Knowledge in Action
Knowledge in Action (total of 3+ credits) includes Experiential Learning and Senior Capstones: Throughout their education, but especially as they approach graduation, students are encouraged to look to the farther horizons of their future in the world. Students participate in experiential learning and, as part of the culmination of their Miami education, a Miami Capstone course. These experiences place a special emphasis on applying knowledge and skills they’ve gained during their time at Miami to settings beyond Miami.
Frequency of Course Offerings: Course scheduling patterns are subject to change and are determined by each program, department, or college. Frequency of offerings can change without notice. However, every Miami Plan course should be offered at least once every 4 semesters, if not more.
Advising: Please consult with an Academic Advisor for specific questions regarding course scheduling, degree maps, and Miami Plan requirements. Students must have earned 93 hours before completion of their Senior Capstone for it to count.
Senior Capstone (3 hours)
The Miami Plan Senior Capstone (SC), completed near the end of baccalaureate studies, integrates liberal learning with specialized knowledge. Each SC presumes a significant scholarly background of specialized study in a major as well as in liberal education course work. The Senior Capstone does more than culminate years of baccalaureate study: it culminates a student's liberal education.
Ordinarily, a Senior Capstone is taken at Miami and is completed in the senior year (minimum of 93 hours registered or earned). Students who plan to transfer any course to meet the SC requirement must obtain permission from the Office of Liberal Education before they take the course. The SC may be completed in or outside students' majors; in some departments, the SC may be a requirement of the major.
Students may propose their own Senior Capstone Experience. See the Office of Liberal Education website (www.MiamiOH.edu/liberal-ed) for details.
Senior Capstones
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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ACC 495/ACC 595 | Accounting Analysis | 3 |
AES 432 | National Security/Leadership Responsibilities/Commissioning Preparation | 3 |
AMS 401 | Senior Capstone in American Studies | 4 |
APC 401 | Applied Communication Capstone | 3 |
ARC 402C | Senior Studio Capstone Experience | 6 |
ARC 408 | Interior Design Studio | 6 |
ART 419 | Supervised Student Teaching in Art | 15 |
ART 452 | Communication Design Studio 3: Degree Project | 3 |
ART 453 | Highwire Brand Studio 1 | 4 |
ART 492 | Professional Artist's Portfolio and Exhibition Experience | 3 |
ART 493 | Professional Dispositions in Art Education | 3 |
ART 498 | History and Methods in Art and Architectural History | 3 |
ATH 421 | Public Anthropology Seminar | 3 |
ATH 448 | Developing Solutions in Global Health | 3 |
ATH/BIO 498 | Evolution of Human Behavior | 3 |
BIS 401 | Senior Integrative Seminar | 3 |
BLS 465 | Ethics, Law, & Business | 3 |
BIO 400 | Capstone Seminar: Contemporary Issues in Biology | 3 |
BIO 419R | Independent Research Capstone | 3 |
BIO 452/BIO 552 | Neuromodulation:Cells to Circuits | 3 |
BIO 454/BIO 554 | Endocrinology | 3 |
BIO 467/BIO 567 | Conservation Biology | 3 |
BSC 415 | Approaches to Problem Solving and Research in Applied Biology Capstone | 3 |
BSC 416 | Applications of Biotechnology to Human Health: Concepts and Issues | 3 |
CHM 491 | Chemistry in Societal Issues | 3 |
CHM 492 | Independent Research Capstone in Chemistry | 3 |
CIT 457 | IT Project Lifecycle I: Requirements and Design | 3 |
CIT 458 | IT Project Lifecycle II: Implementation and Deployment | 4 |
CIT 468 | Health Information Technology Project Lifecycle | 4 |
CJS 485 | Capstone: Seminar in Criminal Justice | 3 |
CMA 401 | Capstone in Community Arts | 3 |
CMR 495 | Strategic Management for Commerce | 3 |
CPB 471 & CPB 472 | Engineering Design I and Engineering Design II | 4 |
CSE 448 & CSE 449 | Senior Design Project and Senior Design Project | 3-4 |
CYB 437 | Cybersecurity Senior Design Project/Capstone | 3 |
DST 494 | Disability in Global and Local Contexts | 3 |
ECE 448 & ECE 449 | Senior Design Project and Senior Design Project | 4 |
ECO 405 | Economics of Strategy | 3 |
EDP 460 | Action Research/Problem-Based Seminar in Exceptional Education/Developmental Differences | 3 |
EGS 495 | Capstone in English Studies | 3 |
ENG 415 | Capstone in Professional Writing | 3 |
ENG 432 | Feminism and the Diaspora: U.S. Women of Color | 3 |
ENG 460 | Issues in Creative Writing | 3 |
ENG 495 | Capstone In Literature | 3 |
ENT 497 & ENT 498 | Senior Design Project and Senior Design Project | 4 |
ESP 401/ESP 501 | Entrepreneurship: New Ventures | 3 |
ESP 461 | Entrepreneurial Consulting | 3 |
FIN 482 | Student Managed Investment Fund II | 3 |
FIN 485 | Integrative Concepts in Finance | 3 |
FST 401 | Seminar in Film Study | 3 |
FSW/SOC/WGS 451 | Interpersonal Violence | 3 |
FSW 462/FSW 562 | Family Policy and Law | 3 |
GEO 491 | Geography and Sustainable Development Research Seminar | 4 |
GEO 493 | Urban Field Experience | 3 |
GER 471 | Linguistic Perspectives on Contemporary German | 3 |
GLG 411A/GLG 511A | Field Geology | 6 |
GLG 497 | Trends and Topics in the Geosciences | 3 |
GTY 440 | Gerontology Capstone Internship | 1-16 |
HST 400 | Senior Capstone in History | 3 |
IMS 440/IMS 540 | Emerging Technology Practicum | 4 |
IMS 452 | Senior Degree Project | 3 |
IMS 488 | Game Preproduction | 3 |
IMS 489 | Game Production | 6 |
ISA 495 | Managing the Intelligent Enterprise | 3 |
ITS 402 | Senior Capstone in International Studies | 3 |
JRN 421 | Capstone in Journalism | 3 |
KNH 402 | Capstone in Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Health | 3 |
KNH/GTY/MBI 428 | Public Health in Action | 3 |
LAS 410 | Current Latin American Issues | 3 |
LIN 460 | Capstone in Linguistics | 3 |
LST 402 | Capstone in Liberal Studies | 3 |
MAC 414 | Capstone Pictures: Project in Digital Narrative Film Production | 4 |
MAC 445 | Electronic Media Policy and Regulation | 3 |
MAC 447 | Senior Seminar in Applied Media Analysis | 3 |
MBI 410 & MBI 490 | Senior Internship and Undergraduate Seminar | 3 |
MBI 440 & MBI 490 | Research Problems and Undergraduate Seminar | 2-5 |
MBI 461 | Human Disease and Epidemiology | 3 |
MBI 480 & MBI 490 | Departmental Honors and Undergraduate Seminar | 2-7 |
MBI 489 | Medical Laboratory Science Practicum | 12 |
MBI 490 | Undergraduate Seminar | 1 |
MGT 495 | Executive Decision Making and Strategy | 3 |
MKT 442 | Highwire Brand Studio | 4-8 |
MKT 495 | Strategy Works | 4 |
MME 448 & MME 449 | Senior Design Project and Senior Design Project | 4 |
MTH 407/MTH 507 | Mathematical Structures Through Inquiry | 3 |
MTH 425/MTH 525 | Number Theory | 3 |
MTH 435/MTH 535 | Mathematical Modeling Seminar | 3 |
MTH 482 | Great Theorems of Mathematics | 3 |
MUS 406 | Advanced Analysis | 3 |
MUS 475 | Senior Practicum in Music Education | 3 |
NCS 401 | Capstone in Nonprofit and Community Studies | 3 |
NSC 402 | Leadership and Ethics | 3 |
NSG 435 | Challenges in Health Care Delivery | 3 |
PHL 404 | What is Philosophy? | 3 |
PHY 488 | Research Capstone in Physics | 3 |
POL 411/POL 511 | American Political Thought | 3 |
POL 419/POL 519 | Civil Society and Modern Politics | 3 |
POL 423/POL 523 | European Union: Politics and Policies | 3 |
POL 459/POL 559 | Capstone Seminar on the American Political System | 3 |
POL 466/POL 566 | Public Policy Analysis | 3 |
POL 471/POL 571 | The International System | 3 |
POL 489/POL 589 | Conflict Management in a Divided World | 3 |
PSS 401 | Capstone in Psychological Science | 3 |
PSY 410 | Capstone Seminar in Psychology: The Multiple Determinants of Behavior | 3 |
PSY 458 | Capstone Seminar in Neuroscience | 3 |
SLM 402 | Reflections and Actions in Sport Leadership & Management | 3 |
SLM 495 | Practicum in Sport Leadership and Management | 3 |
SOC 459 | Sociology Capstone | 3 |
SPA 413 | Senior Seminar in Communication Disorders | 3 |
SPN 490 | Issues in Hispanic Literature, Linguistics, or Culture | 3 |
STA 475 | Data Analysis Practicum | 3 |
STC 459 | Strategic Communication Campaigns | 3 |
TCE 422 | Studies in Educational Issues | 3 |
TCE 455 | Capstone Seminar: Comparative Education in Europe or China | 4 |
WGS 401 | The Role of Women in a Transforming Society | 3 |
WGS 432 | Feminism and the Diaspora: U.S. Women of Color | 3 |
WST 444 | Senior Workshop and Project | 3 |
WGS 451/WGS 551 | Interpersonal Violence | 3 |
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Maximum 8 credit hours
- 2
2 credit hours for research option; or concurrent enrollment in BIO 340 for internship option.
Experiential Learning (0+ hours)
Experiential learning is the process of making meaning through direct and substantive experience in a “real world” or an “out of the traditional classroom” context. It offers students the opportunity to initiate lifelong learning through the development and application of academic knowledge and skills in new or different settings. In experiential learning, educators purposefully engage with learners in direct experience and reflection in order to increase knowledge, develop skills, and clarify perspectives or values.
- Designated Service-Learning sections of courses
- Approved courses that carry EL designation (below)
- Credit-bearing or non-credit-bearing internships (numbered 340)
- Credit-bearing or non-credit-bearing independent studies that involve significant “real world” or out-of-classroom experiences. Students completing experiential learning in association with a Miami Plan course will register for 177E, 277E, 377E or 477E. Students completing research for independent study purposes will register with an R modifier in the appropriate 177R, 277R, 377R or 477R. Students completing Extended Study or Service Learning in association with a Miami Plan course will register for one credit hour with an X modifier the appropriate 177X, 277X, 377X or 477X.
- Undergraduate Summer Scholars Program enrollment
- Student teaching
- Clinical courses
Students may petition for a related experience to count as Experiential Learning. See the Office of Liberal Education website (www.MiamiOH.edu/liberal-ed) for details.
Experiential Learning Courses
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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AES 310 | Leadership Laboratory | 1 |
AES 311 | Leadership Laboratory | 1 |
AES 410 | Leadership Laboratory | 1 |
AES 411 | Leadership Laboratory | 1 |
ARC 101 | Beginning Design Studio | 5 |
ARC 102 | Beginning Design Studio | 5 |
ARC 105 | Introduction to Architecture | 3 |
ARC 113 | Methods of Presentation, Representation and Re-Presentation | 2 |
ARC 114 | Methods of Presentation, Representation and Re-Presentation | 2 |
ARC 201 | Architecture Studio | 5 |
ARC 202 | Architecture Studio | 5 |
ARC 203 | Interior Design Studio | 5 |
ARC 204 | Interior Design Studio | 5 |
ARC 301 | Architecture Studio | 6 |
ARC 302 | Architecture Studio | 6 |
ARC 303 | Interior Design Studio | 6 |
ARC 304 | Interior Design Studio | 6 |
ARC 401 | Architecture Studio | 6 |
ARC 402C | Senior Studio Capstone Experience | 6 |
ARC 403 | Interior Design Studio | 6 |
ARC 404/ARC 504 | Seminars | 1-3 |
ARC 408 | Interior Design Studio | 6 |
ART 271 | Sculpture I | 3 |
ART 391 | Field Study in Art and Architecture History | 3 |
ART 395 | Art Across the Curriculum | 3 |
ART 419 | Supervised Student Teaching in Art | 15 |
ART 432/ART 532 | Painting V | 3 |
ART 442 | Printmaking V | 3 |
ART 451 | The Professional Portfolio | 3 |
ART 453 | Highwire Brand Studio | 4 |
ART 457 | Photography IV | 3 |
ART 462/ART 562 | Ceramics V | 3 |
ART 464/ART 564 | Jewelry Design and Metals IV | 3 |
ART 472 | Sculpture V | 3 |
ART 492 | Professional Artist's Portfolio and Exhibition Experience | 3 |
ART 495 | Art Education Practicum | 3 |
ART 498 | History and Methods in Art and Architectural History | 3 |
ATH 415 | Field Methods in Archaeology | 1-6 |
ATH 416 | Applying Archaeology | 3 |
ATH 425 | Ethnographic Field Methods | 3 |
ATH 465 | Ethnography of Communication | 3 |
ATH 496 | Observing Primate Behavior | 4 |
ATH/BIO 498 | Evolution of Human Behavior | 3 |
BIO 320 | Directed Research | 1-3 |
BIO 419R | Independent Research Capstone | 3 |
BIS 315 | Comic Books in American Culture | 3 |
BSC 321 | Research in Applied Biology | 1-3 |
BUS 101 | Foundations of Business | 2 |
BUS 102 | Foundations of Business Communication | 2 |
BUS 104 | Introduction to Computational Thinking for Business | 2 |
CHM 480 | Departmental Honors | 1-6 |
CIT 457 | IT Project Lifecycle I: Requirements and Design | 3 |
CIT 458 | IT Project Lifecycle II: Implementation and Deployment | 4 |
CIT 468 | Health Information Technology Project Lifecycle | 4 |
CJS 220 | Criminal Justice Field Experience | 3 |
CMA 301 | Community Arts Practicum | 3 |
CMR 220 | Professional Practice | 0-2 |
CMR 401 | Leadership Decision Skills | 4 |
CMR 449 | Senior Practicum in Digital Commerce | 3 |
CPB 471 | Engineering Design I | 2 |
CPB 472 | Engineering Design II | 2 |
CRE 402 | Engaged Learning Practicum | 1-6 |
CSE 448 | Senior Design Project | 2 |
CSE 449 | Senior Design Project | 1-2 |
ECE 448 | Senior Design Project | 2 |
ECE 449 | Senior Design Project | 2 |
EDL 281 | Outdoor Leadership Study Away/Study Abroad | 3 |
EDL 301 | Student Development in Residence Halls | 1 |
EDL 464 | Community-Based Leadership and Change | 3 |
EDP 419F | Supervised Teaching for Mild/Moderate and Moderate/Intensive Intervention Specialist Licensure | 15 |
EDP 459 | Practicum in Special Education: Mild/Moderate | 3 |
EGS 301 | Writing and the Professions | 3 |
ENG 321 | The Literary Marketplace | 3 |
ENG 413/ENG 513 | Grant and Proposal Writing | 3 |
ENG 414/ENG 514 | Usability and User Experience | 3 |
ENG 415 | Capstone in Professional Writing | 3 |
ENG 460 | Issues in Creative Writing | 3 |
ENG 480 | English Honors | 1-6 |
ENG 481/ENG 581 | Writing Center Theory and Practice | 3 |
ENT 497 | Senior Design Project | 2 |
ENT 498 | Senior Design Project | 2 |
ESP 103 | Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurial Thinking | 2 |
ESP 321 | Startup Entrepreneurship | 3 |
ESP 461 | Entrepreneurial Consulting | 3 |
ESP 490 | Special Topics in Entrepreneurship | 1-3 |
FSW 411 | Senior Field Experience I | 4 |
FSW 412 | Senior Seminar in Social Work I | 2 |
FSW 413 | Senior Seminar in Social Work II | 2 |
FSW 414 | Senior Field Experience II | 4 |
GEO/GLG/IES 412 | Tropical Ecosystems of Costa Rica | 5 |
GEO 442/GEO 542 | Advanced Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
GEO 459/GEO 559 | Advanced Urban and Regional Planning | 3 |
GEO 491 | Geography and Sustainable Development Research Seminar | 4 |
GEO 493 | Urban Field Experience | 3 |
GHS 401 | Global Health Experience | 2 |
GLG 311 | Geoenvironmental Field Methods | 3 |
GLG 411A/GLG 511A | Field Geology | 6 |
GLG 419/GLG 519 | Geology of Streams | 3 |
GTY 110 | Opening Minds through Art (OMA) Volunteer Experience | 1 |
GTY 310 | Opening Minds through Art (OMA) Leadership Experience | 2 |
GTY 440 | Gerontology Capstone Internship | 1-16 |
HON 181 | Foundations of Engaged Learning I | 1-2 |
HST 400 | Senior Capstone in History | 3 |
HST 435/HST 535 | Public History Practicum | 3 |
HST 480 | Departmental Honors | 1-6 |
IES 186 | Sustainable Farming and Food | 3 |
IES/ITL 231 | Italian Food Cultures in Context | 3 |
IES 278 | Introduction to Food Systems | 3 |
IES 278L | Understanding Food Systems Laboratory | 1 |
IMS 440/IMS 540 | Emerging Technology Practicum | 4 |
IMS 452 | Senior Degree Project | 3 |
IMS 488 | Game Preproduction | 3 |
IMS 496 | KICKGLASS Digital Marketing | 4 |
ISA 406 | IT Project Management | 3 |
ISA 496 | Business Analytics Practicum | 3 |
JRN 421 | Capstone in Journalism | 3 |
KNH 402 | Capstone in Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Health | 3 |
KNH 403/KNH 503 | Nutrition Counseling and Communication Skills | 3 |
KNH/GTY/MBI 428 | Public Health in Action | 3 |
MAC 425 | Inside Hollywood | 3 |
MAC/POL 426 | Inside Washington | 8 |
MAC 450 | Topics in Communication | 3 |
MBI 410 | Senior Internship | 2 |
MBI 440 | Research Problems | 1-4 |
MBI 487 | Medical Laboratory Science Practicum | 8 |
MBI 488 | Medical Laboratory Science Practicum | 12 |
MBI 489 | Medical Laboratory Science Practicum | 12 |
MGT 432 | Global Strategic Sourcing | 3 |
MGT 474 | Human Capital Consulting | 3 |
MKT 442 | Highwire Brand Studio | 4-8 |
MKT 495 | Strategy Works | 4 |
MME 448 | Senior Design Project | 2 |
MME 449 | Senior Design Project | 2 |
MTH 253 | Introduction to Technical Computing | 1 |
MUS 139 | Chamber Music Experience | 0 |
MUS 142 | Applied Music | 2 |
MUS 144 | Applied Music | 3-4 |
MUS 242 | Applied Music | 2 |
MUS 244 | Applied Music | 3-4 |
MUS 359 | Secondary Instrumental Methods | 3 |
MUS 419/MUS 519 | Supervised Teaching in Music | 12 |
MUS 442 | Applied Music | 1-2 |
MUS 444 | Applied Music | 3-4 |
MUS 494 | Senior Recital | 0 |
NCS 301 | Community-Based Practicum I | 3 |
NCS 302 | Community-Based Practicum II | 3 |
NSC 410 | Naval Science Laboratory | 1 |
NSG 306 | Healthcare Delivery in Central America: Belize | 3-6 |
NSG 349 | Introduction to Principles of Pharmacology in Nursing Practice | 3 |
NSG 352 | Childbearing Family Clinical | 2 |
NSG 354 | Nursing Care of Adult Clients with Health Alterations I-Clinical | 3 |
NSG 362 | Nursing Care of Adult Clients with Health Alterations II-Clinical | 3 |
NSG 364 | Nursing Care of Children-Clinical | 2 |
NSG 452 | Nursing Care of Clients Experiencing Mental Health Disorders and Their Families-Clinical | 2 |
NSG 464 | Nursing Care of Clients Experiencing Multi-System Health Alterations-Clinical | 5 |
PSS 219 | Advanced Research Design and Analysis | 4 |
SJS 215 | EMPOWER I: Educational and Economic Justice and Service-Learning | 3 |
SJS 216 | EMPOWER II: The Intersections of Race, Class, and Education | 3 |
SLM 402 | Reflections and Actions in Sport Leadership & Management | 3 |
SLM 495 | Practicum in Sport Leadership and Management | 3 |
SOC 440A | Internship in Applied Sociology | 1-16 |
SOC 440C | Internship in Criminology | 1-16 |
SPA 493 | Senior Seminar in Speech Pathology and Audiology | 2 |
SPN 322 | Issues Affecting Hispanic Health Care in the U.S. | 3 |
SPN 331 | Spanish for Community Work | 3 |
STC 459 | Strategic Communication Campaigns | 3 |
STC 478 | Inside New York City- Study Away | 3 |
TCE 252M | Early Field Experience: Middle Childhood | 3 |
TCE 310 | Applications of Peer Education | 1 |
TCE 419A/TCE 519A | Teaching Internship- Adolescent | 1-16 |
TCE 419M | Teaching Internship-Middle Childhood | 15 |
TCE 419P | Teaching Internship Primary PK-5 | 15 |
TCE 420 | Field Experience | 1-4 |
THE 200 | Production and Performance Practicum | 1 |
THE 400 | Advanced Production and Performance Practicum | 2 |
UNV 172 | First-Year Research Experience II | 1-3 |
WGS 402/WGS 502 | Engaged Learning Practicum | 1-6 |
WST 341 | Interdisciplinary Synthesis and Action | 3 |