1. The Marymount Capstone is a student project. It is meant to be a year-long senior project that demonstrates mastery of the Program Learning Outcomes through an original project, a tangible deliverable, and a presentation. The deliverable must include a written project description, context, and reflection.

 

2. All Marymount BA students complete a Capstone project. While conducting their project, students are enrolled in 497, then 498 in their program (AM 497-498, BUS 497-498, or ID 497-498). Each program is responsible for structuring and administering its 497-498 experience, as long as it ensures meaningful opportunities for capstone students to collaborate and reflect on their work together, either within or across fields. Frequency and forms of collaboration may vary. Each 497-498 sequence is coordinated by an instructor of record.

 

3. Each student chooses a faculty mentor to guide the project. The mentor receives load for this year-long commitment. The mentor may be a full-time or adjunct faculty member. The mentor is responsible for guiding the student and keeping the project on track, with documented feedback along the way.

 

4. All the Capstone Instructors in a field (Business, Liberal Arts, Media Studies) are collectively known as the Capstone Committee. Additionally, the committee may include field practitioners. The committee in each field is responsible for authorizing student projects and for evaluating the projects at the end and at predetermined feedback times (example: end of 497, mid-term of 498, end of 498).

 

5. Completion of 498 includes an e-Portfolio of archived student work and corresponding reflection by ISLO to demonstrate progression of learning within each ISLO. The e-Portfolio also links to a co-curricular transcript. 498 is a BA graduation requirement.

 

6. The Capstone Committees participate in the assessment of the Capstone program and process for continual institutional improvement.