This written assignment contains two parts: an outline and a narrative component.
• Develop a full-sentence outline for your entire capstone project. Use at least three levels (I, A, 1). You may
use the following outline templateas an example or draft your own. This will help you to plan out what you
intend to research and write about for each of the major points of your capstone project. As you create this
outline, you will begin to see a flow of ideas and how they relate to your problem statement, research question,
or thesis statement. Using your increasing knowledge, define the scope of your research question more
completely. Incorporate important concepts or theories that relate to your topic, and explain how the sources
you are finding relate to these concepts.
• Use alphanumeric or any other format that Word offers to create your outline (provided you go at least to the
third level) and write in complete sentences (not phrases and not paragraphs). The use of full sentences will
help your mentor better understand what you have in mind, since phrases can be ambiguous or lack sufficient
information or clarity.
• Review examples of sample full sentence outlines and various levels using the links below:
o Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL)
o Rasmussen College: Library and Learning Services
• Your outline should conclude with 5 to 7 sources in APA or MLA format with entries alphabetized. These
sources should be academic in nature and indicative of a source that would be reliable and recognized, though
it does not need to necessarily be peer-reviewed. This information will be useful for your mentor to understand
how you are proceeding with your research and provide helpful feedback.