B&W Capstone Experience
The capstone experience provides students with the opportunity to integrate and apply
knowledge and skills learned in previous courses—including scientific knowledge, quantitative
literacy, and communication skills— in a creative activity. For a biologist, a fundamental
expression of applied knowledge, creativity, and critical reasoning is to engage in
scientific inquiry.
Through the capstone experience, the Biology and Wildlife Department provides every
student majoring in Biology or Wildlife with an enriching research experience in which
they will learn research techniques while conducting original research in the laboratory
or field. Students may complete their capstone research project in a formal course,
such as The Human Microbiome, or as an independent study in a faculty member's laboratory.
The latter provides students with greater flexibility to pursue their own research
passion.