FRE 410 SENIOR SEMINAR (3) Required of all French majors in their senior year and open to qualified non majors, FRE 410 is a seminar on a selected topic in French culture or literature designed to allow students to reflect upon what they have learned in previous French courses, in order to further strengthen their powers of critical thinking and synthesis. Research, writing and discussion will be more far-reaching than in previous courses and students will be asked to react to and answer questions in analytic and creative ways. Capstone topics are selected annually from the proposals submitted by faculty. Prerequisites: Senior standing. For majors, prerequisites are three 300-level courses and four 400-level courses (or four 300-level courses and three 400-level courses). Prerequisites for non-majors are three 300-level courses and three 400-level courses, and permission of instructor. French majors must enroll concurrently in FRE 415 Advanced Composition (3).

FSW 498 CRITICAL THINKING ABOUT FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS (4) Each semester this capstone will address three critical family issues; students will develop position papers grounded on multiple sources of information (e.g., scholarly literature, interviews, personal values). Sex outside of marriage, fidelity, dual-career relationships, parenting, household division of labor, and divorce are examples of issues related to family relationships. Prerequisite: senior standing.

GEO 491 SENIOR SEMINAR (4) Requires the selection and development of a geographic research problem/topic and the submission of a final research paper. The student will be expected to build upon research, writing, and oral presentation skills developed as an undergraduate, provide peers with constructive criticism, and share on a continuing basis both research experience and development of the topic. Each student must select and work with at least one faculty adviser, not necessarily from the Geography Department, with appropriate expertise. Prerequisite: senior standing. Required for Geography majors.

GEO 492 GEOGRAPHY OF THE AUTO INDUSTRY (3) Applies geographic principles to understanding the production and distribution of motor vehicles. Origin and growth of motor vehicle production in the United States, diffusion of Japanese production methods, global interdependence of automotive production, spatial implications of changing customer preference for different products, and impact of demand for quality and satisfaction. Prerequisite: senior standing.

GER 471 Linguistic Perspectives on Contemporary German (3) Offers students an opportunity to study various applications of linguistic methodology in modern German. Phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics form the basis of a structural description of the system. Socio-linguistic implications will be highlighted. In addition,
we will investigate the historical stages of German (Old, Middle, and New High German) and their relationship to the German of today. Contrastive investigations with other language systems familiar to the student will be encouraged. Prerequisite: senior standing; any linguistics or German Thematic Sequence; GER 202 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

GLG 411 FIELD GEOLOGY (6) Taught annually during June-July at the Miami University Geology Field Station, Dubois, Wyoming. Students learn to identify, classify, and interpret geologic features and to synthesize and communicate geologic interpretations. Students work outdoors six to eight hours a day and individually create geologic maps using pace and compass, topographic map base, air photo base, and alidade. Geologic mapping and rock interpretation techniques are the subject of evening lectures. Students will also write a final report summarizing the findings of the eight fully drafted maps and cross sections prepared during the course. Prerequisite: senior standing, physical geology (GLG 111 Dynamic Earth) and nine additional hours in geology (GLG 322 Structural Geology and 422 Petrography are strongly recommended).

GTY 440.G Field Experience in Gerontology (4) Through field work in an organization in the field of aging, the student examines the impact of organizations and professionals in the experience of older adults and their families, in the context of social policies, values, and practices. In a weekly seminar, the student engages with other learners to identify shared and variable experiences across organization types and populations served.
Note: Open to all majors and minors. Prerequisites are 1) GTY 154, Aging in American Society, and 2) three additional hours in Gerontology or permission of instructor, and senior standing.

GTY 468 THE AGING INDIVIDUAL IN A CHANGING SOCIETY (3) Exposes students to a variety of views regarding the nature of individuality and the self, the life course, adult development, aging, social structure and social change. These perspectives foster understanding of the individual and social forces that influence how we evolve as adults. Through guided, integrative writing and discussion, students develop a unique personal comprehension of the complex interaction between individual development across the adult life span and the ever changing social environment. Prerequisite: senior standing.

HST 400 SENIOR CAPSTONE IN HISTORY (3; maximum 6) Provides intensive reading, research and writing in selected topics. Each topic focuses on a specific problem or issue presented for analysis. Though the requirements vary with the topic, each capstone involves active student participation, both orally and in writing. Topics and descriptions are published annually in the department's course offerings booklet. Students are advised to take capstones which build upon other classes taken. Required of all history majors.

IDS 401 GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE (3) This study of global climate change will range from climate reconstructions over the past few tens of thousands of years to instrumental records of climate change over the past 140 years, and will consider the effects of projected greenhouse warming on biological systems. The class will be taught by faculty from the physical and biological sciences, through participation in a ten week program of visiting speakers on climate change in several departments, and through group research projects based on local climate records and others on the Internet. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor; either one 300-level course, or higher, in the biological or physical sciences, or one 300-level course in the social sciences or business; ability to apply funda mental mathematical/statistical concepts to data sets and to use (or learn to use) spreadsheets, Internet resources, etc.

IES 401 PRACTICUM IN CAMPUS/COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY (3) Explores the concept and application of sustainability, including sustainable campus management, sustainable resource management at the regional level, and work-learning exercises. The class combines in-class discussions and out-of-class "hands on" projects. Classroom sessions will focus on theories and strategies of sustainability. Field sessions will complement class discussions by giving the student practical experience in the application of sustainability.

IMS 440 INTERACTIVE MEDIA STUDIES PRACTICUM (3) Offers students the opportunity to work with clients in completion of a project that depends on the creative use of interactive media. The course will combine classroom meetings with independent and group work. Some work off campus may be involved. Prerequisite: Senior standing.

ITS 402 SENIOR CAPSTONE IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (3) Employs a foreign policy task force approach to analyze major international issues. In a written report, participants frame the problem, establish goals for resolving it, examine alternative proposals, and formulate a set of policy recommendations. Emphasis is placed on problem-solving, working in groups, meeting preassigned deadlines, developing research and organizational skills, and making effective oral presentations. Sample topics include nationalism in Europe, economic growth in Asia, inter-American cooperation, peace process in the Middle East, and global environmental cooperation.
Prerequisite: ITS majors with senior standing or permission of instructor.

LAS/FST 415 CUBA IN REVOLUTION: ITS HISTORY, POLITICS, AND CULTURE (4) The course begins chronologically, emphasizing formative individuals: overview of the experience of Spanish domination; selections by Jose Marti; 20th century pre-revolutionary period, Fidel Castro's 1953 defense speech, "History Will Absolve Me;" the early revolutionary period; the role of writings of Che Guevara and Field; some early American reactions. From this point, we will take a topics approach: the role of the United States; the Soviet Union, relations with the rest of Latin America and the Third World, economics, political structures, the legal system and civil liberties, race relations, the status of women, education, health-care, housing, religion, cultural developments. Prerequisite: Priority will be given to students taking the LAS thematic sequences and LAS minors. Such students will by definition have an appropriate preparation for this course.

LAS/POL 478 MEDIA AND POLITICS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (3) Critical examination of the media's treatment of political events in Latin America and the Caribbean. Particular attention given to role of mainstream media in the U.S. for shaping perceptions of the region and individual countries within it.

Microbiology Capstone Experience (3) Designed to foster students' ability to integrate information, ideas and concepts from earlier courses, to apply them to development of new knowledge (MBI 477, 480) or interpretation of new knowledge developed by others (MBI 440, 480), and to communicate their findings in a formal presentation/ discussion format involving other students as well as in written form.

MBI 440.C RESEARCH PROBLEMS (2) and MBI 490.C UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR (1). Library research in conjunction with a faculty mentor.

MBI 477.C INDEPENDENT STUDY (2) and MBI 490.C UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR (1). Laboratory research in conjunction with a faculty mentor.

MBI 480.C DEPARTMENTAL HONORS (2) and MBI 490.C UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR (1). Laboratory or library research in conjunction with a faculty mentor, but open only to students with a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
Prerequisite: senior standing, with 18 hours of microbiology courses beyond the 100-level, or permission of the instructor.

MBI 487/488/489 CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE PRACTICUM (8, 15, 15) Students work intensively with instructors in clinical chemistry, bacteriology, hematology, immunohematology, parasitology, medical mycology, and virology at a Miami University-affiliated hospital laboratory. This 12-month, 38-credit capstone is an internship comprised of lecture and hands-on experiences in classroom settings and hospital laboratories building upon previous courses in microbiology and zoology. Elective rotations in research, public health, and/or forensic pathology laboratories are available. Prerequisite: 96 semester credits including CHM 241 245 or 231 and 332, MBI 202, 404, 414, and BOT/MBI/ZOO 115-116.

MGT 495 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (3) Provides an opportunity for students, at or near the conclusion of their undergraduate business administration curriculum, to integrate the concepts learned in the core courses and to bring together various disciplines to bear on the strategic issues facing any organization. Business problems are examined that simultaneously involve several functional areas, employ analysis methodologies from a variety of courses in marketing, organizational behavior, finance, accounting, statistics, law, operations and economics, and involve consequences that effect the entire organization. Prerequisite: FIN 301, 342, MGT 301, 302, MKT 291, senior standing, or permission of instructor

MIS 495 CAPSTONE IN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (3) Includes extensive research, reading, writing, and discussion. Each student will be required to accomplish independent research on a topic and company from a management information systems perspective. Students will be asked to read and think as informed readers and to respond to issues or problems raised in cases in an analytic and creative manner. Each student will research, prepare, write and present a topic report and their research to the class. Prerequisites: senior standing and completion of all 200 and 300 level requirements of the MIS major, MIS minor, or MIS thematic sequence.

MKT 4xx SOCIETYWISE EXPERIENTIAL (3) An interdisciplinary experientail learning capstone that provides students with a real-world immersion into various multicultural consumer markets and the social causes that provide a benefit to their community. Students will use both qualitative methods of cultural inquiry and empirical research methods to examine the potential of multicultural consumer markets for a real brand and develop a marketing campaign to effectively reach a chosen multicultural market.

MKT 442 Highwire Brand Studio (Laws, Hall & Associates)(4) A culminating interdisciplinary practicum involving students from Art, Communication, and Marketing. Students are divided into three competing, inter-disciplinary teams and work for an entire semester on an actual client's current promotional problem. The team's campaign solutions include primary research and market analysis, campaign strategy development, budget and media plans, fully produced electronic media and graphic design for print advertising and other sales support materials. The program incorporates contemporary technology and industry standard materials and research. The unique expertise and facilities of the Art, Communication, and Marketing programs are fully integrated within each team. Each campaign is formally presented to the client at the end of the semester. Prerequisite: MKT 291, 441 and permission of instructor.

MKT 491 MARKETING STRATEGY (3) Uses the case method to help students develop skills in dealing with the types of ambiguous situations and unstructured tasks they are likely to encounter in their lives and careers. The course requires students to bring together knowledge from diverse fields and work to integrate it into a framework for analyzing complex, "real-world" problems, then encourages them to weigh their choices and decisions against their own standards of ethics and morality. Heavy reliance on classroom participation, individual and group presentations. Prerequisite: MKT 291 Principles of Marketing and senior standing.

MKT 495 MARKETING STRATEGY PRACTICUM (3) Provides students an opportunity to integrate and apply marketing planning and strategy concepts to real-world problems while developing skills in teamwork, written and oral communication, critical thinking, and quantitative and qualitative reasoning. Knowledge gained in the SBA core, major, Miami Plan and various electives will provide valued inputs into this practicum. Prerequisite: MKT 291 Principles of Marketing, MKT 345 Decision Making in Marketing, and senior standing.

MME 448, 449 SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT (2, 1-2) Two-course capstone. Teams of students, with varied academic backgrounds, will conduct major open-ended research/design projects. Elements of the design process are considered as well as real-world constraints, such as economic and societal factors, marketability, ergonomics, safety, aesthetics, and ethics. Feasibility studies are performed in EGR 448; implementation, testing and production of the design occurs in EGR 449. Non-majors can register for 3 or 4 credits, where EGR 448 is 2 credits and EGR 449 is 1-2 credits. Prerequisite: senior standing in the student's major.

MTH 407 MATHEMATICAL PATTERNS AND STRUCTURES THROUGH INQUIRY (3) This course is a study of the structure of mathematical systems and focuses primarily on the development of number systems, although content is also drawn from analysis, geometry, and abstract algebra. Through inquiry-oriented instruction, students will explore the content via pattern recognition, hypothesis formation, hypothesis testing, and proof. Students in this course are majors in education and expect to teach mathematics. Thus, a major focus of the course is the integration between mathematical content knowledge, the development of ways of "making meaning" out of the content, and the relationship between these two goals to the teaching of mathematics to children. Prerequisites: MTH 218 and 9 hours of MTH/STA courses.This means that students must complete the majority of their requirements in MTH/STA for a concentration in mathematics prior to taking the course. A foundation for all of these courses is one semester of calculus.

MTH 425 NUMBER THEORY (3) Study of patterns which arise when whole numbers are added, multiplied, subtracted and factored. A variety of ideas from algebra, geometry, calculus, and set theory contribute to the solution of such problems, and number theory provides surprising connections among these ideas. Once thought to be "pure" mathematics, without applications, number theory is now highly valued in industry and government for its use in encoding and decoding secure transmissions of information. Prerequisite: MTH 421 Introduction to Abstract Algebra or consent of the instructor.

MTH 435 MATHEMATICAL MODELING SEMINAR (3) Mathematics provides us with some powerful tools that can be used to solve problems in a wide variety of fields and professions. The purpose of this course is to help students improve their skills in applying the mathematics they have learned in previous courses to solve practical problems. Prerequisites: Senior standing and MTH 222 Introduction to Linear Algebra and MTH 252 Calculus III.

MTH 482 GREAT THEOREMS OF MATHEMATICS (3) Students will encounter the original works of some of the world's greatest mathematicians. Examples of such notable achievements as the geometry of Euclid, the calculus of Newton, or the number theory of Gauss will be studied, along with the biographical sketches and historical background summaries. Each student will "adopt" a mathematician and complete an individual project related to that person's mathematical work. Prerequisite: At least one of the following: MTH 411 Foundations of Geometry, MTH 421 Introduction to Abstract Algebra or MTH 441 Real Analysis.

MUS 453 COMPARISONS IN THE ARTS (3) Students will consider the ways in which Western visual and performing arts have reflected the social, political and religious changes from the 17th century to modern times. Through the use of assigned readings, slide projections and recorded music examples, students will learn to understand connections among social, political, and aesthetic concerns which have shaped Western culture. Prerequisites: Open to any senior who has taken 9 hours in Foundation II Fine Arts and Humanities or permission of instructor.

MUS 475 SENIOR PRACTICUM IN MUSIC EDUCATION (3) Assessment, synthesis, critical analysis and evaluation of undergraduate experiences relative to the following areas of music education: philosophy, ethics, and standards of the profession. Class activities include developing a teaching portfolio and an independent project. Student in-class teaching sessions include research and presentation of recent developments in music education, both national and international. Evaluation of mock videotaped job interviews will be made by each student, colleagues in MUS 475, the instructor, and the interviewer. The mock interview provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate and refine their communication skills, both verbally and in the written answers to mock job application questions. Prerequisite: completion of all third-year course work in the music education degree.

MUS 493 THE CAPSTONE/SENIOR RECITAL: PREPARATION AND PERFORMANCE (3). The preparation and performance of a senior recital. Topics will include the creative, artistic, and technical aspects of performance preparation; theoretical, analytical, historical, and aesthetic aspects of the works being performed; and the relation between the student's performance and the public. Beyond expected regular and intensive personal practice and preparation, the learner will work one-on-one at a minimum of once a week with the faculty member assigned to his/her performance medium, and be expected to attend specific seminars as determined by the syllabus prepared for his performance medium. The student will also be expected to complete a final written and/or oral project in conjunction with his/her performance. Such projects may include one of the following: a detailed journal of performance preparation, a public lecture in conjunction with the recital, or extensive and detailed program notes. Students may also, during the semester of preparation, perform all or part of the prepared recital in a venue outside the university setting. Prerequisite: For non-majors enrolled in The Performance of Music Thematic Sequence, fulfillment of the requirements outlined in that sequence is required prior to enrollment in this capstone. For music majors, fulfillment of the departmental requirements leading to the enrollment in MUS 442 or MUS 444 is required. MUS 442 or MUS 444 are co-requisites with this capstone.

NSG 435 CHALLENGES IN HEALTH CARE DELIVERY (3) Provides an opportunity for students nearing completion of their undergraduate studies to synthesize and apply accumulated knowledge to a specific topic or project related to health care delivery. Students with varying academic and experiential backgrounds work in small groups to research and analyze a topic or situation from various perspectives. Each group will develop one of the following: a position paper, a manuscript ready for submission for publication, or a plan for action relative to a specific situation or problem. Approximately one third of student time will be spent in seminar, during which progress on student projects or papers will be related to the two content themes of the course: planned change and health care delivery systems. Prerequisite: Open to all students within two semesters of graduation.