JS 0610 - Service Project and Process Paper in Justice Studies

Fall, Spring 3 Credit Hours
This is an integrative course in which the student is expected to contact an agency or organization and discuss how to synthesize, integrate, and/or apply knowledge from previous coursework into a comprehensive culminating service project defined broadly within the Justice Studies discipline, which will benefit the agency or organization and broader community. In addition, a process paper outlining the goals, rationale, and outcome of the project will be completed by the student. The course must be scheduled as a capstone project and should be taken as one of the last courses in the student’s program. The Service Project and Process Paper in Justice Studies course will take place over two consecutive semesters, requiring the initial preparation and approval of a prospectus (preliminary planning culminating in a project proposal), and the presentation and defense of the proposal by a Justice Studies committee. The Service Project and Process Paper in Justice Studies Defense committee will consist of graduate faculty members in the Justice Studies department, including the student’s primary Capstone Adviser, and two additional members. The chair and at least one other member must be members of the Justice Studies faculty. It is the responsibility of the student to assemble a committee of professors who have agreed to serve on the committee. The committee should be selected upon the basis of the members’ knowledge of the subject of the thesis, the methodology that will be used, and their willingness to serve. Course may be repeated for up to 6 total credit hours.