Senior Projects

Honors LS479: Liberal Studies Senior Colloquium

A topical capstone seminar, ordinarily taken in the final semester, that asks students to address an issue or a group of related issues of current and future importance from an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary perspective. Students will be expected to integrate the knowledge they have acquired through their major with the wider perspectives provided in their integrative liberal studies. The issue(s) will be explored through reading, lecture, discussion, and through the presentation of a self-directed project. This requirement must be fulfilled in residence. Prerequisites: 90 semester hours, HUM 324, and completion of ILSA requirement. May not be taken in the major department or used to fulfill major or minor requirements. No credit given if credit received for HUM 414. As a part of this Capstone experience and in lieu of a thesis, students work with disadvantaged children put what they learn about social inequality and justice into action.

Writing Samples

• "Genetic Modification: Solution or Setback? The Controversy Over Transgenic Technology" (PDF, 328KB) by Sarah Bastarache
• "Intentional Communities: Preparing for the Post-Industrial World by Learning How to Live Together" (PDF, 122KB) by Mark Boyd
• "Elephant on the Rise: The Challenges of India's Globalization" (PDF, 99KB) by Danny Coleman
• "A Deeper Look at the Cradle-to-Cradle Method" (PDF, 96KB) by Ashley Molin
• "John Rawls' Supposed Justice" (PDF, 318KB) by Reed Fornoff
• "Ethics and Psychological Wholeness for the 21st Century" (PDF, 137KB) by Joe Wilkerson