11
Fall 2025Alicia Cintron5.04.94.94.85.05.05.05.04–6 hrs/week7 of 8
Spring 2025Patricia Raube Keller4.34.65.05.04.84.74.74.84–6 hrs/week8 of 12
Fall 2024Alicia Cintron4.64.84.54.74.94.64.84.0—10 of 13
Summer 2024Patricia Raube Keller5.04.85.05.05.05.05.04.77–9 hrs/week4 of 7
Spring 2024Patricia Raube Keller5.05.04.54.55.05.05.05.0—2 of 5
Summer 2023Patricia Raube Keller—————————6 of 8
Spring 2023Patricia Raube Keller4.24.24.44.44.64.54.85.0—5 of 8
Fall 2022Patricia Raube Keller4.64.44.85.05.04.44.65.07–9 hrs/week5 of 8
Summer 2022Cathy Utzschneider5.05.05.05.05.05.05.0—7–9 hrs/week2 of 6
Spring 2022Patricia Raube Keller5.05.05.05.05.05.05.03.07–9 hrs/week3 of 10
Fall 2021Elisabeth Hiles3.44.24.04.04.24.04.23.34–6 hrs/week5 of 8

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors