Capstone Seminar

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The Capstone is a year-long project that students work on in their senior year of the Economics major, culminating in the submission of a Capstone thesis at the end of the year. The Capstone provides an opportunity for students to gain first-hand experience of economic research: • Choosing a research topic • Formulating a research question and hypotheses • Evaluating related literature • Formulating a research design • Conducting an empirical/experimental/theoretical analysis • Presenting findings to peers and specialists • Writing a research paper The Capstone seminar provides a forum to guide and advise students as they work on their Economics Capstone projects. At the end of the Spring, students submit a detailed project proposal and present in a "work-in-progress" event. In the Fall, students give a formal presentation of their work to gain practice communicating their ideas and answering questions about their work. At the end of the Fall semester, students submit a final thesis.