Engineering Honors Capstone Overlap

Because most majors have a capstone in their major requirements, the Honors College has sought out partnerships with different departments on campus to allow overlap wherever possible. The following list briefly explains where and how those partnerships impact you in the course of your studies. Though you are able to take advantage of these capstone overlaps, you do not have to. More partnerships are also on the way.

* Note that each of these capstone overlaps is summarized below on a 4-year scale based on the average student. If you are graduating early, you can shift the timeline back one or two semesters. Additionally, it may be possible to flexibly employ some of these hours, especially the HON 490, to meet your scheduling conflicts. All majors with capstone overlaps usually intend the overlap to reflect work within the discipline. Capstone overlap hours typically come to no more than 5 total hours with HON 490. Please consult with the Executive Director of Honors during advising to address any questions or issues.

Engineering Capstone Overlap in conjunction with Design Spine (option 1)

  • Year 3 – Sem. I: HON 400 (.5 cr)
  • Year 3 – Sem. II: HON 410 (.5 cr)
  • Year 4 – Sem. I

    • HON 490 (1 cr)

    • ENGR 496 (1 cr) OR CSCI 496 (1 cr)

  • Year 4 – Sem. II

    • HON 490 (2 cr)

    • ENGR 498 (2 cr) OR CSCI 498 (2 cr)

During junior year while taking HON 400 and HON 410, the honors student (with assistant of faculty mentor) will find and identify a project for a DesignSpine (DS) team to work on. Student will need Engineering faculty to approve that the project is suitable for a 496/498 project before submitting the honors thesis proposal. The honors student will then need to propose and carve out an honors research project that is associated with the DS project, following the processes outlined in HON 410. This honors project will compliment the DS project but will be in addition to the 496/498 project. For example, an honors student will need to individually conduct research (test, experiments, etc.) that can help compliment or add to the design process, validation, and/or optimization. The honors student will execute the project in conjunction with ENGR 496/498 or CSCI 496/498, and will need to write a separate honors thesis individually on the honors research (experiments and results). The DS project will need to follow all guidelines of the 496/498 course sequence.

Engineering Capstone Overlap in Independent Research (option 2)

  • Year 3 – Sem. I: HON 400 (.5 cr)
  • Year 3 – Sem. II: HON 410 (.5 cr)
  • Year 4 – Sem. I

    • HON 490 (1 cr)

    • ENGR 450 (1-3 cr) OR CSCI 492 (1-3 cr)

  • Year 4 – Sem. II

    • HON 490 (1 cr)

    • ENGR 450 (1-3 cr) OR CSCI 492 (1-3 cr)

In Engineering, ENGR-450 Engineering Research (or CSCI 492 - Research in Computer Science) can serve as a capstone overlap with honors, so that you can work on the honors project within the ENGR-450 (or CSCI 492) course and receive honors credit. Students can receive up to 3 credit hours of honor overlap with ENGR 450 (or CSCI 492).

These two Engineering overlap options apply to GENE, ISEN, MENG, SWEN, EENG, CMPE, CSCI.
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