Capstone Project
The DESJ capstone project gives students an opportunity to apply what they have learned in their classes by taking it into the real world. It is completed in two quarters. First, students take DESJ 297: From Inquiry to Civic Action, which focuses on helping students prepare and narrow in on their subject and method of independent study. In the second quarter, students take DESJ 298, in which they complete their project while reflecting on and contextualizing their experience alongside other students and an advisor.
2023 Student Capstone Projects
Megan Macias – Migrant Students at EvCC
Danielle Villasin – Homeownership and the American Dream
DESJ 297 Learning Outcomes
- Identify relevant research methods to investigate issues of equity and social justice
- Analyze and connect coursework to community-identified concerns
- Develop a plan to investigate equity and social justice issues through community-engaged project work
- Reflect critically on the nexus between coursework, personal values, and civic engagement
- Understand the purpose and tools of civic engagement
- Develop skills to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with people of diverse backgrounds and beliefs
DESJ 298 Learning Outcomes
- Initiate and carry out capstone project
- Publicly present result of their capstone findings
- Analyze and connect coursework to community-identified concerns
- Reflect critically on the nexus between coursework, personal values, and civic engagement
- Develop skills to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with people of diverse backgrounds and beliefs