M.A. in Professional Communication
Professional and Student Benefits
Capstone projects are not just beneficial to a student academically but also professionally. Students are able to utilize their project as support when apply for a career in the field it may relate to. This section will go in-depth about these different benefits capstones have on students both academically and professionally.
Academic Benefits
Capstone projects allow students to wrap up their academics in a professional project that gives them a hands-on experience in a specific topic or career field.
Students who choose to work directly with a company as their client, the student has the opportunity of building a relationship and work with them in the future.
Students who choose to work with a client or company, they can serve as a mentor and an overall support system to the student they are collaborating with.
Students also benefit by integrating real-world situations with theoretical and conceptual methods they have learned in classroom settings.
Professional Benefits
When a student chooses a company or client they gain many different benefits. The topic or field a student chooses also benefits from the capstone project a student creates.
Students provide an outside perspective to solving problems the company or client may be facing and provide additional help to solve these problems.
The company or client is able to use the student as a resource for their company at a much lower cost than other options available to them.
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A student's capstone has the ability to contribute to a specific topic or career field by adding new information from difference concepts they have learned and apply it to real-world situations.
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