This portion of the graduate program is individualized, career-related, and designed by each student in consultation with his/her professional advisor and faculty mentor. The title of the Focus Area is chosen by the student to reflect the core activity to be studied and its primary context for application. Study in the Focus Area includes the development of a personalized learning plan (See Learning Plan Research & Development above) incorporating at least nine learning activities which address the following eight aspects of professional competence:
THE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE CRITERIA
Knowledge of the main theories appropriate to the Focus Area (710).
Ability to engage in modes of research appropriate to the Focus Area (720).
Ability to demonstrate expertise in the specialized skills of the Focus Area (730).
Facility with the communication modes that practitioners use within the Focus Area (740).
Knowledge of organizational and/or interpersonal dynamics within which professionals in the
Focus Area define their roles and fulfill their responsibilities (750).
Ability to interpret issues and problems of the Focus Area within larger temporal, social or
international contexts (760).
Ability to analyze issues of ethics appropriate to the Focus Area (770).
Ability to engage reflection on practice in the Focus Area (774).
After developing a Learning Plan, students complete the identified learning activities through on-the-job projects, documented prior learning, coursework, professional certification programs and independent research, among other options.
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The Curriculum Plan 
