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LA298 Associate Degree Capstone

• Department Liberal Arts
• Level Lower
• Format Online
• Credits 3

Description

The associate degree capstone is the culminating experience for students in the Associate Degree in Liberal Arts program. In the course, students demonstrate and reflect on the knowledge and skills they have acquired in the degree program and in other educational experiences up to this point. Students demonstrate mastery of the five Associate Degree in Liberal Arts learning outcomes: written and oral communication, cultural and global diversity, problem solving, ethics, and professional development. Students will Demonstrate these outcomes through individual and group assignments, multi-modal presentations, and a final research paper. This is an intense 8-week course with significant research and writing expectations. It is strongly recommended that students have prior experience with online course work, and particularly Excelsior University courses, before attempting this course. This course requires the completion of the listed prerequisites and the permission of the student's advisor.

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Prerequisites

The Capstone must be the last course taken. All major core and university requirement courses must be complete. The capstone can be paired with 1 other course that is considered to be general education course (excluding courses to meet the Written English Requirement and the Ethics Requirement), a concentration course, elective, or lab course (even if the lab is in the major).

Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC)

To be designated as a Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) course, all instructional materials will be provided at no cost to students. These may include Open Educational Resources (OER), free materials, or library resources. Check your syllabus for more information.

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