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Part One: Course PamphletCourse DescriptionProject Design I is an independent study course. It involves student-initiated units of study that are based on a contracted study arrangement worked out between an individual student, an approved supervisor for the project and Athabasca University (via the Program Coordinator). Topics must be chosen in consultation with the program coordinator, and can be adapted to local, comparative or international contexts. This course offers students an opportunity to pursue an extended research project under the direction of a professor. The primary purpose of this course is to enable students to use independent study and research to develop a workable plan that would allow you to implement the research design in the community, workplace or other human services related setting. It emphasises the steps that lead to the development of a project that would, if implemented, produce knowledge that had not previously existed. It may confirm previous findings for a new population, lead to other research questions, or be particular to the needs of a specific organization and be finite in its application. Ideally completion of the Project Design I will prepare the student to implement the finished product. Because this research intends to build on previous learning, students registering in Project Design I must have completed Human Services 311 and 322 or equivalent courses from another institution. For further information please contact: Student Advising |
