SPAN 300 Pre-Capstone for Spanish Majors
Course Description
Directed toward Spanish majors preparing for their Capstone experience, this course aims to guide the student in the process of completing a capstone proposal and initiating the preliminary steps toward the graduation ePortfolio. The ePortfolio provides evidence that a student is making satisfactory progress toward meeting the Core requirements and Major Learning Outcomes (MLOs) for the Spanish B.A.
Course Narrative
In this class we began to prepare our Capstone papers and eventually solidified the focus of the project itself. We had a unit on how to properly research and use academic articles in our paper. During this class, I looked for sources that would relate to my paper. In addition to finding the sources we were also asked to write the annotated bibliography. In writing the annotated bibliography we found out exactly which articles and what content would be useful. This was extremely useful when it came time to write my actual paper as I had the bulk of the required sources already. I was able to pull from the annotated bibliography for content for the paper. One of the other activities we did was creating an outline. We planned out our weekly goals in detail on this outline and divided the work between partners. This outline was also extremely useful when we needed specific a direction to finish our project on time. This course also created a path for us to follow in finishing the paper. We also created a Powerpoint on what we wanted our paper to be, and practiced presenting in front of our class. This powerpoint was very helpful because while we were presenting it, I realized shortcomings and was later able to overcome them. Furthermore, the questions from my classmates also helped me in realizing what was important for the paper to have. This course met MLO 6 of Research and Technology.
Below is the pre-capstone presentation that my partner and I presented at the end of the semester.
Directed toward Spanish majors preparing for their Capstone experience, this course aims to guide the student in the process of completing a capstone proposal and initiating the preliminary steps toward the graduation ePortfolio. The ePortfolio provides evidence that a student is making satisfactory progress toward meeting the Core requirements and Major Learning Outcomes (MLOs) for the Spanish B.A.
Course Narrative
In this class we began to prepare our Capstone papers and eventually solidified the focus of the project itself. We had a unit on how to properly research and use academic articles in our paper. During this class, I looked for sources that would relate to my paper. In addition to finding the sources we were also asked to write the annotated bibliography. In writing the annotated bibliography we found out exactly which articles and what content would be useful. This was extremely useful when it came time to write my actual paper as I had the bulk of the required sources already. I was able to pull from the annotated bibliography for content for the paper. One of the other activities we did was creating an outline. We planned out our weekly goals in detail on this outline and divided the work between partners. This outline was also extremely useful when we needed specific a direction to finish our project on time. This course also created a path for us to follow in finishing the paper. We also created a Powerpoint on what we wanted our paper to be, and practiced presenting in front of our class. This powerpoint was very helpful because while we were presenting it, I realized shortcomings and was later able to overcome them. Furthermore, the questions from my classmates also helped me in realizing what was important for the paper to have. This course met MLO 6 of Research and Technology.
Below is the pre-capstone presentation that my partner and I presented at the end of the semester.
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