The focus of the project is to be determined by students in consultation with Rockhurst humanities and education faculty. Opportunities to develop the project are integrated into each session of the entire program. Projects might take the form of curriculum design and development, action research, or an intensive further study of a particular subject for future use in humanities instruction. Additionally, by the end of the course they are encouraged to consider a project topic related to the humanities and to their own teaching needs. An Integrated Humanities Thematic Course, is designed to suggest possible subject matter as well as to model a methodology for integrated thematic curriculum design.
Students continue to develop a topic for the project.
Faculty involved in teaching thematic courses provide specific oversight needed for these projects. Students complete progress reports in each course of the program. A faculty member is available for project consultation one hour per week before the graduate class. During one class session, this education faculty member is invited for part of the evening to discuss with the class the project and its components. Students complete their third progress report during this course and submit it to the designated faculty.