300.691.95
Writing Your MPH Capstone Report: Refining the Research Question and Crafting the Introduction
Location
Kyoto, Japan
Term
4th Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2025 - 2026
Instruction Method
In-person
Start Date
Monday, March 16, 2026
End Date
Friday, March 20, 2026
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
300.690.95 Designing your MPH Capstone as a Research Report
Enrollment Restriction
Restricted to students in the Kyoto MPH program
Do you want to learn how to further refine the research question for your MPH Capstone project to make it feasible, novel, and relevant?
Are you interested in crafting a compelling introduction for your MPH Capstone project reports?
Teaches strategies for refining research questions to ensure they meet key criteria of feasibility, novelty, and relevance. Focuses on crafting a compelling introduction for an MPH capstone report. Offers students the opportunity to write and revise the introduction section of their research reports with guided feedback.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Explain common challenges in developing a successful research question
- Refine a research question to ensure it is feasible, novel, and relevant
- Write a clear and compelling introduction for a MPH capstone report
- Revise the introduction for a MPH Capstone report by incorporating feedback
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 40% Participation
- 40% Discussion
- 20% Final Paper
This course is taught onsite in Kyoto Japan. The primary instructor will be Hajime Yamazaki.