Relation to Master Project
Certain majors encourage student to complete the requirements of the field experience and the master project in different organizations. Completing these requirements with different organizations carries several advantages:
- It gives the student an insight into two organizations.
- It increases the number of places they may turn for job opportunities (networking).
- It expands the number of people the student can use for future references for jobs.
Other majors assist students with maximizing their time and resources with one organization by helping develop a plan for a field experience and master's project that are linked. The master's project should involve more independent work than the field experience. It requires more extensive study, an appropriate literature review, and an expansion of the subject beyond the field experience. The ultimate feasibility of such arrangements should be decided jointly by the student, the major coordinator, academic advisor, the master's project advisor, and the preceptor.
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The master's project and field experience should represent separate activities, though they may be related. The master's project should involve more independent work than the field experience. A master's project could evolve from a field experience with an organization, but should be defined separately; the same work cannot be counted for both. If they are related, careful consideration must be given in wording the contract to differentiate the requirements of the field experience from the master's project. The ultimate feasibility of such arrangements should be decided jointly by the student, the academic advisor, the master's project advisor, and the preceptor.
Fieldwork requirements can take whatever form is deemed appropriate to the major, including internships, master's projects completed in a practice setting, or coursework with significant field or community work done under the guidance of a community preceptor. The ultimate feasibility of such arrangements should be decided jointly by the student, the academic advisor, the master's project advisor, and the preceptor.
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All CHE students must complete a master's project. Additionally, depending on which master's project option you select, you may also need to complete a supervised field experience. There are two strategies available to students to meet these requirements. Remember, you only need to select one strategy.
Work on research projects, including data collection, data analysis, or intervention for the project, carried out in conjunction with a unit of the University of Minnesota or some other research institution, will not fulfill the fieldwork requirement for the CHE program. If you want to conduct work with a unit of the University of Minnesota for your Masters Project, you must choose Strategy Two.
Strategy One:This strategy allows students to complete both their master's project and field experience requirements by doing a needs assessment, a program evaluation, or a program development project (project options one or two from the list below) within an organization other than the University of Minnesota. This is the most efficient way for students to complete degree requirements. However, this option may not be appropriate for students desiring an internship opportunity or those students needing to acquire research or data analysis skills. Students completing strategy one register for PubH 7094: Master's Project for 2 credits.
Example: Phoung entered the CHE program with over 4 years experience working in a public health organization. She does not think an internship is necessary, and her advisor concurs. Phoung also has well-developed research and data analysis skills and feels she would be best served by doing Strategy One to complete both her field experience and master's project. After discussing this choice with her advisor, they agree that this option would be best for Phoung. Phoung elects to do a need assessment in a non-profit family clinic and completes both her field experience and master's project requirements with this one project.
Strategy Two:The second choice is to complete 120 hours of field experience in addition to a master's project. Only students who complete a separate field experience may do the research or data analysis project format of the master's project. Students choosing this option can also elect to complete the other master's project options. Students choosing Strategy Two register under PubH 7096 for 2 credits for the field experience credits, and PubH 7094 for 2 credits for Master's Project credits.
Example: Al has little experience with data analysis and recognizes that this skill set is valuable to his future career as a public health professional. While some data analysis training is provided in the CHE curriculum, Al's advisor explains that doing a master's project that includes data analysis would be a good idea. In order to do a master's project that involves data analysis, Al needs to complete Strategy Two. Al completes an internship with an non-profit community health clinic, and then goes on to do a master's project doing data analysis to research the effectiveness of a new smoking cessation program being run by an HMO.
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While completing the field experience, some students may find certain aspects of the agency activity of sufficient interest to do a "Plan B" project while assigned to the agency. This requires study that is more extensive, an appropriate literature review, and an expansion of the subject beyond the field experience.The ultimate feasibility of such arrangements should be decided jointly by the student, the academic advisor, the master's project advisor, and the preceptor.
The master's project and field experience should represent separate activities, though they may be related. The master's project should involve more independent work than the field experience. A master's project could evolve from a field experience with an organization, but should be defined separately; the same work cannot be counted for both. If they are related, careful consideration must be given in wording the contract to differentiate the requirements of the field experience from the master's project. The ultimate feasibility of such arrangements should be decided jointly by the student, the academic advisor, the master's project advisor, and the preceptor.
The master's project and field experience should represent separate activities, though they may be related. The master's project should involve more independent work than the field experience. A master's project could evolve from a field experience with an organization, but should be defined separately; the same work cannot be counted for both. If they are related, careful consideration must be given in wording the contract to differentiate the requirements of the field experience from the master's project. The ultimate feasibility of such arrangements should be decided jointly by the student, the academic advisor, the master's project advisor, and the preceptor.
The master's project and field experience should represent separate activities, though they may be related. The master's project should involve more independent work than the field experience. A master's project could evolve from a field experience with an organization, but should be defined separately; the same work cannot be counted for both. If they are related, careful consideration must be given in wording the contract to differentiate the requirements of the field experience from the master's project. The ultimate feasibility of such arrangements should be decided jointly by the student, the academic advisor, the master's project advisor, and the preceptor.
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While completing the field experience, some students may find certain aspects of the agency activity of sufficient interest to do a "Master's Project" while assigned to the agency.This requires study that is more extensive, an appropriate literature review, and an expansion of the subject beyond the field experience.The ultimate feasibility of such arrangements should be decided jointly by the student, the academic advisor, the master's project advisor, and the preceptor.
While completing the field experience, some students may find certain aspects of the agency activity of sufficient interest to do a "Master's Project" while assigned to the agency. This requires study that is more extensive, an appropriate literature review, and an expansion of the subject beyond the field experience. The ultimate feasibility of such arrangements should be decided jointly by the student, the academic advisor, the master's project advisor, and the preceptor
While completing the field experience, some students may find certain aspects of the agency activity of sufficient interest to do a "Master's Project" while assigned to the agency. This requires study that is more extensive, an appropriate literature review, and an expansion of the subject beyond the field experience.The ultimate feasibility of such arrangements should be decided jointly by the student, the academic advisor, the master's project advisor, and the preceptor.
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Last modified on Tuesday Apr 10, 2007