Graduate Capstone Experience in Education

Catalog description

Provides students the opportunity to engage in a culminating project that demonstrates critical thinking, understanding contexts, and reflection and action using the course work and experiences from the graduate program. The end product of the individualized experience could include a research paper, journal manuscript, written comprehensive examination, professional portfolio with components indicative of a state/national master teacher portfolio, or other approved project. The project will also serve as part of the master's examination. It is expected that the student will have completed the majority of the courses in his or her program. Prerequisite: completion of at least 12 graduate hours. Co-requisite: submission for Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval within the first two weeks of the semester if conducting research with human subjects.