Part One: Course Pamphlet

Course Description

Project Implementation 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 carry out an already designed project. It might be carried out in the community, workplace, or other human services related setting. It emphasises the steps necessary successfully to complete and evaluate a small research project. Ideally completion of the Project Implementation I will prepare the student to follow up the completed project by further elaborating the research design, conducting a similar project without supervision, transferring this technique to another research context, developing a comparative case study or applying for funding to carry out work of this kind. Because this research intends to build on previous learning, students registering in Project Implementation I must have completed Human Services 311 and 322 or equivalent courses from another institution. Students are encourage to take Human Services 455: Project Design I prior to enrolling in Human Services 477: Project Implementation I.

For further information please contact:

Student Advising
Telephone: 1-800-788-9041

Human Services Program Coordinator
1-800-788-9041 (ext. 3406)