ENG 695 - Capstone Project

Credits: 3

After the successful completion of at least 24 credit hours in the program, all MAE students will research and write a final capstone paper. Students are responsible for proposing a project to a member of the Graduate Faculty and asking them to serve as their capstone project Director. Once a written proposal has been completed and signed by the capstone project Director, students will be given permission from the Director of the MAE program to enroll in ENG 695. Proposals must therefore be completed during the semester before the student intends to enroll in the class. Students will work independently and with the guidance of and feedback from their capstone Director and two other members of the graduate faculty throughout the semester they are enrolled in ENG 695 as they research, draft, and revise their capstone writing project. Final capstone projects represent the student’s most professional work. Papers should amount to somewhere between 20-25 pages of double-spaced, polished and professional standard prose. Students will present an abbreviated version of their capstone project during a 15- to 20-minute session at the Capstone Symposium that will be held during finals week of the semester the student enrolls in the class.

NOTE: Students are advised to enroll in the capstone course after completing 27 credit hours in the program. They are encouraged to devote the entire time of their final semester to the capstone project. However, some students may need to take ENG 695 concurrently with another class in order to graduate within two calendar years. In such a situation, when students will have completed only 24 credit hours in the program, they will be given permission to enroll in ENG 695, provided all course requirements, described above, have been met.

Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAE program and permission of the director of the MAE. Students must have completed the equivalent of 24 graduate credit hours in English.

Grading: Pass/no pass
Term(s) Offered: Fall, spring, summer

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