Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice Judicial Administration Program Non-credit Certificate Capstone Experience The culmination of the Judicial Administration Program Non-credit Certificate is the Capstone Experience. Students are required to begin the Capstone Experience once they have completed the 60 course contact hours. Successful completion of the Capstone Experience will result in the student receiving the non-credit certificate. Students are encouraged to utilize the MSU Writing Center website @ http://writing.msu.edu/ Please Note: Students considering applying their non-credit certificate toward credit-bearing courses at MSU should contact Cathy White (gamperca@msu.edu) before embarking on the Capstone Experience. Capstone Experience Instructions Step One: Lodge Capstone Experience request with Cathy White. Cathy White will verify eligibility to take the Capstone Experience and discuss options for moving the non-credit certificate toward credit-bearing courses at MSU and the impact that decision would have on the nature and length of the Capstone Experience. Step Two: Student will pay the $60.00 Capstone Experience fee. Step Three: Student will submit a one page proposal with 1.5 spacing to Cathy White for review and acceptance. Submissions must include student name, contact information, and date. This information should appear single-spaced in the upper right hand corner of the page. The proposal, as well as the final paper, should address the following issues and be organized by sections using the section headings identified below. Description of Project: This section will provide an overview of the project, rationale as to why this project was selected, and outline the course of action. The project must be related to judicial administration. Statement of Problem: This section will clearly state the issue, problem, challenge, opportunity, or question the student is addressing. Method: This section will describe how the student will approach the project. 1
Use of Judicial Administration Program Courses: This section will identify the Judicial Administration Program course information that will be used for the project. If students are not using all ten courses, they must explain why the course(s) is not applicable. Evaluation Criteria: This section will describe how the student will know if they have been successful in addressing their judicial administration issue, problem, challenge, opportunity, or question. Results and Conclusions: This section will address what the student found that supports the student s conclusions and any applicable recommendations. o For the proposal, students should hypothesize what the result might be given all available information at the time the proposal is submitted. o For the final project paper submission, the student should address whether the hypothesis was supported and why or why not the results differed from the initial hypotheses set forth in the proposal. Submission Deadline: The student will set the deadline date for submission of the completed project. Step Four: Cathy White will submit the proposal to a MSU faculty member for review and approval. Once approval is granted, the student will be contacted by the faculty member so that the student can begin work on the project. At this time, all ten (10) online Judicial Administration Program no-ncredit courses will be made available to the student to be used during the project. The student will also gain access to a folder in ANGEL entitled, Capstone Experience. This folder will contain resources to assist the student toward successful completion of the project. Step Five: Student will submit the paper to Cathy White by the deadline date. Students needing guidance on their paper should contact Cathy White. Submission Format: The student will adhere to the following paper submission guidelines: o The paper shall be no more than ten (10) pages long, 1.5 linespacing. Microsoft Word is preferred; however, WordPerfect will be accepted. o Include a cover page with student name, contact information, date, and Capstone Experience clearly typed near the top or center. The 2
title of the paper should appear directly below the words Capstone Experience. The cover page is not included in the overall ten (10) page expectation. o The content of the paper must be organized by the same section headings used in the proposal (Description of Project, Statement of Problem, Method, Use of Judicial Administration Program Courses, Evaluation Criteria, and Results and Conclusions). The student must use all of the headings identified above. However, the student may include more headings in addition to subheadings if deemed necessary. o Include a reference list of the primary source material used to complete the project that includes the Judicial Administration Program course material and any other outside sources the student chooses to use. The reference list is also not included in the overall ten (10) page expectation. Citations and references should follow the Chicago Manual of Style. Step Six: Review of the paper, comments, suggestions, and the like will be returned no later than thirty days following the submission of the paper. Step Seven: Student will receive written notification of completion of the Judicial Administration Program Non-credit Certificate. Step Eight: Students will receive certificate. Please contact Cathy White with any questions. Cathy White Judicial Administration Program School of Criminal Justice Michigan State University 1407 South Harrison Rd. Suite 330 Nisbet East Lansing, MI 48823-5239 Email: gamperca@msu.edu Telephone: 517.432.1716 Fax: 517.432.3965 Website: http://judicialadministration.msu.edu 3
EXAMPLES OF CHICAGO-STYLE DOCUMENTATION For this project we will utilize the Chicago-style for citation of sources. The citation methods found in The Chicago Manual of Style, 14 th Edition or higher are required for the Capstone Experience. If you are not acquainted with this citation style, please refer to the following examples and comments when preparing your work. Please note that we will utilize the author-date system for this course. For additional information visit The Chicago Manual of Style official web site at http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html Books Book with one author Doniger, Wendy. 1999. Splitting the difference. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (Doniger 1999, 254) Book with two authors Cowlishaw, Guy, and Robin Dunbar. 2000. Primate conservation biology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (Cowlishaw and Dunbar 2000, 334) 4
Book with more than three authors Laumann, Edward O., John H. Gagnon, Robert T. Michael, and Stuart Michaels. 1994. The social organization of sexuality: Sexual practices in the United States. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (Laumann et al. 1994, 281) Edited book with 2 authors Flinders, David J. and Geoffrey E. Mills, eds. 1993. Theory and concepts in qualitative research: perspectives from the field. New York: Teachers College Press. (Flinders and Mills 1993, 21) Preface, foreword, introduction, and similar parts of a book Rieger, James. 1974. Introduction to Frankenstein, or The modern Prometheus, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (Rieger 1974, 221) 5
Chapter or other part of a book Twaddell, W. Freeman. 1957. A note on Old High German umlaut. In Readings in linguistics I: The development of descriptive linguistics in America, 1925 1956. 4th ed. Edited by Martin Joos. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (Twaddell 1957, 85 87) Journals Journal article with one author Terborgh, J. 1974. Preservation of natural diversity: The problem of extinction-prone species. BioScience 24(2):715-22. (Terborgh 1974, 720) Journal article with two authors Bolzan, J.F. and K.C. Jezek. 2000. Accumulation rate changes in central Greenland from passive microwave data. Polar Geography 27(4): 277-319. (Bolzan and Jezek 2000, 280) 6
Website Roach, John. 2005. Journal Ranks Top 25 Unanswered Science Questions. http://news.nationalgeographic.com (accessed July 7, 2005). (National Geographic 2005) Article from an electronic journal Thomas, Trevor M. 1956. Wales: Land of Mines and Quarries. Geographical Review 46, no. 1: 59-81. http://www.jstor.org/ (accessed June 30, 2005). (Thomas 1956) Newspaper article Do not include in References. Citation is only made in running text style as demonstrated below. "In an article on rampage killers (New York Times, April 10, 2000), Laurie Goodstein and William Glaberson describe..." 7
Notes: Your bibliography should document all the works you consulted in preparing your work, whether you cited them directly, or not. Entries should be listed alphabetically by the first author's last name or family. If there is no named author, list by the first word in the work's title, ignoring 'A', 'An' or 'The'. If the entry consists of more than one line of text, the following lines of that entry are indented by two spaces. 8
Catharine White 1407 South Harrison Suite 330 Nisbet Building East Lansing, MI 48823-5239 517-432-1716 gamperca@msu.edu Date Proposal Description of Project Statement of Problem Method Use of Judicial Administration Program Courses Evaluation Criteria Results and Conclusions Reminder *Use 1.5 line-spacing *Proposal limited to one (1) page 9
Catharine White 1407 South Harrison Suite 330 Nisbet Building East Lansing, MI 48823-5239 517/432-1716 gamperca@msu.edu Date Capstone Experience Working with Octogenarians in Elder Courts: A Case-Study of Optimism and Hope Reminder *This page is not included in the 10 page count requirement 10
Working with Octogenarians in Elder Courts: A Case-Study of Optimism and Hope Description of Project Statement of Problem Method Use of Judicial Administration Program Courses Evaluation Criteria Results and Conclusions Reminder *The10 page requirement will be comprised of your material organized by the headings. *Use 1.5 line-spacing 11
References Reminder *This page is not included in the 10 page count requirement *Use Chicago Manual of Style for citation format. 12