Profile of a graduate

This assignment helps to ensure that you will be mindful of the Profile of a Graduate characteristics throughout your degree program and to build unique, personal, and meaningful connections between your chosen characteristics.

You will select two of the fifteen characteristics and form a comparison between them, using the research you completed during your previous Research Diary Log assignments. After explaining the results of your research on each of your chosen characteristics, you will conclude the assignment by sharing a proposal for how the two characteristics can be uniquely and meaningfully connected.

You have two options for how you compose, construct, and submit this assignment.

Choose ONE of the options below.

OPTION 1: APA-FORMATTED PAPER

Submit a three- to four-page, APA-formatted paper presenting a well-researched and reasoned evaluation of the Profile of a Graduate. Offer a comparison of the two characteristics you chose, using the research you completed during your previous Research Diary Log assignments. Explain the results of your research and conclude your paper with a proposal for how the two characteristics can be uniquely and meaningfully connected. Your instructor will provide additional guidance.

Below is the suggested rough outline for your paper. However, you may embellish this outline with additional information and insights as desired:

Title page

Introduction: Introducing the two Profile characteristics (1 paragraph)

Body:

Profile Characteristic Number 1: Explanation and discussion

(2–3 paragraphs)

Profile Characteristic Number 2: Explanation and discussion

(2–3 paragraphs)

Conclusion: Connecting the two Profile characteristics (1 paragraph)

Reference list

The paper must be submitted as a .DOC or .PDF file.

OPTION 2: ACADEMIC POSTER/INFOGRAPHIC

Develop a one-page academic poster or infographic to showcase your research. Offer a comparison of the two characteristics you chose, using the research you completed