Capstone Experience

(CAPS)

Each student in the College of Arts and Sciences must satisfy the requirement of a Capstone course or an equivalent experience, usually in the senior year after all other general education requirements have been completed. The goal of the Capstone Experience is to provide opportunities for students to: (1) integrate knowledge within and across disciplines; (2) reflect and evaluate their entire educational experience; (3) make connections between the topic of focused study and real-world problems and questions that will continue to engage them after they leave Bucknell; and (4) interact with students who have different perspectives in order to foster a collaborative approach to learning and creative problem-solving that will carry over into their future lives.

Capstone courses may be interdisciplinary seminars open to all Arts and Sciences students or they may be offered by individual departments or groups of departments for their own majors. In all cases, they are small seminars of approximately 15 students in order to ensure maximum participation and interaction among class members.

Preregistration is required for spring Capstone courses.