Doctoral Capstone Project and Seminar

Catalog description

This course is a continuation of the process for students to actively engage in comprehensive and in-depth scholarly activities by developing a capstone project while collaborating with a faculty capstone mentor/advisor. The project allows the students to synthesize and apply the knowledge gained in previous courses throughout the curriculum. The project will involve designing, implementing, and evaluating a scholarly capstone project that aligns with the profession's current research priorities and is meant to advance knowledge translation, clinical or professional practices, service delivery, and professional issues. Students will work in-depth on a scholarly capstone project that involves one or more of the following areas related to the anticipated doctoral experience later in the curriculum: clinical practice skills, research skills, administration, leadership, program and policy development, advocacy, education, or theory development. The students will work with the faculty mentor to a) continue development of the formal proposal; b) work with chosen site to implement and complete a needs assessment; c) design their individual 14-week experience week by week; d) complete and present their formal capstone proposal. Prerequisite Course(s): Prerequisites: OCTH 705 Corequisites: OCTH 780, OCTH 781