Mentored Preparation of Transformative Human Rights Leadership Project II

Catalog description

Similar to a dissertation, the capstone provides students with a guided opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and understanding they have acquired throughout their course of study. Students are expected to identify a problem of importance connected to the Sustainable Development Goals and develop an innovative proposal for an immediately actionable social change effort. Students will work in close consultation with their doctoral committee to build upon the research question. They will gain institutional approval to conduct their independent research and will conduct the research under the supervision of a faculty mentor. Students will present the findings develop of a multimedia project that presents applied knowledge relevant to the social work profession. This course is the second in a two-semester course.