Read the Capstone guidelines

More information about what students need to do to complete their Capstone can be found in the guidelines below.

Conducting independent research

This includes a research project and/or an internship under the guidance of a supervisor. Students write a Bachelor's thesis that consists of a literature study, as well as original research results that may be combined with an internship experience. Students have written on a variety of topics, reflecting the multidisciplinary approach of AUC. 

 As an example, titles of previous capstones include:

• The Persistence of the Winner's and Loser's Curse in a One-Player Decision Game.

• The effects of serotonin in the nucleus accumbens shell on glucose metabolism in rats.

• Curating Public Space: museum practice on Museumplein

• Which way for humanitarian intervention? The “responsibility to protect” and the Darfur crisis.

• Christianity and the Dutch Welfare State: the Paradox of Internal Religiosity and External Secularisation.

• Food Safety regulations in the European Union: A Public Health issue and a key determinant of international trade.

• Islamic Orthodoxy in the Post-secular Political Landscape

• Oceanic Container Shipment Using Renewable Power: a Cost Optimization.

• The 3D reconstruction of the pneumato-enteric recesses.

• Take your time: the different uses of timing deviations by classical and jazz musicians.

• Future Directions in Methodological Study Design of Neurofeedback Research.

• Silence and Subjectivity in Henry James’s The Portrait of a Lady and The Wings of the Dove

• Future treatment options for non-obstructive azoospermia.

• The Limits of Friendship in Contemporary Philosophical Debate