Students often learn about entrepreneurship without a clear path to turn their ideas into a viable business. The University of Dayton’s capstone course gives them that path. Launched in fall 2024, ...

Amber Wagner, Ph.D., wants her students to apply their learning in the real world, plain and simple. Given this priority, she teaches a senior capstone course in the University of Alabama at ...

It’s March 10, and mid-semester presentations are underway in the Computer Sciences capstone course. Dressed in textbook business casual, senior Bill Zhu is addressing 100 or so of his classmates and ...

With the hysteria of shopping week behind the Class of 2019, second-semester seniors have enrolled in courses for the last semester and are preparing to embark on the final undergraduate academic ...

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 ...

Seniors enrolled in the undergraduate public health sciences capstone course participated in a Capstone Symposium event on November 21 in the Campus Center Auditorium. Approximately 90 students ...

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 ...