Honors College

Capstone Courses

Capstone courses involve advanced work in your major that can take any of the following forms: a senior thesis; a portfolio of fine art or creative writing; field experience in a profession; or a public presentation in the performing arts. Listed below are examples of senior theses written by Boise State honors students.

A Primer on Derivatives, by Timothy Dunlop

Atatturk And the Modernization of Turkey, By Lisa McGrath

Atmospheric Jet Stream Model: A CED Simulation of Rotating, Laterally-Heated Annuluas, by Melissa Ray

Calsequestrin Transformation, by Keli Mabbott

Capital Investment Analysis for Small Businesses, by Jack Peterson

Censorship and the Novel in Victorian England, by Gabrielle Mackay

Children With Behavioral Challenges, by Martha Wiser

Differentiating Instruction Using Educational Technology, by Jenny Ann Mattravers

Electrical Field Flow Fragmentation of Particles in Non-Polar Fluids, by Amy Landau

Expressionistic and Realistic Applications of Light in Cinematography, by David Leader

Hearing Loss: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Intervention, by Jana Barnes

Involvement of Hepetocyte Growth Factor and its Receptor, Met , in Tumor Progression of Mouse Prostate Cancer Cells by Christina MacDougall

Mexican Pentecostals of Idaho, by Dora Salamon

Micro-Controlled Multi V/I Power Supply Systems, by Valerie Coombs

Music and the Brain, by Laura Fee

Obscenity, Literature, and the Law, by Kimberly Evans

Outline for a Study of the American Musical Idiom, by Matthew Gerlach

Social Movements: Tactics and Strategies of the Genocide Awareness Project, by Megan Monster

Stratigraphy and Petrography of Tuff Ring Deposits at Con Shea Volcano, by Heather Michaud

Reviving Caravaggio, by Katherine Lester

The Asian Economic Crisis, by Michael Naethe

The Effects of Age, Gender, Religion, and Religious Strength on Obedience to Authority, by Andrea Webb

The Effects of Neural Insult on Awareness Level and Cognitive Process During the Event of a Stroke, by Pernilla-Stridh-Igo

The Japanese Internment of World War II, by Brandee Schuelke

The Relationship Between Stress and Rheumatoid Arthritis, By Jerome Hash

The Social Construction of the Modern Zoo, by Taunya Jones

The Uptake and Transport of Heavy Metals in Grass Seedlings, by Christina Roalstad

When the Existential Meets the Internal: The Confessional Poetry of Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton, by Melissa Keith

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