Capstones may be completed in or outside your major; in some departments, the Capstone Experience will be a requirement of the major. For students not majoring in the department where a Capstone is offered, prerequisites often may be met by completing a related Thematic Sequence. All Capstones presume a significant scholarly background of specialized study in a major as well as in liberal education course work. Ordinarily, a Capstone Experience is taken at Miami and completed in the senior year. For information on approved Capstones that may be taken at another university and transferred to Miami, see the Office of Liberal Education. Students who plan to transfer any course to meet the Capstone requirement must obtain permission from the Office of Liberal Education before they take the course.

For a capstone course to count on the DARS in the Capstone Requirement, a student must have attained Senior Status (96 earned hours). Permission of the Office of Liberal Education (by petition) and the instructor are required for completion of a Capstone taken before this time. If taken before Senior Status without successful petitioning, the course will NOT count for the Senior Capstone.

Please refer to the Courses of Instruction chapter for course descriptions of the Capstones.
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APPROVED CAPSTONES
Updated 5/14/08

AES 432 National Security Forces in Contemporary American Society (3)

AMS 401 Senior Capstone in American Studies (3)

ARC 402.C Senior Studio Capstone Experience (6)
ARC 405.U/GEO 493 Urban Field Experience (3)
ARC 405.Y Frank Lloyd Wright and Modernism (3)
ARC 408 Senior Interior Design Studio Capstone Experience (6)
ARC 426 Architecture and Society (3)

ART 419 Supervised Teaching in Art (10-16)
ART 452 Senior Thesis Project (3)
ART 453 Highwire Brand Studio (4)
ART 492 Professional Artist's Portfolio and Exhibition Experience (3)
ART 497 Museums as Interpreters of Culture (3)
ART 498 History and Methods of Art and Architectural History (3)

ATH 4xx (official number yet to be assigned) Developing Solutions in Global Health (3)

ATH 421 Senior Seminar in Anthropology (3)
ATH 426 Ethnographic Field Research (8)
ATH/ZOO 498 Evolution of Human Behavior (3)

BLS 465 Ethics, Law, and Business (3)

BOT/ZOO 467 Conservation Biology (3)
BOT 490.A Current Advances and Issues in Botany (1) plus concurrent enrollment in BOT 477 (2)
BOT 490.B Research/Internship Capstone in Botany (1) plus concurrent enrollment in BOT 400 (2) or BOT 477 (2) for the research option; or concurrent enrollment in BOT 340 (2) for the internship option
BOT 490.C Departmental Honors Capstone in Botany (1) plus concurrent enrollment in BOT 480 (2)
BOT 490.D Undergraduate Botany Teaching (1) plus concurrent enrollment in BOT 477 (2)
BOT/GLG/ZOO 494 Sustainability Perspectives in Resources and Business (3)
BOT/GEO 496 Biodiversity of Kenya (5)
BOT 499.A Field Botany--Tropical Flora of the Bahamas (3)
Botany 3/2 Program in Forestry/Environmental Management

BWS/WMS 370.E Feminism and the Diaspora: Women of Color in the U.S. (3)

CHM 491 Chemistry in Societal Issues (3)
CHM 492 Independent Research Capstone in Chemistry (3)

CLS 401 The Age of Pericles (3)
CLS 402 The Age of Augustus (3)

COM 411 Interactive Media Study Practicum (4)
COM/MIS 412 Communicating Through Multimeda (3)
COM 414 Senior Project in Communication (4)
COM/JRN 415 Practicum in Television Journalism (3)
COM 437 Advocacy in America (3)
COM 439 Organizational Communication (3)
COM 440 Practicum: Mass Media Advertising and Public Relations (Laws, Hall & Associates) (4)
COM 445 Seminar In Mass Communication Law (3)
COM 459 Advanced Public Relations (3)
COM 495 Capstone in Management Information Systems (3)

CSA 475 Software Systems Project (3)
CSA 481 Technology for Managing Disease and Disability (3)

DST/ENG/SPA/COM/SPC/EDP 494 Disability in Global and Local Contexts (3)

ECO 427 The Great Depression Revisited (3)

EDL 401 Cultural Studies and the Complexity of Empowerment (3)

EDP 460 Action Research/Problem-based Seminar in Exceptional Education/Developmental Differences (3)
EDP 471 Literacy Training: Phonics Practicum (3)

EDT 4xx (official number yet to be assigned) Writing Information Books for Children (3)
EDT 422 Studies in Educational Issues (3)
EDT 499.B Developing Cross-Cultural Contexts for Teaching and Learning (3)
EDT 499.C Comparing Selected U.S. and European Schools (3)
EDT 499.J The Inca Empire (3)

Engineering 3-2 Program

ENG 405 Advanced Linguistics: Syntax (3)
ENG 406 Discourse Analysis: Speech Acts in Context (3)
ENG 415 Practicum in Technical and Scientific Communication (3)
ENG 460 Issues in Creative Writing (3)
ENG /WMS 495 Capstone in Literature (3)
ENG 496 Reflections on Literature and Language (3)

ENT 497-498 Senior Design Project (2,2)

ESP 461 Small/Emerging Enterprise Consulting (3)
ESP 467 Entrepreneurship: New Ventures (3)

FIN 485 Integrative Concepts in Finance (3)

FRE 410 Senior Seminar (3)

FSW 498 Critical Thinking About Family Relationships (4)

GEO 491 Senior Seminar (4)
GEO 492 Geography of the Auto Industry (3)

GER 471 Linguistic Perspectives on Contemporary German (3)

GLG 411 Field Geology (6)

GTY 440.G Field Experience in Gerontology (1-16)

HST 400 Senior Capstone in History (3-6)

IDS 401 Global Climate Change (3)

IMS 440 Interactive Media Studies Practicum (3)

ITS 402 Senior Capstone in International Studies (3)

KNH 402 Critical Reflections on Practices in Health and Physical Culture (3)
KNH 430 PHS Capstone Professional Experience (3)
KNH 431 Health-Related, Service-Learning Experiences with Children, Youth, and Families (3)
KNH 444 International Health: Global Perspectives (4)
KNH 445 A European Perspective: Health, Social, Economic, & Political Impacts of Health Promotion (4)

LAS 410 Current Latin American Issues (3)
LAS/BWS/FST 415 Cuba in Revolution (4)
LAS/POL 478 Media and Politics in Latin American & the Caribbean (3)

MBI 440.C Research Problems (2) and MBI 490.C Undergraduate Seminar (1)
MBI 477.C Independent Study (2) and MBI 490.C Undergraduate Seminar (1)
MBI 480.C Departmental Honors (2) and MBI 490.C Undergraduate Seminar (1)
MBI 487/488/489 Clinical Laboratory Science Practicum (8, 15, 15)

MGT 495 Strategic Management (3)

MIS 495 Managing the Intelligent Enterprise (3) effective 09.1

MKT 4xx (official number yet to be assigned) SocietyWise Experiential (3)
MKT 442 Highwire Brand Studio (Laws, Hall & Associates) (4)
MKT 491 Marketing Strategy (3)
MKT 495 Marketing Strategy Practicum (3)

MME 448, 449 Senior Design Project (2, 1-2)

MTH 407 Mathematical Patterns and Structures Through Inquiry (3)
MTH 425 Number Theory (3)
MTH 435 Mathematical Modeling Seminar (3)
MTH 482 Great Theorems of Mathematics (3)

MUS 453 Comparisons in the Arts (3)
MUS 475 Senior Practicum in Music Education (3)
MUS 493 Capstone Senior Recital (3)

NSG 435 Challenges in Health Care Delivery (3)

PCE 411 Advanced Paper Manufacturing (3)
PCE 471, 472 Engineering Design I and II (1,2)

PHL 404 What is Philosophy? (4)
PHL 405 Philosophy for Children (4)

PHY 488.A and 488.B Research Capstone in Physics (3)

POL 419 Civil Society and Modern Politics (4)
POL 424 Transatlantic Seminar on the European Union (6)
POL 439 North American Politics: Unity and Diversity (3)
POL 459 Capstone Seminar on the American Political System (3)
POL 466 Public Policy Analysis (3)
POL 471 The International System (3)
POL 487 Individual Lives and International Politics (3)
POL 489 Conflict Management in a Divided World (3)

PSY 410 Capstone Seminar in Psychology: Multiple Determinants of Behavior (3)
PSY 490 Research Apprenticeship in Psychology (3)

REL 402 Basic Structures in the History of Religions (4)

RUS 401 St. Petersburg: History, Literature, Culture (3)

SOC 459 Sociology Capstone (3)
SOC 462 Applied Sociological Research (3)

SPA 413 Senior Seminar in Communication Disorders (3)
SPA 499.B Intercultural Workshop in Speech Pathology and Audiology (3)

SPN 490 Issues in Hispanic Literature (3)

STA 475 Data Analysis Practicum (3)

THE 490 The Theatre and a Cultural Aesthetic (3)
THE 499.K Field Studies in the Czech Republic (8)

WCP 444 and 445 Senior Workshop and Project (5,5)

WMS 401 The Role of Women in a Transforming Society (3)

ZOO 400 Capstone Seminar: Contemporary Issues (3)
ZOO 419.R Independent Research in Zoology (3)
ZOO 431 Winter Biology (3)
ZOO 444 Molecular Biology (4)
ZOO 452 Nerve and Muscle Physiology (4)
ZOO 453 Animal Physiological Ecology (4)
ZOO 454 Endocrinology (5)
ZOO 459 and 469 Neurophysiology (3, 2)
ZOO 462 Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment (4)
ZOO 465 Animal Behavior (4)
ZOO 467 Conservation Biology (3)