{"id":232,"date":"2025-11-18T13:08:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/language-literature-and-culture\/?page_id=232"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:12:43","slug":"capstone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/language-literature-and-culture\/academics\/combined-languages-ba\/capstone\/","title":{"rendered":"Capstone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45rem\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-combined-languages-b-a\">Combined Languages, B.A.<\/h1>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Post-header navigation\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.openMenuOnClick\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M4 7.5h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><path d=\"M4 15h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"menu-title\">Post-header navigation<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container\" id=\"modal-1\" data-wp-class--has-modal-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\" data-wp-class--is-menu-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\" data-wp-watch=\"callbacks.initMenu\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\" data-wp-on--focusout=\"actions.handleMenuFocusout\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-close\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-dialog\" data-wp-bind--aria-modal=\"state.ariaModal\" data-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.ariaLabel\" data-wp-bind--role=\"state.roleAttribute\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Close menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-close\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.closeMenuOnClick\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"m13.06 12 6.47-6.47-1.06-1.06L12 10.94 5.53 4.47 4.47 5.53 10.94 12l-6.47 6.47 1.06 1.06L12 13.06l6.47 6.47 1.06-1.06L13.06 12Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-content\" data-wp-watch=\"callbacks.focusFirstElement\" id=\"modal-1-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container is-responsive wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/language-literature-and-culture\/academics\/combined-languages-ba\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Overview<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/language-literature-and-culture\/academics\/combined-languages-ba\/curriculum\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Curriculum<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/language-literature-and-culture\/academics\/combined-languages-ba\/capstone\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Capstone<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/language-literature-and-culture\/academics\/combined-languages-ba\/study-abroad\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Study abroad<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-capstone-requirement\">Capstone Requirement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Typically completed in the first semester of senior year, the capstone in combined languages allows you to demonstrate your ability to interpret and analyze cultural works\u2014literature, film, media, and more\u2014in one or more of your chosen languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Usually a 15-page research paper written in one of your target languages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students focusing on French or Spanish may take the departmental capstone in that language; those focusing on an Asian language may take the Asian Studies capstone with instructor permission.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other 200-level language courses or directed studies may fulfill the capstone with adviser approval.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-honors-option\">Honors Option<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Students who excel in the capstone may extend their research into an honors thesis, a deeper project typically 30 pages or more completed in the final semester.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capstone Requirement Typically completed in the first semester of senior year, the capstone in combined languages allows you to demonstrate your ability to interpret and analyze cultural works\u2014literature, film, media, and more\u2014in one or more of your chosen languages. 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