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Evaluation Capstone (EDUC90747)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
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Term 4
Overview
Availability | Term 1 - Online Term 2 - Online Term 3 - Online Term 4 - Online |
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Drawing on theory, knowledge, and skills developed throughout the Master of Evaluation, students scope and complete an individual project. The project is designed to provide an opportunity to practice from and reflect on learnings they have gained from the course.
The capstone project is either 1) a participation in a real evaluation project, which leads to the production of a report, or 2) a critical review of a particular body of literature in evaluation, which leads to the production of a journal article. All students provide an oral presentation of their findings, either in person or via video conference.
Intended learning outcomes
- Plan evaluation activities or plan a literature review
- Analyse data and synthesize research findings for evaluation purposes or analyse and argue on theories and findings from the evaluation literature
- Critically discuss one's self knowledge and skills in the evaluation field
- Communicate findings in written and verbal forms
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Before undertaking this subject, students who commenced before 2015 must have completed EDUC90713 Program Evaluation: Forms and Approaches. Students who commenced from 2015 onwards must have completed EDUC90850 Foundations of Evaluation and EDUC90848 Applied Research for Evaluation/Applied Research Methodology.
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC90848 | Applied Research Methodology |
Term 1 (Online)
Term 3 (Online)
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12.5 |
EDUC90850 | Foundations of Evaluation |
Term 2 (Online)
Term 4 (Online)
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12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
EDUC90825 Evaluation Capstone
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC90934 | Evaluation Capstone Part 1 |
Term 3 (Online)
Term 1 (Online)
Term 2 (Online)
Term 4 (Online)
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6.25 |
EDUC90935 | Evaluation Capstone Part 2 |
Term 4 (Online)
Term 3 (Online)
Term 2 (Online)
Term 1 (Online)
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6.25 |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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A project proposal indicating content, scope, and plan
| Week 4 | 20% |
A written task (such as an article or project report), due end of term
| End of the teaching period | 80% |
Oral presentation at the end of term that provides a synthesis of the Capstone project. This can be done via video conference.
| End of the teaching period | N/A |
Additional details
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- Term 1 - Online
Principal coordinator Ruth Aston Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Sessions with group supervisor as arranged Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 25 January 2021 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period students will be required to read: i) the Essential Competencies for Program Evaluators Self-Assessment and ii) AES Evaluators Professional Learning Competency Framework. Teaching period 1 February 2021 to 28 March 2021 Last self-enrol date 26 January 2021 Census date 19 February 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 12 March 2021 Assessment period ends 4 April 2021 Term 1 contact information
- Term 2 - Online
Principal coordinator Ruth Aston Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Sessions with group supervisor as arranged Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 19 April 2021 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period students will be required to read: i) the Essential Competencies for Program Evaluators Self-Assessment and ii) AES Evaluators Professional Learning Competency Framework. Teaching period 26 April 2021 to 20 June 2021 Last self-enrol date 20 April 2021 Census date 14 May 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 June 2021 Assessment period ends 27 June 2021 Term 2 contact information
- Term 3 - Online
Principal coordinator Ruth Aston Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Sessions with group supervisor as arranged Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 12 July 2021 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period students will be required to read: i) the Essential Competencies for Program Evaluators Self-Assessment and ii) AES Evaluators Professional Learning Competency Framework. Teaching period 19 July 2021 to 12 September 2021 Last self-enrol date 13 July 2021 Census date 6 August 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 August 2021 Assessment period ends 19 September 2021 Term 3 contact information
- Term 4 - Online
Principal coordinator Ghislain Arbour Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Sessions with group supervisor as arranged Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 4 October 2021 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period students will be required to read: i) the Essential Competencies for Program Evaluators Self-Assessment and ii) AES Evaluators Professional Learning Competency Framework. Teaching period 11 October 2021 to 5 December 2021 Last self-enrol date 5 October 2021 Census date 29 October 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 19 November 2021 Assessment period ends 12 December 2021 Term 4 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
Capstone planning begins when students commence the Master of Evaluation. Students are given access to the Capstone Community LMS in their first term and notified accordingly. Once they have access, they should familiarise themselves with the platform and the subject requirements. They should get their project approved at a dedicated session with the subject coordinator one or two terms before the term of their enrolment in Capstone. These sessions are advertised to the students through announcements.
Students are advised to enrol in and complete EDUC90747 in their last term or semester of enrolment in the Master of Evaluation (MC-EVAL, MC-EVALO).
Students may take the Capstone across more than one term by instead enrolling in EDUC90934 and EDUC90935.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
Capstone planning begins when students commence the Master of Evaluation. Students are given access to the Capstone Community LMS in their first term and notified accordingly. Once they have access, they should familiarise themselves with the platform and the subject requirements. They should get their project approved at a dedicated session with the subject coordinator one or two terms before the term of their enrolment in Capstone. These sessions are advertised to the students through announcements.
Students are advised to enrol in and complete EDUC90747 in their last term or semester of enrolment in the Master of Evaluation (MC-EVAL, MC-EVALO).
Students may take the Capstone across more than one term by instead enrolling in EDUC90934 and EDUC90935.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Evaluation Course Master of Evaluation Course Master of Evaluation - Links to additional information
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 10 February 2024