Applying for the Honors Degree: The Capstone Project

Scholars apply for candidacy for the Honors Degree early in the senior year (November 1 for May graduates; March 1 for January graduates). To be approved as a candidate, a student must

• be recognized as an Honors Scholar for at least three semesters
• have completed one lab science course and one year of foreign language courses
• have accumulated at least 9 hours of Honors credit
• have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher

At the time of application, the Honors Degree candidate proposes an honors project or thesis. The project or thesis is subject to close supervision of a faculty member and must be judged to be of exceptional merit by an examining committee.

The application to apply for the Honors Degree/ Capstone Project can be found at: http://www.mbc.edu/student/student_forms.asp

The Capstone Experience

Global Honors Scholars are frequently recognized for outstanding senior projects such as these:

• “Birds”: Fashion in Flight, Brecken Geiman
• A Philosophical Argument for Genocide Intervention, McCall Carter
• Neuroendocrine Differentiation in a Cellular Model of Prostate Cancer Progression, Melissa Hankee
• Disparities in the Utilization of Mammography Screening among Latina Women Age 40 and over in the Central Shenandoah Valley, Marcela Posadas Turrubiarte
• Thin-Film Inductors in Power Converters, Marissa Goldbeck
• PCR-Based Analysis of the Prevalence of Avian Malaria in Red-Eyed Vireos at Differing Latitudes, Dara Young
• The Booker T. Washington Homework Program, Cheyenne Crawford