Assignment Library Tag: Capstone

Assessment of Essential Studies Quantitative Reasoning Skills

Posted on September 10, 2018

Description This task is used for the assessment of Quantitative Reasoning (which the DQP refers to as Quantitative Fluency). It has been used to assess quantitative reasoning skills of students in our campus-wide general education Essential Studies (ES) program. This assignment is not specific to any course. Rather, it can be used broadly for undergraduate... Read more »

Analysis of a Healthcare Management Issue

Posted on September 10, 2018

Description This assignment is intended to reinforce previously learned concepts in the health sciences program and emphasize the steps and importance of critical thinking, decision making and problem solving. In this way, it lays the foundation for future assignments within a capstone course focused on the development of a plan to address a real-world healthcare... Read more »

Internship Semester Capstone Reflection Essay

Posted on September 6, 2018

Description This Capstone Reflection assignment prompts students to reflect on their learning over the course of a full academic semester in which they have completed a substantial professional internship, as well as engaged in academic coursework and professional development programming. It provides an important artifact for the portfolio of work students assemble over the course... Read more »

Assessment of the Essential Studies Information Literacy Goal

Posted on September 6, 2018

Background and context A team of UND faculty developed tasks to assess undergraduate students’ proficiency in our general education program (“Essential Studies” or ES).  Owing to our previous experience with the Collegiate Learning Assessment Performance Task Academy, we refer to our signature tasks as ES Performance Tasks.  This task is for the assessment of Information... Read more »

Capstone Project: Mathematics Across Disciplines

Posted on March 20, 2018

Description This senior thesis assignment is intended for mathematics majors. It requires students to integrate coursework, knowledge, and skills to demonstrate a broad mastery of a specific topic within the mathematic discipline and apply the topic to an entirely different discipline. Background and Context This is a senior thesis assignment. This assignment is intended for… Read more »