CAP 401–402 — Thesis / Venture Capstone

Field Term & Capstone · 4 units · Required core — everyone takes it

The Two Registers

• Catalog register: Two-semester capstone — proposal, execution, and public defense of an original work.
• Teaching frame: Three accepted forms: a research thesis; an engineered system that works; a venture that exists — incorporated, with users. Defended publicly before faculty and outside examiners.

Outcomes Served

• Judgment
• Command of Intelligence
• Craft
• Articulation
• Breadth of Mind

What This Course Is About

The whole degree converges here — one original work, a year in the making, defended in public. A thesis, a system that runs, or a venture that exists. The five outcomes, demonstrated at once.

The Made Thing

The defended original work itself.

The Daily Path

One session per course day — each one designed to look easy and pull you in. This course is at syllabus stage — the daily path is not yet written, so it is not yet live.

• Day 01 — to be written
• Day 02 — to be written
• Day 03 — to be written
• Day 04 — to be written
• Day 05 — to be written
• Day 06 — to be written
• Day 07 — to be written
• Day 08 — to be written
• Day 09 — to be written
• Day 10 — to be written
• Day 11 — to be written
• Day 12 — to be written
• Day 13 — to be written
• Day 14 — to be written
• Day 15 — to be written

Every course here is built to one standard: it ends in a made thing you can show, and it ships day by day.