Guide to Professional Portfolio

All Masters students not taking the Thesis option will be required to complete an Internship and develop a Professional Portfolio (OLIT 596, 3 credits) based on the work conducted during the Internship, as well as a synthesis of their course work in the Master's Program.  The Professional Portfolio will serve as a capstone culminating experience that provides evidence of the student's progress through the program.  The Professional Portfolio consists of two major activities, an Internship and preparation of the Portfolio.  The Internship will provide students with professional learning experiences in applied settings.  The Portfolio is meant to be a purposeful collection of student work that exhibits the student's efforts, progress, and achievements.

The Portfolio will represent an extensive record of progress, and a collection of well-documented learning achievements. It is a vehicle for documenting the student's graduate level work.  The Portfolio will be judged and evaluated by three faculty members in terms of the student's educational goals and their progress towards achieving those goals.  The Professional Portfolio will satisfy the Office of Graduate Studies's Comprehensive Examination requirement. Please view the information in the links below for further details on the Professional Portfolio.

Internship Guidelines and Policies

Development of the Professional Portfolio

Presentation of the Professional Portfolio

Professional Portfolio Checklist

Worksite Supervisor's Evaluation Consdieration List

Example of Professional Portfolio

Examples of Digital Professional Portfolios