A senior capstone course for seniors in community and leadership development. This is a cooperative educational program between the CLD majors at the University of Kentucky and approved employers who furnish facilities and instruction that help students acquire the skills and knowledge required in their chosen field. Ultimately, this is a dually beneficial relationship; stakeholder relations are improved while students have an opportunity to build relationships/networks that could encourage future career development.

This course is designed as an advanced course exploring the dynamics involved in individual and group situations. Specifically, students will explore basic psychological and social psychological processes shaping human behavior and learn to apply the knowledge of these processes in educational, organizational and community settings. Topics to be explored include (but are not limited to): personal vs. professional identity, culture, socialization, individual vs. group decision making, conflict resolution and team building.

This course is designed as a service-learning/community engagement experience. It is organized with a field component related to the student's area of interest and an in-class experience that provides students with the opportunity to share and process their field experiences and to learn and grow from them through a variety of interactive exercises, readings, films and guest presentations. At the heart of the seminar is the requirement for in-depth journaling and the recording of field experiences through fieldnotes.

Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.

Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.

Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.

Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.

Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.

Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.

Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.