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LAUNCH Capstones 

  • Year-long independent, integrative, signature experience combining students’ career goals and interests 
  • Faculty-mentored project with a focus in areas related to:  
  • Research 
  • Service 
  • Teaching 
  • Performance 

In two semesters, Capstone Scholars will: 

  • Explore their academic and personal interests or inquiries 
  • Reflect on their project’s relation to their future goals through career readiness prompts 
  • Engage their peers in providing and receiving critical feedback on their project 
  • Publicly present a project that summarizes the academic experience, leaving their unique mark on this campus 
Questions?  

979-845-1957 
dkemp@tamu.edu 

LAUNCH  
114 Henderson 

Capstone Programs housed in the LAUNCH Department consist of four unique two semester experiences that are an amalgamation of a student’s personal interest, an inquiry or a question and their academic experience. Capstones are designed to showcase the knowledge, skills and abilities a student has honed over the past three or four years. These projects include regular reflection designed using NACE core competencies, AAC&U and LAUNCH Learning Objectives. Students’ projects are overseen by a faculty or staff member or a professional in the students’ respective fields of interest. At the end of the capstone experience, students will publicly present a summation of their experience. Faculty or staff identified as the students’ capstone advisors are encouraged to be as hands-on as the project and time allows. All University Honors students in our program must complete a capstone project to complete their University Honors Distinction, but any undergraduate student with at least a 3.0 may apply for a capstone in the LAUNCH department.