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Capstone Courses for Seniors
The Productivity, Quality, and Outcomes agreement commits MSU-Bozeman to
increase to 90 percent the number of graduating seniors engaged in capstone
courses by FY99. The Assessment and Outcomes Committee approved the following definition of a capstone experience:
A capstone experience requires seniors to integrate principles, theories,
and methods learned in courses required throughout the major. Students
creatively analyze, synthesize, and evaluate learned knowledge in a project
having a professional focus and communicate the results of the project
effectively at a professional entry level by a method appropriate to the
discipline.
To meet this obligation and to provide a valuable source of information for assessment, all undergraduate degree programs will require capstone courses in the MSU-Bozeman 1998-2000 catalog. Capstone courses must meet the following requirements, which were approved by the President:
- Required senior-level class
- Not independent, although it may have an independent component or corequisite
- Has a communications component
- Requires a synthesizing project
In the 1998-2000 catalog, capstone courses will be designated with "C" following the course number. Courses listed below are either currently recognized as capstone experiences or being added to the new catalog. Follow the course link for a description of a course's synthesizing project and its communications component.
College of Agriculture
- Abused Land Management
- ARNR 401C-402C, Planning and Program Analysis I & II
- Agricultural Economics
- AGEC 451C, Economics of Agricultural Policy - both options
- Agricultural Education
- AGED 417C, Critical Thinking for the Food and Fiber System - Extension option
- EDSD 413C, Professional Issues - Agricultural Education Teaching and Broadfield Teaching options
and corequisite EDSD 410, Student Teaching
- Agricultural Operations Technology
- AOT 417C, Critical Thinking for the Food and Fiber System
- Animal Science
- ARNR 401C-402C, Planning and Program Analysis I & II - all options
- Biotechnology
- VTMB 477C, Biotechnology Capstone - Animal Systems option
- MB 400C, Seminar - Microbial Systems option
- PSES 400C, Biotechnology Capstone - Plant Systems option
in conjunction with VTMB 476, MB 476, or PSES 476, Internship
- Crop Science
- PSES 428C, Cropping Systems and Sustainable Agriculture - both options
- Horticulture
- PSES 435C, Nursery Management - Horticulture option
- PSES 432C, Landscape Architecture - Landscape Design option
- Range Science
- ARNR 401C-402C, Planning and Program Analysis I & II - all options
- Soils
- PSES 459C, Soil Science Capstone - both options
- Watershed Management
- ARNR 401C-402C, Planning and Program Analysis I & II
College of Arts and Architecture
- Architecture
- ARCH 560C, Architectural Thesis
- Art
- ART 410C, Careers in Art - all options
with corequisite ART 490, Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity - Studio Arts and Art History options
- Environmental Design
- ARCH 457C, Architectural Design V
- Media & Theatre Arts
- MTA 472C, Motion Picture/TV/Video/Theatre Senior Production - Motion Picture/Video and Theatre options.
MTA 473C, Photography Senior Production - Photography option
- Music Education
- MUS 405C, Form and Analysis - all options
College of Business
- Business
- BUS 474C, Business Senior Seminar - all options.
College of Education, Health and Human Development
- Elementary Education
- EDEL 414C, Professional Issues
and corequisite EDEL 410, Student Teaching
- Health and Human Development
- EDSD 413C, Professional Issues - Health Enhancement K-12 Broadfield option
and corequisite EDSD 410, Student Teaching
- HDCF 475C, Senior Seminar: Professional Issues - Child Development option
and corequisite HHD 454, Practicum in Early Childhood Teaching
- HDCF 475C, Senior Seminar: Professional Issues - Consumer Science, Family Science, Textiles and Clothing, Family and Consumer Science Education/Extension options
and corequisite HHD 476, Internship
- HDFN 475C, Senior Seminar: Professional Issues - Food and Nutrition option
and corequisite HHD 476, Internship
- HDHL 475C, Senior Seminar: Professional Issues - Community Health and Pre-Physical Therapy options
and corequisite HHD 476, Internship
- HDPE 465C, Exercise Testing and Prescription - Exercise Physiology option
- HDPE 489C,
Undergraduate Research/Creativity Instruction - Biomechanics option
and corequisite HDPE 490, Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity
- Health Promotion
- HDPE 475C, Senior Seminar: Professional Issues
and corequisite HHD 476, Internship
- Secondary Education
- EDSD 413C, Professional Issues
and corequisite EDSD 410, Student Teaching
- Technology Education
- TE 417C, Mass Production - Industrial Technology option
- EDSD 413C, Professional Issues - Technology Education Teaching and Broadfield Teaching options
and corequisite EDSD 410, Student Teaching
College of Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- CH E 411C-412C, Design of Chemical and Petroleum Processes I & II
- Civil Engineering
- CE 457C-458C, Senior Project I & II - all options
- Computer Engineering
- EE 492C, Electrical Engineering Design II
- Computer Science
- CS 450C, Compilers
- Construction Engineering Technology
- CET 408C, Construction Management
- Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technology
- EE 492C, Electrical Engineering Design II
- Electrical Engineering
- EE 492C, Electrical Engineering Design II - all options
- Industrial & Management Engineering
- I&ME 443C-444C, Production Methods & Design and Senior Design Project - all options
- Mechanical Engineering
- ME 404C, Mechanical Engineering Design II
- Mechanical Engineering Technology
- MET 456C-457C, Mechanical Engineering Technology Capstone Experience I & II
College of Letters and Science
- Biological Sciences
- BIOL 443C, Current Topics in Evolutionary Biology - Biology and Biology Teaching options
- BIOL 451C, Biomedical Sciences Senior Seminar - Biomedical Sciences option
- F&WL 401C, Fish and Wildlife Topics - Fish and Wildlife option
- Chemistry
- BCHM 401C, Seminar Presentation - Biochemistry option
- CHEM 401C, Introduction to Chemistry Research - Professional, Laboratory, and Teaching options
- Earth Science
- GEOG 405C, Geographic Thought - Geography option
- GEOL 423C, Field Geology - Geology and Geohydrology options
- Economics
- ECON 432C, Benefit-Cost Analysis - both options
- English
- ENGL 401C, Integrative Teaching Methods - English Teaching Option
- ENGL 410C, Capstone: Research Issues in English - Literature Option
- History
- HIST 401C, Seminar in Historical Methodology - both options
- Mathematics
- MATH 416C, Modern Algebra - Mathematics option
- MATH 442C, Numerical Solution of Differential Equations - Applied Mathematics option
- MATH 428C, Mathematical Modeling for Teachers - Mathematics Teaching option
- STAT 424C, Mathematical Statistics - Statistics option
- Microbiology
- MB 400C, Seminar - all options
- Modern Languages and Literatures
- MLF 450C, Seminar: French Literature & Culture - all French language options
- MLG 450C, Seminar: German Literature & Culture - all German language options
- MLS 450C, Seminar: Modern Hispanic Literature - all Spanish language options
- Philosophy
- PHIL 400C, Seminar - both options
- Physics
- PHYS 406C, Capstone Presentations - Professional and Interdisciplinary options
in conjunction with PHYS 470, PHYS 489, or PHYS 490
- Political Science
- POLS 460C, Senior Capstone Seminar
- Psychology
- PSY 493C, Senior Thesis - all options
- Sociology
- ANTH 422C, Anthropological Theory - Anthropology option (alternate years)
- ANTH 425C, Social Organization - Anthropology option (alternate years)
- JS 411C, Theories of Crime and Delinquency - Justice Studies option
- SOC 451C, Senior Capstone Seminar - Sociology option
College of Nursing
- Nursing
- N 484C, Management Concepts in Nursing
Intercollege
- Directed Interdisciplinary Studies
- UH 490, Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity
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