{"id":392,"date":"2026-06-25T16:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T20:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/?page_id=392"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:41:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:41:38","slug":"capstone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/screen-studies-ba\/capstone\/","title":{"rendered":"Capstone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-screen-studies-b-a\">Screen Studies, 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=\"Menu 4\" 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\" 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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\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/screen-studies-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\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/screen-studies-ba\/experiential-learning\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Experiential learning<\/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\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/screen-studies-ba\/capstone\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Capstone<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" 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class=\"is-style-intro\">Senior year culminates in either the shared Visual and Performing Arts Capstone course or a two-semester screen studies honors thesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students with a strong academic record may apply to complete a two-semester honors thesis instead. The honors thesis is a significant independent project developed with a faculty advisor and presented in a formal defense. It can take three forms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A&nbsp;<strong>75-page work of research scholarship<\/strong>&nbsp;on a topic in film history, criticism, or theory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A&nbsp;<strong>feature-length screenplay<\/strong>, developed to professional standard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A&nbsp;<strong>substantial portfolio film project<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 a significant work of production<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Students planning graduate work in screen studies are especially encouraged to pursue the honors path. A successful thesis and defense satisfies the capstone requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All students interested in honors must apply to the screen studies program director by April 1 of their junior year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent honors thesis topics give a sense of the range:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Raised on Promises: An Investigation of the American Coming-of-Age Film<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>&#8220;Rat Girls,&#8221; a four-episode teleplay for an animated series<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Postmodern Pleasures: Bollywood&#8217;s Relevance in the Global Age<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>&#8220;Westing,&#8221; a student-created experimental documentary film<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Overcoming Sorrow: The Struggle of Peruvian Cinema and Its Promise of Progress in Claudia Llosa&#8217;s The Milk of Sorrow<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capstone Senior year culminates in either the shared Visual and Performing Arts Capstone course or a two-semester screen studies honors thesis. 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