What is a capstone class?
The term capstone comes from the stone used at the top of a stone doorway to lock the lower pieces into place. The capstone held the door secure and took special masonry skills to create and set. This term has been adopted in education to mean a final course which brings together everything a student has learned in the education cycle. For the MS degree at SUU the capstone course focuses on both past and new learning. Students will be expected to work within a professional environment to address a critical issue in evidence and forensic science. Skills in critical thinking, analysis, and application of learned material are key to success in this course. As part of the final process students must analyze specific evidence appropriate to their given emphasis and then prepare reports and other communications common for the forensic expert. The course culminates with a courtroom experience that puts the student in a model case where they must convincingly present their findings for both di
