Participants will evaluate their Ph.D. curriculum, communicate knowledge, apply learning, support others, and explore ways to advance in their program. They will prepare advanced literature reviews, evaluate research, and communicate findings, with a focus on change management and program development.
Athena Title
Leading Change Capstone
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in ALDR 8890E
Semester Course Offered
Offered summer semester every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will be able to assess curriculum, explain the relationship between courses, and apply it to learning.
Students will be able to recognize and address improvement needs in their program of study.
Students will be able to communicate knowledge and support the learning of others.
Students will be able to critically discuss, utilize, and apply theoretical and conceptual frameworks on change management, including theories of change, behavioral and social change, leadership, and related models, in both real-world scenarios and their own research.
Students will be able to conduct systematic and integrative literature reviews, and critically summarize and evaluate ALEC literature and research.
Students will be able to compare conceptual and theoretical frameworks in ALEC research, with a special focus on change management.
Students will be able to work in groups and analyze complex problems.
Students will be able to engage with multiple stakeholders, design logic models for program development, and evaluate programs.
Students will be able to engage in critical (self) reflection.
Students will be able to develop and articulate a teaching philosophy, research statement, and professional goals.
Students will be able to advance in their graduate program and professional development.
Topical Outline
Unit 1: Mapping the curriculum
Unit 2: Theories and models of change: Change management, leadership, and behavioral change frameworks
Unit 3: Systematic and integrative literature reviews and critical journal analysis
Unit 4: Adult education philosophies and teaching and learning frameworks
Unit 5: Analyzing complex problems and engaging in program development and evaluation
Unit 6: Advancing as graduate students
Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
Communication
The ability to effectively develop, express, and exchange ideas in written, oral, interpersonal, or visual form.
Critical Thinking
The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.
Leadership & Collaboration
The capacity to engage in the relational process of optimizing personal and collective strengths toward a common goal.
