The capstone project requires you to focus on a specific area of study within your major (Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies). It can be challenging to determine what you will research and write about for the duration of the course, but consider issues that have arisen in your area of study that you might like to pursue more in-depth. Given that there is likely to be more information on almost any topic than you are aware of, try to be as precise and focused as possible.
1. First, state your major (Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies) and intended vocational goals (career in Education). Then describe how you are going about the process of selecting a topic and what that topic is. Explain your curiosity about the topic and articulate how your academic, professional, or personal interests helped to inform your topic selection. Are you able to present this topic in the form of a thesis to be demonstrated or as a main question? (200 words or more)
2. Write an introduction to your topic that incites interest and depicts the need for the study. Why should the reader be interested in this topic? What should the reader hope to gain from this project? Find a quotation, anecdote, news item, or some other element on the topic that can incite such interest as you open your paper.
Then, briefly describe the reasons for this choice of the topic and study, along with the other elements required as indicated below. Keep in mind, academic writing is supposed to be as objective and dispassionate as possible, which means you should avoid a conversational tone, all slang, and writing in the first or second person. Try wherever possible to write in the third person throughout academic writing. Even if there is some personal aspect that is to be addressed, there are ways to format such writing that do not involve using the first person.
Part 2 must include the following:
-Introduce the topic.
-Discuss your topic selection.
= Explain its background and your rationale for choosing it.
= Describe your personal interest in it.
= Explore its relevance to professional life and of such a research project.
-List the key words used to refine your topic or problem statement.
-Provide the purpose of the paper (explain, analyze, or argue).
= Identify intended audience (general or specialized).
= Indicate your voice as the writer (informer or advocate).
-Identify key points or main question to be studied.
-Draft a preliminary problem statement, thesis statement, or opening hypothesis that includes mention of the context of your topic.
-Provide a summary.
