For Part 1, write a brief description of the degree path and specialization you believe you are planning to pursue.
Then, explain at least two strategies you are likely to use to build a network with colleagues and explain why
these particular strategies would support professional collaboration.
Part 2: Next Steps
In this module’s Discussion, you assumed a professional role associated with your degree path and
specialization. In your post, you explained how you might approach the case study problem from the perspective
of this role. In Part 1 of the Assignment, you wrote a brief description of the degree path and specialization you
intend to pursue. For this part of the Assignment, you will explain how you might approach a topic about which
you are passionate based on the degree path and specialization you are pursuing.
When you began this course, you identified topics about which you are passionate. You also began considering
how obtaining your advanced graduate degree might help you make a difference in one of these areas. Select one
of these topics to address for this Assignment.
Be sure to review the Degree Path Road Map to consider how professionals with different degrees address
education-related problems. Reflect on how you might approach a problem related to your selected topic from
the perspective of the degree path and specialization you are pursuing.
For Part 2, based on this reflection, identify two goals – one personal and one professional —that will support
you as you continue on your chosen degree pathway.
By Day 7 of Week 11
Submit a 3- to 4-page paper in which you accomplish the following:
Write a brief description of the degree path and specialization you plan to pursue.
Then, explain at least two strategies you are likely to use to build a network with colleagues and explain why
these particular strategies would support professional collaboration.
Explain how you might apply the perspective of your degree pathway and specialization to a problem related to
a topic about which you are passionate.
Identify two goals—one personal and one professional—that will support you as you continue on your chosen
degree pathway. Explain how these personal and professional goals inform how you might address a problem
related to your topic.
