Capstone Project – AVIA 681
CG • Section 8WK • 07/01/2018 to 12/31/2199 • Modified 02/01/2024
Course Description
Students will complete their proposed aviation Capstone Project through the implementation phase while working with their Capstone Project mentor. The goal of the aviation capstone is to provide students with an industry-centered educational experience focused within their chosen cognate. The capstone experience seeks to challenge and expose students to specific real-world problems, constraints, and performance issues. Students will seamlessly merge a biblical worldview into practical applications throughout the culminating capstone experience.
For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.
Rationale
The Aviation Capstone courses (AVIA 680 and 681) are culminating efforts of the entire learning experience for the graduate student in the School of Aeronautics. The Aviation Capstone is a two-part series of courses to encompass research, project development, implementation, and lessons learned. This is to be a program culminating experience in which the student applies and demonstrates their knowledge and skills in creating a defined product that will have a personal impact and an impact on the aviation community. AVIA 681 is the final course of a two-part series of courses in which the student focuses primarily on implementation and reflection.
Course Assignment
After reading the Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.
The student will complete the Discussion: Class Introductions in a visual presentation format. The visual presentation must include recorded presentation and will have a maximum time limit of 5 minutes. The student will be creative with the presentations. The student is required to reply to 2 other classmates’ threads. Each reply must be at least 150 words.
Throughout the academic writing process, the ability to give and receive feedback is important. Providing feedback to your peers requires you to critically think about the assignment’s intention and ensure your peer meets the expectations of the assignment. Furthermore, receiving peer feedback allows you to gauge whether or not your writing is clear, concise, and meets the assignment parameters. Your writing can greatly improve by giving and receiving feedback. This skill will serve you greatly in your work environment, as you seek to communicate more clearly and with purpose.
In this course, the student will have the opportunity to review his/her fellow classmate’s work and offer insightful and constructive feedback on multiple assignments. The student will post his/her rough draft in the Peer-Review Discussion as his/her thread and read his/her peers' papers. The student will review one classmate's paper and provide feedback directly on the paper as his/her reply. (CLO: A, D, E)
Each student will log 40 hours in the implementation of their project. The implementation of the Aviation Capstone is the culminating experience of hands-on learning with expertise in the aviation field of study and topic chosen. While at the Implementation Site, the student must have a mentor who is supervising and guiding the experience.
The implementation is a multifaceted experience with two components. The student must fulfill each component in sequential order.
- Implementation Site and Plan Paper Assignment
- Implementation Site Logs Assignment
(CLO: A, B, C, D, E)
The mentor is an important component of the student's implementation. This is an opportunity for the student to talk over his/her capstone topic, research, implementation, and conclusions with an expert in the aviation field. The goal is to use the mentor’s expertise in discussing the capstone project plan, implementation, and results of the student's capstone project.
There are two assignments that must be accomplished.
- Mentor Interview Reflection Paper Assignment
- Aviation Mentor Mentor Implementation Site Evaluation Form Assignment
(CLO: A, B, C, D, E)
Capstone Proposal Paper Revision Assignment
The student will submit the Capstone Proposal Paper submitted in AVIA 680, and will submit a revised and further developed Capstone Proposal Paper incorporating feedback and corrections provided by the student's AVIA 680 professor.
The Aviation Capstone involves researching and writing a 20-30 page paper about a topic chosen. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E)
The student presentation should incorporate all aspects of thinking on the topic chosen: examination of Scripture, research, discussions, and conclusions based on knowledge, experience, and reflection of efforts. A biblical worldview should be intrinsically and purposefully woven throughout the entire presentation. Presentation should demonstrate mastery of capstone, content, implementation, and reflection of the Aviation Capstone. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E)
