Senior Capstone Project

Senior Capstone Project

GEMS students can choose either a Senior Capstone Project or a Senior Capstone Internship. Regardless of options, students are required to enroll in EWS 3950, Methods in Gender and Ethnic Studies, in the fall semester. In the following Spring semester, students in the Senior Capstone Project will take EWS 4610.01. The Senior Capstone represents the synthesis of each student's academic training, by requiring an in-depth, sophisticated analysis of a research topic of their choosing. During the course of the academic year students produce an original, interdisciplinary ethnographic study. At the conclusion of their study students produce a final portfolio that includes their research findings, academic literature review and final paper. In addition, students craft a ten-minute oral presentation on the analysis of their findings at the annal EWS Symposium in Spring semester.