Liberal Arts Capstone has replaced both textbooks with a free e-book

[dcan]

Don't know if this was mentioned before or not (did a search, nothing found) so just in case I figured I'd pass it along...

I start my capstone in July and just went to check the required texts so I can order them. It traditionally required two texts, one on writing a thesis/dissertation.

Today I checked and there is now no textbook is required for the Liberal Arts capstone. Dr Haydel has written a 117-page e-book and per the syllabus that is the only required text. This is confirmed through MBS Direct as well. The book is available right now from the example syllabus available here: http://www2.tesu.edu/syllabus/current/LI...B-495.html

Though I can't be sure, I think the syllabus has been expanded to explain the types of projects that can be completed. Though maybe those were there before, can't recall. I did however confirm that this is a new change -- MBS Direct shows two required texts as recently as the June 2017 class: Writing the Winning Thesis or Dissertation and Keys for Writers.

I'm sure some will appreciate this and be happy with this change. However I plan to purchase the first book anyway. My gut feeling is that they are "simplifying" the capstone. Writing the Winning Thesis or Dissertation is nearly three times longer than the e-book. Seems appropriate for a true capstone course.

Since I haven't been through the capstone yet I don't know how this will compare to previous courses, or if they've changed the course any more significantly. I've done a lot of reading of the experiences here though so if anything jumps out as significantly different I'll be sure to let everyone know.