Feedback for Capstone

MikeH2013 · Aug 21, 2014

It is a 5 credit hour, graded course that allows you to really learn time management (can I write a cited paper in under 30 minutes?), presents you with multiple opportunities to stretch your writing skills (or develop carpal tunnel syndrome, but I'm an optimist), and appreciate the wonderful term that other folks refer to as 'Deadlines'. The best advice for Capstone is to hit the ground running and don't waste any time available - if you have finished week 2 early, then start hammering on week 3 and 4. This is a doable course, but you'll have to be disciplined and work fast. Your family will miss you, but you can catch up with them at graduation.

annie_m · Aug 24, 2014

I am sending you a pm

MikeH2013 · Sep 1, 2014

Capstone could be renamed Tombstone... if you fall behind. It's an unbelievable deluge of writing, but so far I'm swimming with a 4.0. I know that I'm getting tired and cannot wait for the 5 weeks to end. In week 4 now, and it ends on the 12th of September. You will write, write some, write again, and then write to the point where you have finger callouses from typing. I'm just about to wrap up my Power Point project and then I have to tackle my APA paper, plus two evaluations on the Power Point project, plus message board, and then it's time to finalize and submit the Capstone project by Saturday 0800. If I just had two more of me, one to go to work, the other to have a life, then all I would have to do is toil away here at the computer.

iLOVEbees · Sep 1, 2014

It's not pass/fail; you get a grade.

Compared to some of the classes, I thought it was a walk in the park. Grading was quite loose and it seemed like just going through the motions.

MikeH2013 · Sep 2, 2014

I think it depends on the instructor and the academic coach. It also depends on the student as well, I would venture. The bottom line is that this class is designed to generate a "thesis-lite" and preparation for students wanting to progress further or the end of the line for someone content at the BSN level. Personally, I am working with the mindset that this is preparation for work requiring a higher degree of scrutiny and effort, and proceeding with that focus guiding my crafting of the required assignments as I plan to move immediately forward with my next goal of MSN-FP then DNP.