Capstone III/Oral Defense

Catalog description

Capstone III is the final of three sequential Capstone courses. In this course, students complete their capstone project and present it in an oral defense. This course constitutes the culmination of the Doctoral program. As such, students pull together and synthesize the knowledge and skills acquired during two years of rigorous and intensive study offered by the curriculum. Capstone III builds on the foundation developed in Capstone I and II. In Capstone III, the student builds upon and expands the Capstone proposal. The student is expected to produce a scholarly report on a topic of significance to the social work profession. Students have a variety of options to choose from when deciding how to develop their capstone topic, including systematic/ scoping reviews, quantitative designs including intervention studies and surveys, qualitative studies, and data driven development of practice manuals. The final product may be in the form of a traditional chapter-style manuscript or one publishable article.