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Capstone Project Symposium (School of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
What is Capstone Project Symposium?
The Capstone Project is a year-long research project that is the culmination of four years of study in the EM major, in which students choose a theme from the fields of economics, management, politics, etc., and work independently on writing a thesis under the guidance of their Academic Supervisor. The GS major also offers the traditional academic writing program. In addition to the traditional academic thesis, GS majors can choose from three options: art, film, essay or novel portfolios, or an advocacy campaign to solve a social problem, Students develop creativity and independence through the process of carrying out the Capstone Project in consultation with academic supervisors and other seminar students.
At the Capstone Project Symposium, students will be divided into EM and GS majors and each will present their outstanding research. School of Liberal Arts and Sciences is planning to hold its first Capstone Project Symposium in late January 2026.
Capstone Project Symposium Presentation Themes
- Yōkai as a Coping Mechanism: From Epidemics in the Edo Period to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Reiwa Period
- Strategies for “Proactive, Interactive, and Deep Learning” in Teaching Literature: Employing Natsume Sōseki's Kokoro under the New Curriculum Guidance
- Advocacy Campaign: Water to the Next Generation
- The Influence of Seventeen Magazine on High School Student Femininity in 2014-2019: An Analysis through School Uniform Outfits
- “Cause-and-Effect”: Devaluation of the Humanities and Arts in the Neoliberal Dystopia of Oryx and Crake
- From Implicit to Explicit: Evolving LGBTQ+ Representations in Australian Cinema and the Challenge of Narrowed Diversity
*This is a presentation topic by a student from the Faculty of Faculty of Humanities GSC (English Program).