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This course has an assignment that is due by 11:55 pm Central Standard Time on Wednesday night of the first week of class.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in your removal from the course for non-participation. 

Textbooks

  • American Psychological Association (2010). APA publication manual (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN 13: 978-1433805615
  • Wapnick, E. (2017).  How to be everything: A guide for those who (still) don’t know what they want to be when they grow up.  New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN: 978-006-256665-2

Course Description

Open only to seniors majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies. This is a Senior Capstone course. To receive credit in the course, students must complete an analysis of their areas of study as related to their intended occupation or vocation and write a research essay summarizing the benefits of the interdisciplinary work with their potential employment opportunities or another project of equivalent academic depth and rigor agreed upon by faculty and student.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of the course, each participant should be able to:

  • Articulate professionally with faculty in their chosen areas of study to understand goals and outcomes in each program.
  • Reflect on their learning experiences at CMU in the context of career preparation and vocational objectives.
  • Create a research project that explains how these vocational objectives can be achieved after graduation