Curriculum Resources

Capstone Courses

Portland State University, Senior Capstone
During the Senior year each undergraduate student is required to participate in a Senior Capstone. The Senior Capstone is a community-based learning experience that:

• Provides an opportunity for students to apply the expertise they have learned in their major to real issues and problems in the community;
• Enhances students ability to work in a team context necessitating collaboration with persons from different fields of specialization;
• Encourages students to become actively involved in this community.

Miami University, Ohio, Capstone Experience
The Capstone Experience, usually completed near the end of baccalaureate studies, integrates liberal learning with specialized knowledge. Each Capstone emphasizes sharing of ideas, synthesis, and critical, informed reflection as significant precursors to action, and each includes student initiative in defining and investigating problems or projects.

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