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Honors 499: Honors Capstone Project Overview A required component for successful completion of the Honors Program at UNA, the Honors Capstone Project places junior and senior level students in close consultation with a faculty advisor to develop a major project of their own design. The faculty advisor is ultimately responsible for the academic rigor of the project, its duration, and the amount of academic credit the student should receive. Students pursuing a Capstone Project should meet regularly with their faculty advisors. The Capstone Project may be completed in an Independent Study format, in a senior Honors seminar in a major, or as a part of a regular course contracted for Honors credit. (For more information on how to set up the Capstone Project as a class, see the Director.) Because the Honors Program is comprehensive and includes students from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, and Nursing, there is no single format that will characterize the Capstone Project. Certainly, some students (English and History for example) may wish to pursue a traditional thesis, though even in these majors other projects might be equally desirable, to include short story collections, the editing and publication of original historical documents, and so forth. Students in educational fields may wish to develop curricula in their areas of emphasis. Students in business may create business models. Students in the performing arts may present their work in public venues beyond the requirements of their major programs. Students in many different academic areas may develop multi media and/or creative projects. These are only examples of types of projects that would conform to the requirement. The Honors Program follows the definition of undergraduate research developed by the Council on Undergraduate Research. In each case, however, it will be the general expectation that the student completing a Capstone Project will produce a reflective written document of a length suitable to the project. There are no required lengths for the written component of the Capstone, and the specific format for the reflective document should be negotiated with the faculty advisor. (Suggested parameters: in Honors programs nationwide, traditional theses run 40 pages or more. For projects with other major components, there is no typical length). Reflective documents should in general follow a fairly standard form.
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