DHS Capstone

Course Description

The final doctoral capstone/project demonstrates students' scholarly ability to examine, critique, and synthesize knowledge and experience, so that new ideas can be tested; best practices identified, established, and verified; and theoretical, practice, or policy constructs evaluated and advanced. Doctoral students can integrate their program of study into an in-depth exploration of an interest area, culminating in the completion of their capstone/project in this course. Students complete the capstone/project independently, with the guidance of a Supervisory Committee Chair and committee members. Students complete a Prospectus, Proposal, Research Ethics Review (IRB), and a final written capstone/project and oral presentation. The order and format of the various steps vary based on the professional doctoral program and capstone/project type. Be sure to follow the guidance in the appropriate capstone/project Guidebook and use the checklists, rubric, and writing templates for your program and your specific capstone/project type. Pre-requisites All coursework including Communities of Practice and Research courses must be completed. HUMN 9101D - Capstone I: Design and Proposal Development (5 credits) (5 credits) The final doctoral capstone project demonstrates students' scholarly ability to examine, critique, and synthesize knowledge and experience in order to identify practice innovations and best practices or to evaluate policy. In this course, students can integrate their program of inquiry into an in-depth exploration of a gap in practice in their interest area, or into a grant application to fund an initiative, culminating in the completion of their doctoral capstone proposal. Working independently under the guidance of a supervisory chair, students complete the capstone proposal and research ethics review (IRB) in preparation for completing the research component of the capstone project. Students use the appropriate guidebook, checklists, rubrics, and writing templates for their program and specific capstone project type. Pre-requisites Completion of all core and specialization courses HUMN 9102D - Capstone II: Implementation and Analysis (5 Credits) (5 credits) In this course, students complete the research plan that was initially developed for their research or grant application capstone project in HUMN 9101D. Guided by their supervisory chair, students execute each step of the plan, including using approved data collection and analysis strategies while using resources and tools to ensure ethical quality research. Students complete the capstone project independently, with the guidance of a supervisory chair. Students use the appropriate guidebook, checklists, rubrics, and writing templates for their program and specific capstone/project type. Pre-requisites HUMN 9101D HUMN 9103D - Capstone III: Final Report and Dissemination (5 Credits)  (5 credits) In this final capstone course, students complete their final doctoral capstone project to demonstrate their ability to examine, critique, and synthesize knowledge and experience, so that new ideas can be tested; best practices identified, established, verified; and practice, or policy constructs evaluated and advanced. This capstone can be a report and discussion of the findings and outcomes from students' data analysis, including a plan for disseminating the findings and a self-reflection about their experiences in the project. Alternatively, students can complete a draft grant application using the findings from the analyzed data to support the application. Students use the appropriate guidebook, checklists, rubrics, and writing templates for their program and specific capstone project type. Pre-requisites HUMN 9102D

Code

HUMN 9100D

Credits

5

Subject

Human Services