Instructions
This week your final draft project is due. That does not mean less than final! It only means that I will provide feedback to be incorporated into the final version that will be filed in the library and that you can take away as part of a portfolio or present to your supervisor/project manager. The project should include the cover page, contents, and other formatting as per the EOP Manual (and submitted in Week 13). It should also include an abstract, introduction, literature review, project design, and the end result of the project itself.
The following checklist may prove helpful!
Title Page exactly as in End of Program Capstone Manual but noting a Project instead of thesis
University publication license/copyright page
Dedication (optional)
Acknowledgement (optional)
Abstract with correct title heading (must be 150-200 words)
Table of Contents
Dot leaders
Left justified
Double spaced between entries
Make sure to list Appendices after References
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Acronyms/Abbreviations if applicable
APA format if not otherwise indicated by the agency for which the project is being done
The rest of the capstone project is flexible as far as format
If there is not a required format by your agency then it should be a narrative with an intro, lit review, analysis, explanation then their project in the appendix (remember it still has to be the equivalent of the 50-page thesis but you do not have to go straight by page limit, particularly if much of your work is gathering data, etc. and the reporting does not take that many pages)
If the agency for which you are preparing the special project requires a format, then you are to use that format. For instance, if it is an Army white paper for leadership you will follow the Army’s style guide which differs from APA. That is fine. If it is a grant submission then the application will serve as the bulk of the design but you will still need to cover the background aspects in a lit review and other required elements.
The lit review may be more grounded in comparative analysis of “best practices” of other agencies. An initial lead-in of scholarly sources is recommended, but this is grounded in practice not theory.
The idea is to make this project as practically applicable as possible.
That was due last Sunday and her comments were as follows:
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Overall Feedback
Please review the proper format at the end of the End Of Program Manual. Fix your errors and re-submit.
http://ebooks.apus.edu.ezproxy1.apus.edu/Capstone/CapstoneManual.pdf
I need the latest paper revised to the proper format that i sent via the website. Also part of the order was the completion of a 50 page paper that that was the capstone project, which all ties into everything else that she was working on
