Understanding Student Academic Projects

The Student Academic Project feature supports student projects that result in either a written thesis or dissertation. The feature supports an evaluation by committee, that utilizes the Evaluation Management feature.

Characteristics of the Student Academic Project feature:

• Participating students are already admitted and matriculated.

• The student projects result in a thesis, dissertation, or a similar deliverable.

• Institution can associate projects with a term, term session, or with a particular course offered in a specific term and session.

• Projects may be assigned by the instructor or proposed by the student(s).

• The completed project may be evaluated by a committee of evaluators, or by an individual evaluator. A final grade for the project is recorded.

• The institution may associate a job or internship placement with the project.