GDST 498 - Capstone

1 Credit Hours
This 1 credit hour capstone course is designed to guide the GDST student through the process of planning their senior thesis. In the Spring of their senior year, all GDST students must submit a research thesis for public defence. Students are expected to independently design and complete a research-based project on a specific diversity studies topic that synthesizes the scholarly literature in at least two of the disciplines that inform diversity studies and presents a clear, arguable thesis supported by evidence drawn from appropriate sources. In the Fall semester (GDST 498), the student designs their project, identifies two faculty readers from two different disciplines and submits a polished proposal by the end of the course to both the capstone director and their second reader. The following semester, they sign up for GDST 499 a 2 CH course designed to facilitate the writing and completion of the student’s thesis. Note that all thesis readers must be GDST affiliated faculty and must be approved by the director of the program as well as the chairs of the faculty members’ respective home departments. The focus of the thesis is multidisciplinary and addresses issues concerning gender and diversity studies that stem from the student’s own elective concentration or interests. For example, projects may include an internship component or be limited to textual analysis depending on the primary methodologies of the disciplines with which they are working.

Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Majors: Gender & Diversity Studies Must be enrolled in one of the following Classifications: Senior

Levels: Undergraduate

College of Arts & Sciences Race, Intersect, Gender & Soci