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Introduction
The Capstone Project is your opportunity to complete a major research thesis or creative project in your major. It is how you fulfill the “Depth” requirement. You work on a topic you care deeply about, which you choose yourself (although science students’ choices may be more constrained). You have the resources of a major research university at your disposal; you are mentored by a faculty member you have asked to supervise you, and you complete a project that serves as the “capstone” of your major: the final element that makes a whole of your entire undergraduate career. For many it also marks the beginning of a serious research or professional trajectory. It’s an exciting, pivotal project.
The project typically takes four semesters to complete. Capstones come in many varieties: screenplays, films, performances, paintings, engineering projects, written theses, and more. Most students will tell you that it is hard work, but they also say it is among the most rewarding aspects of their college experience. They also give the same advice, year after year, to the students who follow them: choose a topic you are passionate about, and start early!
Here's what some past Capstone students have said about the experience.
Examples of recent projects:
- Overfishing and Environmental Justice in Marine Fisheries
- What's in a Name? How Toponyms Connect Language and Society through Place
- Monkeys and Camels and Hippos…Oh My! An Illustrator's Journey through South Asia
- Islam Through My Eyes: a Photographic Essay
- Translation in Context: Cultural Globalization and Santiago Roncagliolo
- Influence of Carbonate on the Binding of Carboplatin to DNA
- The Architecture of the Classroom: Tool of Social Ideology/Utopia
- Inspired Women: Changing the Face of the Film industry: A Short Film
- A History of Twentieth-Century Handmade Metalsmithing in Europe and America
- Bicycle Space and the American Urban Landscape: Re-thinking Distance and Mobility in the City
- Hip-Hop: The New Answer?
- Senior Collection: Fallschirm
- Hera: Feature Film Screenplay
- Community Service Initiatives of Medical Students
- Tradition and Innovation: The Lives and Music of Women Composers
- Optimization of Production, Maintenance, Design and Reliability for Multipurpose Process Plants: an Analysis and Revision of Models
- Ethical Marketing: Controversial Products and Promotional Practices
- Horse Saddles for Adaptive Riders
- Presidential Signing Statements: Expanding the Assessment to Include Policy as well as Constitutional Implications
- La Petite Piaf: The Development and Performance of an Original One-Woman Show
- Catch a Fire Catch Afire: An Understanding of Distance and Its Meaning
- "DRIVE" Magazine
- Urban Renewal, the 15th Ward, the Empire Stateway and the City of Syracuse New York
- Editing Shakespeare: Violence, Text, and Commodity in The Taming of the Shrew
- Executive Compensation: Aligning CEO Pay with Performance to Create Long-Term Shareholder Value
- Pure: Life and Design in Finland
- www.200hearts.net
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