The research capstone provides students with the intellectual and organizational skills necessary to carry out and complete a major project as an individual body of research. Students will propose, research, develop and then present a project of their choosing. The final project will start with a case study and from that design a business plan, with appropriate research and documentation. The project will be grounded in bibliographic and IT skills; students will be asked to experiment and critique different research methods before choosing and focusing on one approach. There is the opportunity to develop approaches towards problem solving and design-based solutions for a company they are engaged with or to develop project/product based entrepreneurial process. Presentation sessions are part of the module learning, as well as its assessment. This will take the form of presenting a potential project to peers and faculty; examining potential outcomes and problems of methodology and practice; referring to previous or existing examples of that mode of research; engaging in dialogue with stakeholders, specific fashion business peers and faculty. The course will reflect the complex nature of research processes as applicable to fashion system contexts, case studies and business plans. Its teaching and learning format is conceived in terms of a mixture of multidisciplinary and discipline-specific work.

The research capstone provides students with the intellectual and organizational skills necessary to carry out and complete a major project as an individual body of research. Students will propose, research, develop and then present a project of their choosing. The final project will start with a case study and from that design a business plan, with appropriate research and documentation. The project will be grounded in bibliographic and IT skills; students will be asked to experiment and critique different research methods before choosing and focusing on one approach. There is the opportunity to develop approaches towards problem solving and design-based solutions for a company they are engaged with or to develop project/product based entrepreneurial process. Presentation sessions are part of the module learning, as well as its assessment. This will take the form of presenting a potential project to peers and faculty; examining potential outcomes and problems of methodology and practice; referring to previous or existing examples of that mode of research; engaging in dialogue with stakeholders, specific fashion business peers and faculty. The course will reflect the complex nature of research processes as applicable to fashion system contexts, case studies and business plans. Its teaching and learning format is conceived in terms of a mixture of multidisciplinary and discipline-specific work.

The research capstone provides students with the intellectual and organizational skills necessary to carry out and complete a major project as an individual body of research. Students will propose, research, develop and then present a project of their choosing. The final project will start with a case study and from that design a business plan, with appropriate research and documentation. The project will be grounded in bibliographic and IT skills; students will be asked to experiment and critique different research methods before choosing and focusing on one approach. There is the opportunity to develop approaches towards problem solving and design-based solutions for a company they are engaged with or to develop project/product based entrepreneurial process. Presentation sessions are part of the module learning, as well as its assessment. This will take the form of presenting a potential project to peers and faculty; examining potential outcomes and problems of methodology and practice; referring to previous or existing examples of that mode of research; engaging in dialogue with stakeholders, specific fashion business peers and faculty. The course will reflect the complex nature of research processes as applicable to fashion system contexts, case studies and business plans. Its teaching and learning format is conceived in terms of a mixture of multidisciplinary and discipline-specific work.

The research capstone provides students with the intellectual and organizational skills necessary to carry out and complete a major project as an individual body of research. Students will propose, research, develop and then present a project of their choosing. The final project will start with a case study and from that design a business plan, with appropriate research and documentation. The project will be grounded in bibliographic and IT skills; students will be asked to experiment and critique different research methods before choosing and focusing on one approach. There is the opportunity to develop approaches towards problem solving and design-based solutions for a company they are engaged with or to develop project/product based entrepreneurial process. Presentation sessions are part of the module learning, as well as its assessment. This will take the form of presenting a potential project to peers and faculty; examining potential outcomes and problems of methodology and practice; referring to previous or existing examples of that mode of research; engaging in dialogue with stakeholders, specific fashion business peers and faculty. The course will reflect the complex nature of research processes as applicable to fashion system contexts, case studies and business plans. Its teaching and learning format is conceived in terms of a mixture of multidisciplinary and discipline-specific work.