The purpose of the self-designed Senior Capstone is to provide students with the opportunity to design a specialized Senior Capstone beyond those that are currently offered. All Capstones presume a ...

As I plan my courses for my last semester at Boston College, I have been considering whether or not to elect for a Capstone course. They cannot be taken pass/fail, and only one can be taken before ...

Honors College presented their independent Capstone Research Course projects during a symposium at the college's Branchburg ...

Mark E. Czeisler ’19 is a Neurobiology concentrator in Quincy House. With the hysteria of shopping week behind the Class of 2019, second-semester seniors have enrolled in courses for the last semester ...

Classics majors, from left, Sean Smith, Liberty Schubert, Dominique Paz, Terek Walker and Alexandra Meyer, in the Arboretum for a meeting of their senior seminar, CLA 198: “The Ancients and Us.” Photo ...

A capstone is a term that comes from the field of architecture. A capstone is the final stone that is laid at the top of the wall or building to symbolize completion. In a master’s program, a capstone ...

What are Student Capstone Projects? Many university departments offer capstone courses. These are courses that allow their students to demonstrate the knowledge they have accumulated while earning ...

This one is a little “inside baseball,” but for those of us who wrestle with outcomes assessment, it’s a real issue. How does your college assess gen ed outcomes when you don’t have capstone courses? ...

Donna A. Gessell is a professor of English. She has long taught the capstone course for students earning the BA in English with Teacher Certification. Editor's note: This is the third in a series of ...