Doctoral Capstone Experience

Catalog description

Doctoral Capstone Experience (DCE) serves as the context for implementing the doctoral capstone project. Through collaboration with a site in the community, the capstone plan, memorandum of understanding, and evaluation are enacted over the course of 14 weeks to foster advanced skill development in one or more of the following areas: clinical practice skills, research, program or policy development, leadership and advocacy, administration, and/or education. Guided reflection throughout the DCE provides an opportunity for further development of professional identity and transformation into a scholar of practice. * Effective with the 2026–27 Academic Catalog (Class of 2029), this course is 12 credits. Students in the Classes of 2027 and 2028 follow the previous 14 credit version.