Capstone

CAPSTONE for MBA, MS Acct, MS Tax, MSIS, & MA Economics

 

CAPSTONE BUAD 591 (MBA only)

Enrollment in Buad 591, Business Strategy Capstone is restricted to students who meet the prerequisites. Prerequisite: BUAD 591 must be taken in your last semester and you must be within 9 units of completing your entire study plan (this includes BUAD 591). Students wishing to enroll in this course must have prior approval from the Graduate Advisor*. Be advised that not all graduate courses are offered during the summer session so you should not plan your graduation around summer classes. Elective Courses are not normally offered in the summer.

The capstone course, BUAD 591, is a project course and must be completed with a "B" or better. You will be divided into groups and assigned to a company in Orange County. Your group will serve as a consulting team for the company.

*Enrollment Requirements:

  • BUAD 591 is to be taken in your last semester.
  • BUAD 591 is taken when you are within 9 units of completing your entire advising worksheet and classified . If you do not meet the prerequisites please do not send a request to reserve as seat as no exceptions will be granted.
  • BUAD 591 requires authorization prior to enrolling in the course.

  • Request to reserve your seat:

  • To obtain authorization and reserve a seat you must email the Graduate Advisor at [email protected] by the reservation deadlines below. Requests will not be accepted any earlier. 

Reservation Deadlines:

  • Spring: September 20 - October 15
  • Summer: January 31 - February 11
  • Fall: March 9 - March 19

To assist Mihaylo College in determining enrollment needs it is important that you send a request during the dates indicated above. Requests for enrollment after the dates above may not be accommodated.

Notification of Enrollment Authorization

  • You will be notified by email one week prior to early registration with authorization of enrollment.
  • If you are not eligible to enroll in BUAD591 you will be notified by email one week prior to early registration if not sooner.

Additional Graduation Requirements:

While enrolled in BUAD 591 all graduating students must complete an online "Exit Survey" and the "Graduate Information Record” (GIR) form. This GIR includes demographic, programmatic, employment, and other information vital to Mihaylo’s statistical records. This information will be used to provide statistical support for Mihaylo College of Business and Economics through rankings, AACSB accreditation, diversity, and overall data gathering. Please note that all information of an individual nature will be kept confidential. Our purpose is to create statistical averages and means, not individual metrics. The "Exit Survey" includes programmatic satisfaction information. This information will be used to improve the program and is anonymous.

You will be notified via email of the due dates and link to the online survey and GIR form.

CAPSTONE ACCT 597 (MS Accountancy and MS Taxation only)

You are required to complete a capstone project under the guidance of an assigned faculty advisor. The project is intended to enhance your understanding of an accounting topic and develop your awareness of how accounting research and practice are related. As described below, there are two pathways that are available for completing the project. For those interested in the academic pathway, research topics must be chosen after consulting with a faculty advisor. The academic projects do not include group work.

For those choosing the professional pathway, a capstone committee consisting of the following academics and practitioners will provide general guidelines for selecting a research topic and identifying research questions. The professional project includes both team-based and individual assignments. Team work includes: 1) presentation of an interim progress report, and 2) final presentation. A research paper on the topic is also required. The writing of the research paper, however, is an individual assignment. That is, while group members work together on their research and presentations, each member will submit an individual write-up of the project work and results. The written analyses will be graded by faculty advisors.

In order to successfully complete your academic or professional project, you must work closely with your assigned advisor in developing research hypotheses/questions, designing research methods and conducting data analysis. For the academic pathway, the advisor is selected by students after consultation with faculty prior to the start of the semester. Faculty advisors to academic advisees must provide the ACCT 597 instructors, the names of their advisees one week prior to the start of the semester. For the professional pathway, the faculty advisor is assigned by ACCT 597 instructor(s) after the start of the semester. ACCT 597 instructors will provide faculty advisors their advisees’ names one week after the start of the semester

If you have any questions regarding registration for ACCT 597, please contact the Department of Accounting (657) 278-2225. 

CAPSTONE ISDS 577 (MS Information Systems: Emphasis: General, Business Analytics, IS Management)

The capstone course, ISDS 577, is a project-based course. All MS Information Systems candidates must participate in this course. This course integrates the information systems development concepts of information systems, project management, analysis, design, and implementation with telecommunications, database design, programming, testing, and system integration issues.

To ensure all graduating students are able to enroll in this course the following prerequisites must be met:

  • ISDS 577 should be taken in your last semester or within completion of at least seven ISDS courses in the program.

Questions regarding ISDS 577 should be directed to the Department of Information Systems & Decision Sciences. (657) 278-2221

CAPSTONE ISDS 576 (MS Information Systems: Emphasis: Decision Sciences only)

The capstone course, ISDS 576, is a project-based course. All MS Information Systems with an emphasis in Decision Sciences candidates must participate in this course. This course integrates theory and application of modeling and simulation methodology.

To ensure all graduating students are able to enroll in this course the following prerequisites must be met:

  • ISDS 576 should be taken in your last semester or with completion of at least seven ISDS courses in the program.

Questions regarding ISDS 576 should be directed to the Department of Information Systems & Decision Sciences. (657) 278-2221.

Exit Option (MA Economics)

MA Economics students may choose from two exit options. Students may opt to take a comprehensive exam or complete a Thesis by enrolling in ECON 598.

Comprehensive Exam

Within the first week of your final semester schedule an appointment with the  Concentration Exploration Advisor  to discuss the comprehensive exam. The comprehensive exam is take post final exams of your final semester.

Thesis

After you second semester in the program and the completion of ECON 502 and ECON 503 schedule an appointment with your  Concentration Exploration Advisor. Prior to the meeting you will need to decide on your proposal topic, bring an outline of your plan that includes your objectives, the questions, and problem you wish to research. In your last semester you will be required to enroll in ECON 598.

General information about thesis requirements can also be found online through the  Graduate Studies Office.