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Departments at USC Dornsife have developed capstone courses to provide students opportunities to practice and synthesize the knowledge and skills they learned during their time in the majors. Students that enroll in these courses are rewarded with an opportunity to showcase their abilities and find intellectual fulfillment through the academic culminating experience.<\/p>\n

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American Studies
\n<\/a><\/strong>Honors Program
\n\u2022 AMST 492, Research Methods in American Studies and Ethnicity
\n\u2022 AMST 493, Honors Thesis in American Studies and Ethnicity<\/p>\n

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Art History<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2022 AHIS 494, Undergraduate Proseminar in Art History<\/p>\n

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Biological Sciences<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u2022 BISC 403, Advanced Molecular Biology
\n\u2022 BISC 406L, Biotechnology
\n\u2022 BISC 408, Systems Neuroscience: From Synapses to Perception
\n\u2022 BISC 427, The Global Environment
\n\u2022 BISC 435, Advanced Biochemistry
\n\u2022 BISC 444, Practical Analysis of Biological Data in R
\n\u2022 BISC 478, Computational Genome Analysis
\n\u2022 BISC 481, Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells
\n\u2022 BISC 483, Geobiology and Astrobiology<\/p>\n

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Chemistry<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2022 CHEM 490x, Directed Research
\n\u2022 CHEM 494x, Advanced Research Experience<\/p>\n

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Classics<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2022 CLAS 410ab, Research in Classical Studies<\/p>\n

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Comparative Literature<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2022 COLT 490x, Directed Research
\n\u2022 COLT 495, Senior Honors Thesis<\/p>\n

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Earth Sciences<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2022 GEOL 387a, Undergraduate Team Research
\n\u2022 GEOL 494x, Senior Thesis<\/p>\n

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East Asian Languages and Cultures<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2022 EALC 428, Nature and the Ecological Imagination in Japanese Literature
\n\u2022 EALC 430, Gender and Sexuality in Korean Literature and Culture
\n\u2022 EALC 450, Contemporary Japanese Literature and Global Modernity
\n\u2022 EALC 452, Chinese Fiction
\n\u2022 EALC 460, Love, Self, and Gender in Modern Japanese Fiction
\n\u2022 EALC 465, Topics in Korean Visual and Cultural Studies
\n\u2022 EALC 485, Material Culture of the Silk Road
\n\u2022 EALC 499, Special Topics (the course topics vary by instructor and student interest)<\/p>\n

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East Asian Studies<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2022 EASC 360, Global East Asia (taught in Shanghai, Seoul, and Tokyo)<\/p>\n

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Economics<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2022 ECON 460 (in development)
\nHonors Program
\n\u2022 ECON 495, Senior Honors Thesis<\/p>\n

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English<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Honors Program
\n\u2022 ENGL 491, Senior Honors Seminar
\n\u2022 ENGL 496, Senior Honors Thesis<\/p>\n

Narrative Studies<\/a>
\n\u2022 MDA 490, Directed Research
\n\u2022 MDA 494, Directed Creative Project<\/p>\n

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Environmental Studies<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u2022 ENST 495, Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies<\/p>\n

(students with a lot of field experience may use one of the two courses listed below as a capstone course)
\n\u2022 ENST 480, Integrated Ecosystem Management in Micronesia
\n\u2022 ENST 485, Role of the Environment in the Collapse of Human Societies<\/p>\n

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French and Italian<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Honors Program
\n\u2022 FREN 490, Directed Research (Senior Thesis)
\n\u2022 ITAL 490, Directed Research (Senior Thesis)<\/p>\n

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Gender Studies<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u2022 SWMS 410, Senior Seminar in Gender and Sexuality Studies
\n\u2022 SWMS 490, Directed Research<\/p>\n

Honors Program
\n\u2022 SWMS 492, Senior Honors Thesis<\/p>\n

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History<\/a><\/strong>
\nProject-based. Students need to take any 400-level course to start their project<\/p>\n

Honors Program
\n\u2022 HIST 492, Senior Honors Thesis<\/p>\n

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Human Biology<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2022 HBIO 406, Theory and Method in Human Evolutionary Biology
\n\u2022 HBIO 407L, Endocrinology and Metabolism
\n\u2022 HBIO 408L, Biomechanics
\n\u2022 HBIO 409, Metabolic Diseases<\/p>\n

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Interdisciplinary Major (INDS)<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2022 INDS 494, Senior Thesis<\/p>\n

Minor in\u00a0Critical Approaches to Leadership<\/a>
\n\u2022 AMST 365, Leadership in the Community
\n\u2022 MDA 365, The Art and Adventure of Leadership
\n\u2022 MDA 475, The Future of California<\/p>\n

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International Relations
\n<\/a><\/strong>Honors Program
\n\u2022 IR 494, Senior Honors Thesis<\/p>\n

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Mathematics<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2022 MATH 407, Probability Theory
\n\u2022 MATH 410, Fundamental Concepts of Modern Algebra
\n\u2022 MATH 425a, Fundamental Concepts of Analysis
\n\u2022 MATH 447, Mathematics of Machine Learning
\n\u2022 MATH 458, Numerical Methods<\/p>\n

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Philosophy<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2022 PHIL 471, Metaphysics and Epistemology
\n\u2022 PHIL 472, Moral Philosophy<\/p>\n

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Political Science<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2022 POSC 391, Honors I:\u00a0 Undergraduate Seminar
\n\u2022 POSC 392, Honors II:\u00a0 Undergraduate Thesis
\n\u2022 POSC 490, Directed Research<\/p>\n

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Psychology
\n<\/a><\/strong>Honors Program
\n\u2022 PSYC 380, Junior Honors Seminar
\n\u2022 PSYC 480, Senior Honors Seminar<\/p>\n

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Quantitative Biology<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u2022 BISC 478, Computational Genome Analysis
\n\u2022 BISC 481, Structural Bioinformatics: From Atoms to Cells<\/p>\n

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Religion<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2022 REL 401, Seminar in Religious Studies<\/p>\n

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Slavic Languages and Literatures<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2022 SLL 465, Seminar in Russian Studies<\/p>\n

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Spanish and Portuguese<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2022 SPAN 495, Seminar for Majors and Minors<\/p>\n


\nThematic Option<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Minor in Humanities and Society
\n\u2022 CORE 301, Modes of Inquiry<\/p>\n

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