Senior Capstone Program

Located in Groover Hall

 

Senior Capstone courses are interdisciplinary seminars focused on significant questions or issues beyond those explored elsewhere in the curriculum. Their purpose is to provide a "capstone" for the general education program and to encourage students' awareness of themselves as majors in their disciplines, prospective workers, and citizens.  Seniors from different majors share and compare their perspectives and expertise; and explore spiritual and ethical as well as intellectual values.

Successful completion of a Senior Capstone course is a graduation requirement for College of Liberal Arts students.  Several courses from the curriculum below are offered each semester as well as in the summer.  These courses will use materials from a variety of disciplines and require seminar discussions and extensive writing.

Enrollment in each section is limited to encourage participation.  It is the student's responsibility to arrange his or her schedule to accommodate one of these courses in the senior year.  Senior Capstone courses are limited to students who have earned at least 90 hours credit.  Only one Senior Capstone may be counted as part of the minimum requirement for graduation.

Special Activities

Senior capstone sections are encouraged to include a service-learning component. Traditionally, the courses entitled "The Human Prospect in a World of Scarcity" and "Self and World: The American City" have required students to work with neighborhood revitalization efforts in Macon.

 

 

Program Director
Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.A., Dartmouth College; J.D., Columbia University
harshbarge_r@mercer.edu
(478) 301-5640

 

Penni Hartley
Administrative Assistant
hartley_p@mercer.edu
(478) 301-2916