Overview

The Capstone is a requirement for all Human Biology majors, and can be fulfilled in several ways outlined below. More detailed information can be found in the Capstone Handbook.

• Practicum, 1 unit,  reflection-oriented option completed throughout your senior year. You will connect academic, extra-curricular, and pre-professional experiences through workshops, portfolio, presentation and essay.
• Synthesis, 6 units, individual project where you design and create a culminating work of scholarship and presentation at the Gelles Senior Symposium. Past projects include community service projects, artistic expression, and long-form journalism. Requires a faculty mentor and an application due in Autumn of your senior year.
• Honors, ~10-15 units (see Honors handbook), research intensive where you work closely with a faculty member on an individual research project, culminating in an thesis and presentation at the Gelles Senior Symposium. Requires an application in your junior year.

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Non-Human Biology programs that also fulfill the capstone requirement: