高级顶点 Experience
Our Capstone Experience
Develop independent-minded and self-selected research with the 指导 of a faculty 顾问.
Learn how Ama folded her experiences as a Starr Center Explore America Summer Intern into an SCE that explores the parallels between the HIV/AIDS epidmic and COVID-19 from an anthropological perspective.
这个过程
The 高级顶点 Experience in anthropology is a substantial research and 写作 project completed at the end of the student’s course of study. Involving active learning and integration of materials within the 主要, the project centers on a topic chosen by the student in consultation with a faculty member in this department.
The SCE may be a thesis or a project. Projects include an oral history, a museum exhibit, an ethnographic film project, or a body of materials to be used in elementary or secondary 学校. Each project is accompanied by a written document that discusses how the project was researched and carried out and addresses the importance of the project in terms of anthropological theory. A thesis will have a substantial theoretical focus but also may include any of the project forms.
Interested in learning what our 主要s go through? Here's a bit more about our assesment 标准.
评估
The Senior Thesis of each graduating 主要 will be evaluated for the presence and 的有效性:
- Statement of an anthropological research 问题
- Identification and explication of a theoretical perspective appropriate to the research 问题
- Analysis of relevant disciplinary journal articles
- Appropriate use of anthropological vocabulary
- Application of appropriate research and/or analytic techniques
- Works regularly with 顾问
- Meets deadlines (see Timeline) with acceptable chapters
- Turns in a complete, well-written, properly formatted document by the last day of class of the spring semester
The “Honors” grade is awarded by vote of Department faculty. 荣誉称号 is awarded to exceptional projects:
- That are worthy of submission to a scholarly journal
- Whose subject or methods are original and significant
- Whose conclusions are fully supported and defended against reasonable challenge
- That are fully grammatical and demonstrates graceful language.
Students who earn honors on their 高级顶点 Experience and a Dean’s List average in their 主要 course work may be eligible for departmental honors, a distinction that is noted both on the student’s permanent record and in the commencement program [九州娱乐官网 Catalog].
A “不通过” grade is awarded by vote of Department faculty. A grade of “不通过” is almost always a consequence of:
- Student’s failure to work consistently with 顾问 or to accept 顾问’s reasonable 指导
- Submission of completed thesis after the College’s deadline (see Timeline)
- Rarely because, despite 顾问’s 指导, it fails to meet 标准 of acceptable 写作