PRFS 4500 - Capstone in Professional Studies

Prerequisite: senior professional studies major, consent of instructor. The capstone course will integrate current and developing trends with the student's interests and perspective. This will allow the demonstration of accumulated training through a single, original project of the student's choice, subject to the instructor's approval. The most common form of this project is the development of a white paper proposing an approach to an issue either of general concern to the student or of concern to a community organization. Drafts of the work will be subject to multiple peer and instructor reviews. The final report will be accompanied by a 15 to 20 minute recorded summary presentation. This course will be run in a 15 week on-line format. 3 credits.