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LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone - disney_day_dreamer - 01-24-2023

I am planning to start my Capstone next month and was wondering if anyone took this course with Heather Brown? I only have a choice between her and Catherine Peck. I cannot find much feedback on Brown. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks  Smile

RE: LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone - fmsoa - 01-27-2023

(01-24-2023, 02:29 PM)disney_day_dreamer Wrote: I am planning to start my Capstone next month and was wondering if anyone took this course with Heather Brown? I only have a choice between her and Catherine Peck. I cannot find much feedback on Brown. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks  Smile

Both sections are full. The only open section left is with Dr. Otto

RE: LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone - gams007 - 02-05-2023

Sorry for my question but I need an advice I have to do the capstone project for computer science and I question is can a do a project related with my IT job do I have to search a topic to do a research paper, can I include programming prototype or it's not allowed?
Also I want to know what is the minimum pages that I can have in my capstone, also for the oral presentation do I need to create a power point slide show? 
In case I have to do a research where can I find a good topic for computer science.
There are 4 written assignments for this course my question is are those 4 assignments part of the final project research papers. 

Thanks

RE: LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone - spohara - 02-05-2023

(02-05-2023, 09:57 AM)gams007 Wrote: Sorry for my question but I need an advice I have to do the capstone project for computer science and I question is can a do a project related with my IT job do I have to search a topic to do a research paper, can I include programming prototype or it's not allowed?
Also I want to know what is the minimum pages that I can have in my capstone, also for the oral presentation do I need to create a power point slide show? 
In case I have to do a research where can I find a good topic for computer science.
There are 4 written assignments for this course my question is are those 4 assignments part of the final project research papers. 

Thanks

Doing this right now.  It might be somewhat mentor dependent, but for my mentor, I was not allowed to do a technical project and specifically had to approach it from the 'sociological perspective'.  Keep in mind that the vast majority of the mentors are going to be English and humanities majors and they aren't going to understand anything overly technical.

I'll let you know next week about the oral presentation.

For the 4 assignments, 1 is an intro and there will be elements of it which can be included in your actual introduction, but there is also a personal narrative element which won't actually go into your final paper.  2 is an outline and explanation of key concepts.  Obviously the outline will help you write your paper.  The explanation of key concepts I modified and worked into the rest of it, but chopped it up into the appropriate sections. 3 is a lit review, you can almost cut and paste this into your final paper.  4 is discussion and conclusion, which again can be essentially cut and pasted into your final.  After WA 4, you're pretty much working on revising, filling in the gaps, and making the sections flow together, because you have your five major sections essentially done.

My experience so far - the first 3 modules are fast paced (for me anyway, slow reader and writer, deliberate thinker - or waffler if you prefer) and require a ton of up front work.  By the end of week 6, you're expected to have a full lit review, which basically means you understand over 90% of what you're going to learn from this topic, you have the vast majority of your sources well digested and understood.  And honestly, even by week 4, you need a full sentence outline and key concepts, meaning you have the majority of your sources digested well enough to understand the overall structure of the paper.  Module 3 is a boatload of writing and you're going to get the bulk of the paper done (again somewhat mentor dependent, but mine wanted essentially a problem statement and critical lit review without an argument or thesis (you can find examples in journals of others doing critical lit reviews, but they are usually shorter than what you're going to write)). Modules are 2 weeks each, 1-4 are WA1-4, 5 is the oral, 6 is the final.

RE: LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone - gams007 - 02-18-2023

I have a question is you finished a BACS and later you want to finished a Liberal Studies degree do I have to retake again the LIB-495 ??

RE: LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone - LevelUP - 02-18-2023

(02-18-2023, 03:16 PM)gams007 Wrote: I have a question is you finished a BACS and later you want to finished a Liberal Studies degree do I have to retake again the LIB-495 ??

You only have to take the course one time.

RE: LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone - jsd - 02-19-2023

I had to do the capstone for each of my TESU bachelor degrees (LIB-495 each time).

RE: LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone - gams007 - 02-19-2023

(02-19-2023, 01:06 AM)jsd Wrote: I had to do the capstone for each of my TESU bachelor degrees (LIB-495 each time).

You mean I have to retake it again  Huh I will have to contact an Advisor regarding this.

RE: LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone - jsd - 02-19-2023

Yes, you'd have to do it again.

RE: LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone - rachel83az - 02-19-2023

If you graduate with two degrees at once from the same school (example: BA Comp Sci & BA Math), you only have to take it once. If you graduate with the BACS first and then come back later for Math, you may have to take the capstone again. I absolutely would not bother with getting a BACS and then a BALS (or any degree first, then a BALS). There is no reason to do this. It will cost more money and not add anything to your resume.