Website: UCA.edu/core
Contact: Jacob Held, jmheld@uca.edu
Courses in the Upper Division Core at UCA offer opportunities for students to further hone those skills developed at the Lower Division and provide summative experiences where students can demonstrate how far they have come along their educational journey at UCA. The Upper Division Core culminates in a Capstone Experience, which integrates communication and critical inquiry alongside one’s chosen field of study. Capstone courses are opportunities for students to engage in an integrative educational experience drawing from their comprehensive education.
In addition to the capstone opportunities available to all students in their major areas of study, the Schedler Honors College provides a capstone experience for all honors students that may take the form of a traditional research project, a creative project, or an experiential thesis project drawing upon other high-impact practices.