In Week 1, you chose a topic area and problem or challenge within that area. Throughout this course, you have researched the dynamics of the problem. The final piece of your project is to develop a viable solution that considers resources, policy, stakeholders, organizational readiness, administrative structures and other internal and external factors, as applicable. Using the papers you have written throughout this course, consolidate your findings into a succinct project.   Write a ten (10) page paper that as a minimum, your project should include: Identify the topical area (e.g., local police department, community jail, border patrol) Define a problem or challenge within your topical area that you understand in some depth or have an interest in (examples include high crime rate, poor morale, high levels of violence or recidivism, high number of civilian complaints of harassment, inadequate equipment). Outline the context of the problem or challenge, including the history and any policy decisions that have contributed to the situation. Describe how internal or external stakeholders have influenced the situation in a positive or negative way. How will you consider stakeholders in your solution to the problem? How will you motivate individuals to buy into your solution? Discuss how technologies or information systems have contributed to the problem and how you will propose technology be implemented into the solution. Discuss what data you have collected or researched to indicate there is a problem. Include at least two sources of data and how each is relevant to the problem. Develop an effective and efficient solution(s) and a course of action (i.e., plan) that addresses the problem or challenge. Explain what methods of assessment you will employ to measure the effectiveness of your solutions. Develop a 10-15 slide PowerPoint Presentation that summarizes the seven items above. Use at least 8 quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Assignment 5: Senior Seminar Project Criteria Unacceptable Below 60% F Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D Fair 70-79% C Proficient 80-89% B Exemplary 90-100% A 1.  Identify the topical area (e.g., local police department, community jail, border patrol). Weight: 10% Did not submit or incompletely identified the topical area. Insufficiently identified the topical area. Partially identified the topical ara. Satisfactorily identified the topical area. Thoroughly identified the topical area. 2.  Define a problem or challenge within your topical area that you understand in some depth or have an interest in. Outline the context of the problem or challenge, including the history and any policy decisions that have contributed to the situation. .

1. In Week 1, you chose a topic area and problem or challenge
within that area. Throughout this course, you have researched
the dynamics of the problem. The final piece of your project is
to develop a viable solution that considers resources, policy,
stakeholders, organizational readiness, administrative structures
and other internal and external factors, as applicable. Using the
papers you have written throughout this course, consolidate
your findings into a succinct project.
Write a ten (10) page paper that as a minimum, your project
should include:
Identify the topical area (e.g., local police department,
community jail, border patrol)
Define a problem or challenge within your topical area that you
understand in some depth or have an interest in (examples
include high crime rate, poor morale, high levels of violence or
recidivism, high number of civilian complaints of harassment,
inadequate equipment). Outline the context of the problem or
challenge, including the history and any policy decisions that
have contributed to the situation.
Describe how internal or external stakeholders have influenced
the situation in a positive or negative way. How will you
consider stakeholders in your solution to the problem? How will
you motivate individuals to buy into your solution?
Discuss how technologies or information systems have
contributed to the problem and how you will propose
technology be implemented into the solution.
Discuss what data you have collected or researched to indicate
there is a problem. Include at least two sources of data and how
each is relevant to the problem.
Develop an effective and efficient solution(s) and a course of
action (i.e., plan) that addresses the problem or challenge.
Explain what methods of assessment you will employ to
measure the effectiveness of your solutions.
Develop a 10-15 slide PowerPoint Presentation that summarizes
the seven items above.

2. Use at least 8 quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other
Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format.
Assignment 5:
Senior Seminar Project
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 60% F
Meets Minimum Expectations
60-69% D
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1.
Identify the topical area (e.g., local police department,
community jail, border patrol).
Weight: 10%
Did not submit or incompletely identified the topical area.
Insufficiently identified the topical area.
Partially identified the topical ara.
Satisfactorily identified the topical area.
Thoroughly identified the topical area.
2.
Define a problem or challenge within your topical area that you

3. understand in some depth or have an interest in. Outline the
context of the problem or challenge, including the history and
any policy decisions that have contributed to the situation.
Weight: 10%
Did not submit or incompletely defined a problem or challenge
within your topical area that you understand in some depth or
have interest in. Did not submit or incompletely outlined the
context of the problem or challenge, including the history and
any policy decisions that have contributed to the situation.
Insufficiently defined a problem or challenge within your
topical area that you understand in some depth or have interest
in. Insufficiently outlined the context of the problem or
challenge, including the history and any policy decisions that
have contributed to the situation.
Partially defined a problem or challenge within your topical
area that you understand in some depth or have interest
in. Partially outlined the context of the problem or challenge,
including the history and any policy decisions that have
contributed to the situation.
Satisfactorily defined a problem or challenge within your
topical area that you understand in some depth or have interest
in. Satisfactorily outlined the context of the problem or
challenge, including the history and any policy decisions that
have contributed to the situation.
Thoroughly defined a problem or challenge within your topical
area that you understand in some depth or have interest in.
Thoroughly outlined the context of the problem or challenge,
including the history and any policy decisions that have
contributed to the situation.
3.
Describe how internal or external stakeholders have influenced
the situation in a positive or negative way.
How will you consider stakeholders in your solution to the
problem? How will you motivate individuals to buy into your
solution?

4. Weight: 10%
Did not submit or incompletely described how internal or
external stakeholders have influenced the situation in a positive
or negative way. Did not submit or incompletely discussed how
you will consider stakeholders in your solution to the problem
and did not submit or incompletely discussed how you will
motivate individuals to buy into your solution.
Insufficiently described how internal or external stakeholders
have influenced the situation in a positive or negative way.
Insufficiently discussed how you will consider stakeholders in
your solution to the problem and insufficiently discussed how
you will motivate individuals to buy into your solution.
Partially described how internal or external stakeholders have
influenced the situation in a positive or negative way. Partially
discussed how you will consider stakeholders in your solution
to the problem and partially discussed how you will motivate
individuals to buy into your solution.
Satisfactorily described how internal or external stakeholders
have influenced the situation in a positive or negative way.
Satisfactorily discussed how you will consider stakeholders in
your solution to the problem and satisfactorily discussed how
you will motivate individuals to buy into your solution.
Thoroughly described how internal or external stakeholders
have influenced the situation in a positive or negative way.
Thoroughly discussed how you will consider stakeholders in
your solution to the problem and thoroughly discussed how you
will motivate individuals to buy into your solution.
4.
Discuss how technologies or information systems have
contributed to the problem and how you will propose
technology be implemented into the solution.
Weight: 10%
Did not submit or incompletely discussed how technologies or
information systems have contributed to the problem.

5. Did not submit or incompletely discussed how you will propose
technology be implemented into the solution.
Insufficiently discussed how technologies or information
systems have contributed to the problem.
Insufficiently discussed how you will propose technology be
implemented into the solution.
Partially discussed how technologies or information systems
have contributed to the problem.
Partially discussed how you will propose technology be
implemented into the solution.
Satisfactorily discussed how technologies or information
systems have contributed to the problem.
Satisfactorily discussed how you will propose technology be
implemented into the solution.
Thoroughly discussed how technologies or information systems
have contributed to the problem.
Thoroughly discussed how you will propose technology be
implemented into the solution.
5.
Discuss what data you have collected or researched to indicate
there is a problem. Include at least two sources of data and how
each is relevant to the problem.
Weight: 10%
Did not submit or incompletely discussed what data you have
collected or researched to indicate there is a problem.
Did not submit or incompletely discussed how each source of
data is relevant to the problem.
Insufficiently discussed what data you have collected or

6. researched to indicate there is a problem, but did not include
any sources of data (such as charts, historical statistics, etc.)
Partially discussed what data you have collected or researched
to indicate there is a problem. You included one sources of data
(such as charts, historical statistics, etc.) and partially discussed
how each data source is relevant to the problem.
Satisfactorily discussed what data you have collected or
researched to indicate there is a problem. You included at least
two sources of data (such as charts, historical statistics, etc.)
and satisfactorily discussed how each data source is relevant to
the problem.
Thoroughly discussed what data you have collected or
researched to indicate there is a problem. You included more
than two sources of data (such as charts, historical statistics,
etc.) and thoroughly discussed how each data source is relevant
to the problem.
6.
Develop an effective and efficient solution(s) and a course of
action (i.e., plan) that addresses the problem or challenge.
Weight: 10%
Did not submit or incompletely developed an effective and
efficient solution (s) and a course of action (i.e., plan) that
addresses the problem or challenge.
Insufficiently developed an effective and efficient solution(s)
and a course of action (i.e., plan) that addresses the problem or
challenge.
Partially developed an effective and efficient solution(s) and a
course of action (i.e., plan) that addresses the problem or
challenge.
Satisfactorily developed an effective and efficient solution(s)
and a course of action (i.e., plan) that addresses the problem or
challenge.
Thoroughly developed an effective and efficient solution(s) and
a course of action (i.e., plan) that addresses the problem or
challenge.

7. 7.
Explain what methods of assessment you will employ to
measure the effectiveness of your solutions.
Weight: 10%
Did not submit or incompletely explained what method of
assessment you will employ to measure the effectiveness of
your solution(s).
Insufficiently explained what method of assessment you will
employ to measure the effectiveness of your solution(s).
Partially explained what method of assessment you will employ
to measure the effectiveness of your solution(s).
Satisfactorily explained what method of assessment you will
employ to measure the effectiveness of your solution(s).
Thoroughly explained what method of assessment you will
employ to measure the effectiveness of your solution(s).
8. Develop a 10-15 slide PowerPoint Presentation that
summarizes the seven items above.
Weight: 15%
Did not submit or incompletely developed a 10-15 slide
PowerPoint Presentation that summarizes the seven items above.
Insufficiently developed a 10-15 slide PowerPoint Presentation
that summarizes the seven items above.
Partially developed a 10-15 slide PowerPoint Presentation that
summarizes the seven items above.
Satisfactorily developed a 10-15 slide PowerPoint Presentation
that summarizes the seven items above.
Thoroughly developed a 10-15 slide PowerPoint Presentation
that summarizes the seven items above.
9. Use at least eight (8) quality references.
Note:
Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic
resources.

8. Weight: 5%
No references provided
Does not meet the required number of references; all references
poor quality choices.
Does not meet the required number of references; some
references poor quality choices.
Meets number of required references; all references high quality
choices.
Exceeds number of required references; all references high
quality choices.
10. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements.
Weight: 10%
More than 8 errors present
7-8 errors present
5-6 errors present
3-4 errors present
0-2 errors present