This course is intended to provide practitioners with the opportunity to expand their ability to apply their education (undergraduate and graduate), training (vocational, career, job-related), and experience and knowledge to the homeland security capstone project. The homeland security capstone encompasses material in the other MA-HLS courses and, provides practitioners with the skills to perform their professional roles in new ways that will initiate and sustain change even at the level of the broader institutional context of governance in which they must function. This course completes the thesis project as the final step before graduation.
Time management is KEY to creating a quality capstone or thesis. Never leave anything until the last minute. Here are some helpful resources.
You've created the first draft of your project or thesis. Now comes the hard part: EDITING AND PROOFREADING! These are time consuming processes and a pain. But, editing and proofreading your work allows you to create a polished final project that will wow your department and future employers.
What most people don't tell you is that writer's block is completely natural! It shows that your brain needs to rest and process. But, if you're worried, here are some great resources.
How Dare We! Write: A Multicultural Creative Writing Discourse by
How Dare We! Write: A Multicultural Creative Writing Discourse offers a much needed corrective to the usual dry and uninspired creative writing pedagogy. The collection asks us to consider questions, such as 'What does it mean to work through resistance from supposed mentors, to face rejection from publishers and classmates, and to stand against traditions that silence you?' and 'How can writers and teachers even begin to make diversity matter in meaningful ways on the page, in the classroom, and on our bookshelves?'
Homeland Security: Perceptions, Threats and Challenges by 
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Practical Predictive Analytics and Decisioning Systems for Medicine by 