6-credit, intensive language courses at UMass, Amherst 9. A capstone course can serve as a culminating experience for a student enrolled in the Commonwealth College. These courses bring together many of the threads of a student s undergraduate career. The course may be grounded in a single field of study, or it may be interdisciplinary, but, in either case, the emphasis is on synthesis. The Honors Program currently offers one capstone course, Honors 497, Public Policy and Citizen Action.
Some departments currently offer non-honors capstone courses for their majors.
Over the next few years, more capstone offerings that carry honors credit will become available. It is important to note that while the capstone course fulfills the basic culminating experience requirement of Commonwealth College and some departmental tracks, it is not, by itself, sufficient to fulfill the requirements for high Latin honors. You should negotiate Type 4 below with an Honors Advisor during the substitution process. Note that UMass non-honors courses cannot be substituted toward your honors requirements unless they are of one of the types below. Five College courses with 25 or fewer students, a high degree of interaction between the professor and students, and a challenging syllabus may be substituted to meet honors course requirements.