Senior Capstone Project/Honors Thesis Program (5 units/+10 additional units for honors): The capstone course is the culminating course of the DAAAS major degree, offered during the Autumn quarter of a major’s senior year. The Capstone course is a research and writing intensive course designed to help students reflect on DAAAS coursework and apply that knowledge to a specific, focused topic.

Students may choose to take the course as part of a multi-quarter Honors Thesis experience (application to DAAAS Honors program required) culminating with a final Honors Thesis/Creative Honors Thesis in the Spring OR students may choose to do a Senior Capstone/Creative Capstone project, concluding with a final paper at the conclusion of the Autumn quarter.

Students admitted to the DAAAS Honors program will complete an additional 5 units in the Winter and an additional 5 units in the Spring quarter to fulfill the Honors requirement.

Though the time commitment and project scope for the Honors/Creative Honors Thesis versus Capstone/Creative Capstone students may differ, the intellectual rigor of the Capstone seminar and assignments in the Capstone course are the same.

Students will synthesize all that they’ve learnt and identify their own unique contribution in a culminating project of their choice during the Autumn quarter. This could be a Senior Capstone paper, Creative Capstone paper with a detailed proposal for a creative project, Honors Thesis prospectus, or a Creative Honors Thesis prospectus with a detailed proposal for a creative project.

Capstone and honors projects can be developed in conjunction with the community engaged learning requirement, whereby majors design a public deliverable in relation to a specific community (e.g. a database or an art or photography exhibition, online or in-person). This course will be jointly taken with other DAAAS seniors pursuing different regional tracks, offering important opportunities for cross-regional collaboration.

All senior majors will present their Capstone or Honors thesis projects at DAAAS Senior Presentations during the Spring quarter of their senior year.

AFRAM-BA - African and African American Studies (BA)

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