Spring 2018 School of Atec Capstone Proposal

SPRING 2018 SCHOOL OF ATEC CAPSTONE PROPOSAL

All School of ATEC students must complete a capstone project during their graduating semester. This is a culmination course where students create a project of their own choosing with faculty supervision. In order to apply for capstone, students must submit their Capstone Proposal the semester prior to their graduating semester. Students will be assigned to take either ATCM 4397 (Senior Seminar) or ATCM 4398 (Capstone Project) after faculty review.

The Spring 2018 Capstone Proposal appears on the following page. Please complete it and email it as an attachment to [email protected]. This will upload your proposal to a UTD Box folder where faculty will be able to review it. Submit the document in .docx or .pdf format and use the filename convention: LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_SP18Capstone.

The deadline to complete and submit your Capstone Proposal for Spring 2018 is October 20th, 2017. Faculty members will meet to review proposals and assign students to ATCM 4397 or 4398 the following week. Late, incorrect, or incomplete applications risk reduced supervisor options and could delay graduation.

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Check this box for preferred enrollment in Senior Seminar ☐ Check this box if interested in Honors Capstone (3.5 GPA required) ☐ Your Name and UTD email Click or tap here to enter text.

List your project’s working title, a one-sentence tagline, and a description of the project deliverable. Click or tap here to enter text.

List 3-8 keywords that describe your project. Click or tap here to enter text.

Describe the way that your project combines the theories and skills you have mastered in your time at ATEC. Click or tap here to enter text.

List three academic sources and/or creative influences that will inform your project. Click or tap here to enter text.

Identify three similar projects. Compare/contrast yours to each in one sentence. Explain in a fourth sentence how your project is unique. Click or tap here to enter text.

List the tools and processes that you will use for your project. Click or tap here to enter text.

In three sentences, describe the ideal audience for your project and how you plan to connect with them. Click or tap here to enter text.

Provide a timeline for how you preliminarily plan to complete your capstone within three months. It may be helpful to think back on class projects to gain an understanding of how long each step of your project may take. Click or tap here to enter text.

**The following two questions are required for only EMAC majors.**

There is no such thing as a neutral technology. What are the ethical, political, or social implications of the technologies you are using? Click or tap here to enter text.

List the platform/medium you are choosing and justify your choice in three sentences, reflecting your understanding of its affordances. (Need help? Look up “social affordance”) Click or tap here to enter text.

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